Burnout in a pandemic era

Burnout in a pandemic era

Since the beginning of 2021 I have had a number of clients requesting assistance with burnout and this does not surprise me at all.  Why?  Well, it doesn’t surprise me because burnout is a condition, or as the WHO defines it: a “workplace phenomenon,” that...
What we will miss when the lockdown is over?

What we will miss when the lockdown is over?

While most of the talk for the past 2 months has been negative, I have started to realise a change. I have started hearing people talking about what they are going to miss when the lockdown is over.  I have heard people expressing anxiety about things returning to...

Covid-19 cigarette ban

Why is there a cigarette ban in South Africa? I am writing this article as both an ex-smoker and a professional that works in the field of mental illness.  I am looking for someone that can justify the cigarette ban in SA during the covid-19 pandemic  The ban on...

Suicide – a hidden cost of covid 19?

Suicide rates have never been higher in the world than they are today and this was before the covid 19 pandemic.  In 2019, the WHO released figures indicating that one attempt is successfully completed in the world every 40 seconds.  So this is 90 every hour if my...

Life will never be the same again so you better be looking forward

Just 2 weeks ago I was talking to some friends about how life will never be the same again.  We need to be looking instead of back, I said. This was precipitated by hearing the news that two other friends had recently suffered the sudden, unexpected loss of their...