You cannot self-care your way out of a system that was built to extract every last hour of you. Self-care can keep you alive inside the system; it cannot fix the system.

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Burnout

Burnout is not "feeling tired." It is a WHO-recognised occupational phenomenon (ICD-11, 2019) with three measurable dimensions: emotional exhaustion, cynicism, and reduced personal efficacy. Christina Maslach defined and measured it starting in 1981. Emily and Amelia Nagoski (201…

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