How To Stop Burnout Before It Starts | Jacqueline Kerr | TEDxMcMasterU

Job burnout is recognized by the World Health Organization, but there is also caregiver burnout, emotional burnout, and parental burnout that leads to #nervousexhaustion . While self-care helps you manage your stress it does not solve the structural inequalities that create the conditions that cause burnout. We need to use behavior change science to create individual, organizational and cultural change to prevent burnout.

Dr Jacqueline Kerr is a mom, behavior scientist and burnout survivor. She is in the Top 1% of Most Cited Scientists worldwide and her work has informed the US Center for Disease Control Community Prevention Guide. Dr. Kerr left her position as a public health professor in 2018. She now hosts the Podcast 'Overcoming Working Mom Burnout' where she interviews researchers, diversity experts, and leadership coaches, focusing on #mentalillness . She is on a mission to dismantle the causes of working mom burnout and #genderbias with individual, organizational and cultural change through behavior change science. Connect with Jacqueline Kerr on LinkedIn and YouTube @Dr Jacqueline Kerr. Filming and video editing credits go to NSHAPS Productions and Kamal Ismail. Food photography credits go to Tom Adams.

[kevinhaselhorst]

Recognizing burnout is half the battle to stopping burnout before it starts. Thanks for shining a light on this overwhelming topic.

[dillonbarr]

"If you address the causes of burnout, you remove the costly loss of talent" LOVE this quote. This TEDx talk helped me think more proactively about how I lead my team.

[sugarandspice]

Employers don’t backfill positions when someone is out on leave or sick. So they decide to dump that person’s workload in the existing team members who already have a ton on their plate.

[adrienneprentice]

Personal development IS professional development. 100% agree. Thanks so much for so eloquently and graciously sharing your story along with the challenge to make little changes. Because, together, our individual changes to prevent burnout amongst ourselves and each other will lead to the systemic changes we need. Thank you for your leadership on this important topic!!

[empoweredfundraiser]

Wow! I’m blown away. What an incredibly vulnerable talk, letting us know how real the burnout issue is. I feel connected and less alone in my burnout journey. Thank you.

[aaroncoleman]

Always inspiring and insightful. Thank you for this and all your work. Congratulations on this talk. 🙌🏻

[silvaroo]

A wonderful talk, thank you so much for sharing your story, Dr. 💫

[tarahkeech]

Amazing, Dr. Kerr! Thank you for sharing so bravely and authentically and for clear calls to action. You give us all hope!

[Ibevolvenow]

I love this talk! Jacqueline reminds us all how important it is to set up strong self-care habits and that we need to take action to CHANGE the systems of how we work and care for our working mothers in particular. I resonated on so many levels! thank you! Inspiring

[leannkovar]

Wonderful info, powerfully presented. The way you look at this topic from so many perspectives is so valuable. Thank you!

[tamib]

This is sooo important and so easily forgotten! Thank you for sharing your story and for caring enough to push us to take action (even giving us the recipe for action!). We spend a lot of time thinking about making changes but you are right…we have to just pick something and do it! Excellent!!

[katemurray]

Thank you for sharing your story, raising awareness, and more importantly inspiring action!

[LeahSkurdal]

Much needed support and encouragement for moms and dads to create healthier, happier homes, families and workplaces.

[brainfreshtoday]

Thank you so much for sharing your experience. I appreciate your vulnerability.

[simonmarshall]

Brave, articulate, and solution focused. Fantastic, Dr Kerr! Thankyou for sharing your story.

[borsikarabin]

Dr. Kerr, Jacqueline - what an amazing and important talk. Thank you for doing this work to make workplace safer and better for us all!!

[melodyding]

Amazing talk, Jacqueline! Thank you for sharing your courage, knowledge and wisdom with all of us.

[JulieSmeltzer]

This is great! Would love to see a link to that recipe card.

[thePositiveMOM]

We have the shared mission to change a mother's life to save their child's future. So eloquently spoken and such great solutions shared!

[lifecoachingforparents]

This is SO GOOD! A MUST WATCH! The statistics blew my mind. You got me so fired up. The future is female and the time is NOW. I'm so glad to be a part of your journey, I feel like a proud momma, watching her birdie fly :) It was a pleasure to coach you and an honor to watch you help so many other burned out moms!