Fried: Why You Burn Out and How to Revive

This groundbreaking book is a must-read and how-to-live guidebook that is destined to be a classic in the field of stress management and mind-body medicine.

WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING ABOUT "FRIED - WHY YOU BURN OUT AND HOW TO REVIVE": Donna G.: "Loving the book! So helpful for me right now. Thankyou!" Michelle G. H.: "Joan, I found your book last month....I want you to know that your book was what gave me the courage to insist that I deserved better, and that to continue with life as I had been was only going to make me feel worse. I'm now receiving some treatment, and I'm also taking a brief sabbatical from my work to see how my own behaviors and past experiences have affected me as well. It's nearly impossible to separate physical from psychological, but it needs addressed in all ways possible when we get to this point. THANK YOU for your wonderful book." Lisa B. H.: "What it's done for me is give me hope. Hope that this awful fried funk I'm in is not permanent nor is it a reflection of my personality or some flaw. I'm already seeing the light at the end of the tunnel and confronting and cleaning out things in my life that are just not working anymore.Thank you Joan!" Elizabeth H. M.: "I just finished reading FRIED last night. Wow! What I learned is, I'm not alone and I'm not depressed. My physical health is a reflection of my emotional health, which I have been too busy and too independent to pay attention to. Thanks, Joan!" Kerri M.: "Just finished reading "Fried" and I cannot tell you how much I got out of it. I have been at the depths of burnout for awhile now and feeling isolated and scared by how foreign my life had started to feel. Your words, your sources, your suggestions -- particularly about rewiring your thoughts and about eschewing learned helplessness -- hit home in very meaningful ways. Thank you!" Lori C.: "I ordered your latest book, "Fried...". . . I am overwhelmed. . .in the very first pages, I found myself over and over. . .I am not going crazy but I too, am FRIED. . . thank you for putting in print exactly what I needed to read. . .knowledge is powerful." Amy H. G.: "Just downloaded Fried yesterday onto my Nook (bless e technology!) and have read through the first chapter already. I'm planning to begin the exercises tonight to help with a looming decision about a potential job change. So many insights from it that hit home- thank you for writing such a meaningful, important book." Jane B.: "Just finished your book "Fried". Exactly what I needed to hear. Thanks to you and all the wonderful people who shared their thoughts on burn out." Darla W. C.: "It's an EXCELLENT, EXCELLENT book! I read it in one day and I'm going through it again more slowly. It helped me to see that I'm not ready for the psych ward, which is where I've been afraid I was heading." Lisa V. B.: "Thank you Joan. Just finished reading FRIED! It is my savior. What a year 2010 was for many of us and not in a great way. You have helped me start 2011 with a fresh, new perspective and armed me with the tools I need to revive myself. Your book could not have come to me at a better time. Thank you Hay House. Thank you Joan."... Ann Elizabeth M.: "I can't stop talking about your book. Have underlined nearly every page, and posted my recommendation on FB. I can't thank you enough for all the inner and outer work that obviously went into it. It is already touching the lives of so many!!!"

A wise, witty and well-researched book that will help all who read it

Of the 15 books she has written, Joan Borysenko believes her new book, Fried: Why You Burn Out and How to Revive, is the most important one she's written. I agree. As someone who runs a nonprofit holistic wellness center, I constantly see people who suffer as the result of being `fried.' When we refuse to reflect upon what causes burnout and ignore our responsibility for trying to recover from it, our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual health breaks down. Joan's book is a wonderful template for how to take charge of becoming well in mind, body and spirit. She describes 12 stages of burnout (and shares personal stories to illustrate them), thus enabling people to identify what is contributing to their own sense of being `fried.' Then she suggests practical and easy self-reflective exercises to holistically revive ourselves, both in our personal and professional lives. I found her discussion of the relationship between personality, temperament and burnout to be especially fascinating. Joan summarizes some of the most groundbreaking research in psychoneuroimmunology, in a way that enables readers to explore the impact of mind/body/spiritual connections in their own lives. By providing specific resources for discovering one's own personality and temperament, the book opens a door to the self-reflection--and action--necessary to make changes based on a better understanding of one's own needs. As Joan writes, "If you know who you are and accept it, then you're less likely to waste energy trying to be something you're not." Often this realization is the first step in finding more joy and meaning in our lives. She also discusses the importance of trust, faith and letting go, all crucial steps not only for recovering from burnout, but in living life to the fullest. By inviting her Facebook friends to participate in the creation of this book, Joan enables readers to benefit from the wisdom, insights and life-experiences of other highly regarded professionals and inspiring individuals who are her `friends.' I found many of these comments to be enlightening and entertaining, almost like being invited to a gathering of wise and welcoming old friends. I highly recommend this book to anyone who seeks a better understanding of why they have been/are burned out and how to recover from it.

i loved this book!

i have discovered that i'm not really depressed, just burned out. now i know what to do to feel better, thanks to the details in this book.

"Fried" is a Life-changer and Life-saver; a Must-read and How-to-live Guidebook

My dear friend Antoinette Spurrier and I have the honor and pleasure of being quoted in Joan Borysenko's new book "Fried: Why You Burn Out and How To Revive". I highly recommend this special book.

Here is an overview of "Fried" from the book's table of contents. In addition to each chapter's topics, Dr. Borysenko includes Self-Reflection Exercises that are very helpful.

Contents

Preface: Hell Is a Bad Place to Pitch a Tent

Introduction: Notes from the Underworld

Chapter 1: Mapping the Descent into the Inferno . . .

"Here's a quick breakdown of the burnout stages:"

Stage 1: Driven by an Ideal
Stage 2: Working Like a Maniac
Stage 3: Putting Your Own Needs Last
Stage 4: Miserable, and Clueless as to Why
Stage 5: The Death of Values
Stage 6: Frustrated, Aggressive, and Cynical
Stage 7: Emotionally Exhausted and Disengaged
Stage 8: "I've Morphed into What?"
Stage 9: "Get Away from Me!"
Stage 10: Inner Emptiness
Stage 11: Who Cares and Why Bother?
Stage 12: Physical and Mental Collapse

Chapter 2: The Depression Industry

Chapter 3: The Childhood Roots of Burnout

Chapter 4: Personality, Temperament, and Burnout

Chapter 5: Energy Management

Chapter 6: Letting Go and Moving On

Chapter 7: The Great Revival-Awakening in the Now

Chapter 8: Heaven on Earth

Epilogue: Your Epitaph

Endnotes

Acknowledgments

About the Author


As my breast cancer surgeon once asked me (in response to my ceaseless 18 hour days working on my breast cancer advocacy efforts), "Do you really want to die with an empty in-box?" I was in chemotherapy, building a national movement; fighting for my life and killing myself at the same time. Wow! This issue is a prime example of why Joan Borysenko's new groundbreaking book "Fried: Why You Burn Out and How to Revive" is so relevant and necessary. My only wish is that I had been able to have this precious book in my possession several years ago. I learned many of the lessons that Joan so eloquently and clearly puts forth in this trailblazing book the hard way and at great expense. I don't want others to do the same or to look back upon their lives and ponder, "If only I knew then what I know now." Do yourself, your friends, family members and colleagues a great favor -- pick up and read a copy of "Fried" and send out copies to those you know and love -- it will be a blessing and gift that keeps on giving that will help you and others to survive, revive and thrive in this fast-paced world of ours.

This book is a life-changer and life-saver; a must-read and how-to-live guidebook that is destined to be a classic in the field of stress management and mind-body medicine.

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