Table of Contents
Preface: Hell Is a Bad Place to Pitch a Tent xi
Introduction: Notes from the Underworld xix
Chapter 1 Mapping the Descent into the Inferno 1
Stage 1 Driven by an Ideal 4
Stage 2 Working Like a Maniac 8
Stage 3 Putting Your Own Needs Last 14
Stage 4 Miserable, and Clueless as to Why 18
Stage 5 The Death of Values 22
Stage 6 Frustrated, Aggressive, and Cynical 26
Stage 7 Emotionally Exhausted and Disengaged 29
Stage 8 "I've Morphed into What?" 31
Stage 9 "Get Away from Me!" 34
Stage 10 Inner Emptiness 39
Stage 11 Who Cares and Why Bother? 41
Stage 12 Physical and Mental Collapse 43
Chapter 2 The Depression Industry 47
Chapter 3 The Childhood Roots of Burnout 71
Chapter 4 Personality, Temperament, and Burnout 87
Chapter 5 Energy Management 109
Chapter 6 Letting Go and Moving On 121
Chapter 7 The Great Revival-Awakening in the Now 131
Chapter 8 Heaven on Earth 139
Epilogue: Your Epitaph 147
Endnotes 149
Acknowledgments 153
About the Author 157
