Author Archives: Patricia Osborne Randolph, MA, MFT

Being an individual who develops burnout may occur from communication styles. There are times when an individual presents aggressive communication to be noticed by others. Then there are times when an individual is presenting passive behavior by staying silent in the background. The two forms of communication can affect the development of burnout. One ofContinue reading “‘Stomping with the big dogs’ or ‘silently tippy toeing with the mice’?”

If you are a spiritual believer or participate in religious practices, you may feel that the increase in financial struggles, violence, racism, sexism, weather/environmental dangers, and wars, after wars, after wars are signs of the end of mankind. There are studies that show proof that sometimes having a belief in something greater than oneself canContinue reading “Are we at the “end of” ?”

There are times when it seems there is a misunderstanding about burnout symptoms being the same as depression symptoms. Burnout can develop from a longtime exposure to stress, overwhelming responsibilities, heavy workloads, lack of empathy or compromise from others, lack of self-care, and consistent people pleasing. Some burnout symptoms consist of irritability, anxiety, exhaustion, strugglesContinue reading “Burnout can cause depression!”

Happy New Year! Goodbye to the ups and downs and poor behaviors from the year that has passed! This is a chance to change how self-care and self-love are provided in the next 12 months. As resolutions are developed and discussed try to implement developing self-worth and self-value as a step in reaching the resolutionContinue reading “A new year equals a fresh start to reducing burnout possibilities”

When I think about all the historical struggles in society, I wonder if individuals experienced burnout symptoms? Were individuals who were labeled as “being lazy”, “unfit”, “unloyal”, “unappreciative”, “ungrateful”, “whining”, “a complainer”, “not prepared”, or “not a team player” in need of empathy and kindness from others. There are several situations in society past andContinue reading “Did burnout exist in society history?”

There are times I remember being told to “ignore the negative behaviors of others and they will stop” or I would observe an individual ignore negative behavior by others in hopes of not escalating the negative verbal behavior against that individual. Does the process of ignoring negative verbal behavior by others stop the individual fromContinue reading “What should we do ignore negative verbal behavior or speak up against negative verbal behavior?”

Almost everyone has a social media account trying to get as many ‘likes’ on each post to increase the feeling of acceptance or importance in one’s community or generation. I have observed and experienced the highs and the lows of wanting to “please” others to feel worthy or have a sense of belonging at work,Continue reading “When did ‘people pleasing’ become more important that self-care?”

What is the definition of the word loyal? According to the Merriam-Webster dictionary the word loyal means to be unswerving in allegiance: such as a: faithful in allegiance to one’s lawful sovereign or government and b: faithful to a private person to whom faithfulness is due. Can burnout occur from an individual providing loyalty to someoneContinue reading “Being loyal and making sure others are pleased with your behavior can be a hazard to one’s mental health”

There has been time when I worked for employers that seem to believe I had ‘superhuman’ powers when it came to leaving my home in dangerous weather conditions to get to my workplace location. I have had management in the health care, human service, and merchandise sales industry provide an order of emergency to getContinue reading “When management at a job demand the employee come to work in dangerous weather conditions it lacks empathy which can increase burnout”