Burnout

Today at the Eating Coach blog, I talked about burnout (as it relates to chronic dieting).  Burnout it a pretty interesting topic because it takes over so much of the person's life and seems, at least sometimes, to be unrelated to objective measures of success (promotions, salary, success in relationships, etc.)

Especially now, as the economy is slow to come back and jobs are still precious, I am running across more people feeling trapped in their current jobs -- unable to move because they fear there is no place to move to.

On top of that, there is a relatively new study that says parental professional burnout is related to their adolescent children becoming burned out in school.  The study only cited the connection, it did not suggest a solution for the situation.  But I think it is worth the reminder (as a new school year starts) that we do bring our work home with us and if you are burning out, your kids are going to be picking up those feelings and learning those behaviors.  Just being aware of the connection might help break that cycle of burnout transference.