The Burnout-Belonging Connection

For over a decade now, we've been hearing the wrong messages about burnout: we are told that we have to fix ourselves in order to fix burnout. This misguided wisdom says that better time management, stronger boundaries, and more yoga-mindfulness-gratitude-exercise-vacation are the solution. Nope. Stronger, healthier communities are the solution. Lisa M. Nunn shows us that the same dynamics that create the social bonds of belonging, when absent, become the drivers of burnout. Greedy communities drive burnout; respectful communities foster belonging. Unfair communities drive burnout; trustworthy communities foster belonging. Negligent communities drive burnout; attentive communities foster belonging. The book offers 35 strategies to cultivate strong belonging—and in doing so minimize burnout—in our workplaces, families, friendship circles, volunteer organizations, athletic clubs, and every other community in our lives.