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Freeman House Recovery Blog

How to identify, and heal from burnout

Your brain and your body can only deal with being overworked and stressed out for so long. Consistently high levels of unmanaged stress will leave you emotionally – and physically – burnt out. Because burnout happens gradually, it’s difficult to pinpoint the cause of your symptoms. You tend to feel unproductive and demotivated, and eventually that whet you do is of little to no significance. These symptoms eventually affect all aspects of your life, and not just the source from where the burnout stems. The most common symptoms of burnout are: frustration and irritability difficulty concentrating or forgetfulness reduced pride in what you do and achieve difficulty being present with...

Exploring Triggers for Addiction with Chai FM

On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound to ensue; and equal blame belongs to those who fail in their duty through weakness of will, which is the same as saying through shrinking from toil and pain. These cases are perfectly simple and easy to distinguish. In a free hour, when our power of choice is untrammelled and when nothing prevents our being able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to...

Unpacking Our Core Values with Chai FM

On the other hand, we denounce with righteous indignation and dislike men who are so beguiled and demoralized by the charms of pleasure of the moment, so blinded by desire, that they cannot foresee the pain and trouble that are bound to ensue; and equal blame belongs to those who fail in their duty through weakness of will, which is the same as saying through shrinking from toil and pain. These cases are perfectly simple and easy to distinguish. In a free hour, when our power of choice is untrammelled and when nothing prevents our being able to do what we like best, every pleasure is to...