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How to Cure Burnout


Lifestyles and busy days these days are leading millions of people to try to figure out how to cure burnout. Burnout is the term used for a state of exhaustion; mentally, physically, and emotionally. Who gets burnout? It can be young mothers or busy volunteers who try to be everything to everyone with no time left over for themselves. It can be employees who are doing the work of many with no end in sight or an employer who has a lot of pressure to show results. It can be you.

How to Cure Burnout

Burned Out

Take a look at these possible symptoms to see if you might be suffering from burnout:

Symptoms of being Burned Out

  • Apathy in all areas of life
  • Unsociable – unwillingness to socialize with others. Withdrawn
  • Chronically fatigued or exhausted
  • Poor sleep patterns or insomnia
  • Weight gain or weight loss
  • Possible depression
  • Anger
  • Low tolerance for others’ comments or behavior. Irritable and on edge. Overreact.
  • Physical symptoms – headaches, other aches and pains, constantly sick
  • Forgotten how to have fun
  • High level of criticism of self
  • Self medicating with food, alcohol, or drugs
  • Feelings of powerlessness and low self image
  • Do things out of sense of commitment, but begrudgingly
  • Mood swings
  • Anxiety

If you recognize many of these symptoms of burnout, don’t brush them aside. It’s time for you to take positive steps the cure burnout. If you don’t, you may continue on with further physical or mental problems. There is no quick fix to relieve burnout, but there are steps you can take that will slowly guide you to a healthier, happier life.

First off, you need to explore what is causing your burnout and to figure out how to cure burnout you will have to address the source. Options then are to get away from the stress, minimize the number of occurrences or the degree of stress, or learn how to change your attitude towards the stress.

Best Ways to Cure Burnout

  • Take a vacation to distance yourself from the stress and to relax.
  • If your job is a bad fit or you’re to the point of feeling physically sick when you think about your job, you need to take positive action towards finding a new one. Don’t make excuses about the downturn of the economy, company layoffs, not qualified, etc., take action anyway.
  • Start saying “no” to others who demand more of your time than you are willing to give. There should be no guilt because if you don’t take care of yourself first, there will eventually be nothing left for you to give.
  • Learn to routinely treat yourself to relaxation, even if you don’t want to or feel too busy. Pick what works for you – a bubble bath, a good book, an all time favorite movie.
  • Rediscover a passion. Once upon a time you liked to do ______________. Start doing it again, even in small doses.
  • Seek help from a counselor, medical doctor, or mental health professional.
  • Burnout can happen when you’re overcommitted and overworked.

If you’ve taken a look at the list of possible symptoms above and feel like you have burnout, take the how to cure burnout steps now to get back on track and love life again.

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Embrace and Love Your Body




We always have too many outside influences telling us how we are wrong or how we are not enough. Don’t let TV, magazines, movies, friends or anything else tell you how to feel about yourself. You control your self image.
When you feel down or not good about you find that image in your head of the great things you do and feel. Don’t be trapped by an ego that is expected you to be someone else

Embrace and Love Your Body

Embrace and Love Your Body

Loving yourself and your body is the only way to be true to yourself. Live knowing that your shape is your own and change it in any way that YOU want.

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Positive Thinking to Change Your Life


Out of all the habits we may want to have, positive thinking is one of the most difficult to attain. Why? Right from being very young, we are exposed to all kinds of negative influences, either intentional or unintentional. Think of all the times when you were a child that you were told not to do this or that, or else some dire consequence may result.

We receive many damaging blows to our self esteem throughout our lives, and are constantly bombarded by bad news in the media. No wonder people are conditioned to expect events to turn out badly- I had a colleague who used to say that she always expected the worst to happen, as then she was not disappointed! What a limiting way to live your life.

Positive Thinking – Attracts Good Things in our Life

We attract into our lives what we think about. I’m sure you know someone who always expects things to turn out badly and always moaning about how many problems they have to deal with. I’ll bet that they appear to have more than their share of bad luck; this is because they are attracting it into their lives by thinking about it and dwelling on it.

Similarly, people who expect the best and anticipate that things will turn out well attract a positive outcome. By adopting the attitude of positive thinkers, and expecting the best possible outcome at all times, you will attract this positive outcome to you.

Positive Thinking to Change Your Life

Positive Thinking to Change Your Life

We build our self image from feedback received from parents, friends, society, media and our own thoughts. We are constantly engaging in inner dialogue with ourselves, and this can be less than positive; how often have you heard that internal voice use words such as ‘You’re useless’ and ‘You’re bound to fail’? Each time we say this to ourselves, our subconscious hears this message and so we fail. This ensures that we are less and less likely to think positively in the future.

The first and most important step to positive thinking is to change this inner dialogue. Over the next 24 hours make an effort to listen to your self talk, and notice when you think something negative about yourself.

Think what thought you could replace this with instead, for example if the thought ‘I’m useless with money’ pops into your head, say to yourself  ’I have made mistakes in the past but am now becoming better and better with money every day’. If you find yourself thinking ‘I’ll never lose weight’, think ‘I am making new lifestyle choices and am becoming fitter, slimmer and healthier’.

Make a habit of stopping those negative thoughts and turning them into positive ones straight away- this will filter down to your subconscious and you will automatically become what you are thinking.

Use a Journal to Stay Positive

Another way to build positive thinking is to keep a notebook or journal handy, and every night write down everything positive which happened to you that day. Write a list of all your blessings; you may not feel as though you have many, but once you start writing you will see that you actually do have a lot to be thankful for.

If you make a mistake or experience a setback, instead of dwelling on it, think what lessons you have learned from it and how you can approach the same situation next time to achieve a positive outcome. Be thankful for the opportunity to learn.

Take responsibility for your life and actions. Remember that we can’t always choose the things that happen to us, but we can choose how we react to them. If one door closes, look for the door which opens in its place- it may lead to an even better destination. Remember, positive thinking gives you the power to change your life so it is a habit well worth striving for.