Battling Burnout and Managing Self-Care

This session helps participants prioritize their own wellness in a world where demands often outpace capacity. Using the familiar “oxygen mask” analogy, the workshop emphasizes the importance of prioritizing caring for oneself. Through guided discussions, reflective exercises, and practical tools, participants learn how to identify burnout, manage stress, and integrate realistic selfcare practices into daily life.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND:

• Employees, managers, emerging leaders, and senior leadership

PARTICIPANTS WILL LEARN TO:

• Challenge common myths and misconceptions about stress and burnout
• Understand the role of stress and how it differs from burnout
• Explore the concept of languishing and how it shows up in daily life
• Recognize the stages of burnout and how they manifest
• Shifting focus toward what is within one’s control
• Integrate practical, realistic selfcare practices into daily routines
• Integrate some practical self-care practices

COURSE OUTLINE

Grounding the Concept of Burnout & Stress

• Welcome and introductions
• Exploring what burnout really is – and how it differs from stress
• Debunking common myths about burnout and wellness

Understanding Burnout & Stress

• The five stages of burnout
• How does stress and burnout manifests
• Defining and exploring the concept of languishing & quiet quitting

What is Within Our Control

• Group brainstorm: What contributes to stress in our environment
• Shifting focus to what is within one’s span of control
• Sharing the Demand-Control -Support model and its workplace applications

Optimizing Your Time & Life at Work & Wrap Up

• Interactive activity: Individual and team strategies for time optimization
• Small actionable wellness habits that create meaningful change
• Let’s make work more fun
• Key takeaways, reflections and personal commitments

METHODOLOGY

This workshop is highly interactive, practical, and conversational. Participants engage through quizzes and myth-debunking activities, guided discussions and reflective exercises, and group breakout sessions. The experience is designed to be energizing, relatable, and immediately applicable.

This course can be delivered in a half-day or full-day format depending on your organization’s needs.