Blogs: Burnout
BY PURPLE CO
What is Good Rehab? Where does Good Rehab start and who is responsible for Good Rehab? I am sure that these are questions many rehabilitation professionals have been pondering since time began. How do we know if Rehab is Good? We all know that Rehab and RTW – with the way it currently looks today, with how it so often operates in it’s own silo – isn’t working. We have so much evidence telling us that a truly integrated approach to recovery rehabilitation and rehabilitation is required.
BY PURPLE CO
I conducted an (informal) experiment recently, and I want to share the results with you. Let’s talk about churn and burn in our industry. You might be aware of the Life Insurance Training we offer for Rehabilitation Professionals. We’ve trained well over a hundred people at this point – and it was time to follow up with attendees to ask if they’d like to attend our advanced training being held later this year.
BY PURPLE CO
We want our clients to work. We want our clients to enjoy all of the benefits that working brings to their lives. We know work is good for them. We know that work is part of the solution and a key to recovery.
But do we really believe it? Do you?
BY PURPLE CO
This has not been my first critical fire experience, having lived through evacuations with a toddler in the early 2000’s and being cut off from my family. I remember living with terrible anxiety, while packing and repacking the car, obsessing about the news, waiting for “the sign” to tell me what to do.
BY PURPLE CO
There is a lot written about identifying a difficult person and how to communicate with a difficult person. My experience as a Rehabilitation Professional tells me that people often appear difficult when they feel threatened or are experiencing a lack of control. But is such a simplistic worldview enough to help a difficult person become an engaged person who is committed to recovery?
BY PURPLE CO
Think about this for a moment – what happens for you when you think about not being able to work?
Not in that “wishful thinking, winning Lotto and spending my life on the beach” sense, but if something happened today, and you experienced an illness or injury and it took you out of the paid workforce – what would you do?
BY PURPLE CO
For many of us, this has improved access to our own families, with friends from school who we have lost touch, allowed us to learn and develop as people and a community in general. It has also allowed us to configure our professional lives in such a way that we can work towards better outcomes for our clients. Additionally, it has also allowed us to reflect and assist our colleagues who may be experiencing burnout, fatigue and a disinterest in being a focused and positive professional.