Dr. Kristen Donnelly and Dr. Erin Hinson are called “The Burnout Ladies” by their clients. They are researchers and educators with social science PhDs, who also happen to be best friends. Kristen and Erin have a long history of being obnoxiously curious, which means they have always been interested in how and why people do what they do. Kristen lives outside of Philadelphia with her husband, where they are surrounded by piles of books and several video game consoles. Erin lives in Pittsburgh with her mother, cat, and international gin collection.
Gender plays a huge role in how guys, gals, and non binary pals experience burnout. We did a lot of research on this particular topic for our book. What we…
Burnout is something that we value in the United States. So much so that we call it America's Burnout Culture. That sounds ridiculous, right? How can a culture actually value burnout?…
So many people ask us if it is possible to achieve work-life balance? Yes but also no. Let me explain. If we treat balance like something you achieve once and…
All of our best ideas come through conversations with each other, about anything (really). We can make a connection between burnout and Taylor Swift, but that’s not why we’re here…
Caregiver burnout is one of the least talked about types of burnout. Heck, I didn’t even know it was a real thing until we started researching for our book. Reading…
The data on burnout shows us that women are at a high risk for burnout. It’s possible that’s because men aren’t taught the signs of burnout in their own lives.…
We wouldn't have written our book without our personal stories of burnout. It's important for us to share them with you, so up first is Kristen: Kristen's personal story of…
As avid readers, Kristen and I have had a TBR pile almost since infancy. I seriously can’t remember a time when I didn’t have a stack of books somewhere. Both…