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Burnout Reset: burnout and work-life balance
Six lessons built on WHO, Safe Work Australia, Fair Work, HSE, NIOSH, OSHA and Surgeon General guidance: what burnout is, what causes work stress, what employers should do, raising it with your manager, protecting time off, and when to get help.
About this course
Burnout and work-life balance.
Starter · About 1 hour of learning · 6 lessons · 16 quick checks · 1 download
Who it's for
Working adults dealing with work-related stress or long hours, and managers who support them, in Australia, the UK, the US or elsewhere.
How it works
6 guided lessons in your browser, with worked examples, exercises and a quick check after each lesson. Progress is saved in this browser only, and you can restart at any time. Lesson 1 is open to everyone, and you can take one whole course without an account. After that, a free account lets you continue past lesson 1.
Sources we rely on
23 published sources, mostly regulators and official bodies, listed below so you can check the original guidance yourself.
By the end you can
- Explain the WHO description of burnout and why exhaustion still needs a doctor’s view
- Map what’s driving stress in your job using the HSE six areas and psychosocial hazards
- Describe what employers in Australia, the UK and the US are expected to do
- Prepare a specific workload conversation and set boundaries that protect time off
- Recognise when to get help and find support in your country
Downloads
- Workload conversation planner .docxAn HSE six-area work-factor map, a one-page conversation plan for your manager, a boundaries checklist, and a getting-help page with AU, UK and US support lines.
Rules by country
Learning time
About 1 hour of learning. May count towards your CPD or professional development; check your professional body's rules. Estimated from reading time, exercises, quick checks and downloads.
Sources
Check the originals.
Drafted with AI assistance and run through automated quality and source checks. How these courses are made. Spotted an error or out-of-date rule? Send a correction.
General information only, not medical advice. Talk to your doctor or another qualified health professional about your situation. In an emergency call 000 (AU), 999 (UK), 911 (US/Canada) or 111 (NZ).
- Burn-out an "occupational phenomenon": International Classification of Diseases · World Health Organization
- Mental health at work: fact sheet · World Health Organization
- Causes of stress at work · Health and Safety Executive (UK)
- Signs of stress · Health and Safety Executive (UK)
- Psychosocial hazards · Safe Work Australia
- Right to disconnect · Fair Work Ombudsman (Australia)
- Job stress: about · NIOSH, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (US)
- Workplace stress · Occupational Safety and Health Administration (US)
- Workplace mental health and well-being (Surgeon General’s framework) · US Department of Health and Human Services
- Stress · healthdirect (Australian Government-funded)
- Dealing with stress · NHS Every Mind Matters (UK)
- 10 stress busters · NHS (UK)
- Medicare Mental Health: 1800 595 212 · Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing
- Talk to a counsellor: 1300 22 4636 · Beyond Blue (Australia)
- Shout: text SHOUT to 85258 · Shout (Mental Health Innovations, UK)
- Where to get urgent help for mental health · NHS (UK)
- NHS talking therapies for anxiety and depression · NHS (UK)
- Triple Zero (000) · Australian Government, Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications, Sport and the Arts
- When to call 999 · NHS (UK)
- National 911 Program · 911.gov (US Government)
- Lifeline Australia: 13 11 14 · Lifeline Australia
- Contact a Samaritan: 116 123 · Samaritans (UK and Ireland)
- 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline · 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (US)
Publisher
Who publishes this course.
Published by trainyourself.org, a trading name of Combine TRS Pty Ltd (ABN 42 112 983 678), Brisbane, Australia.
How it's made: drafted with AI assistance from published official public-health and government guidance, then run through automated quality checks against our course depth standard and automated source checks that match each rule to its official source, listed above. Read how these courses are made.
Last updated:
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