Episode 5: Burnout is not a badge of honor
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Burnout gets treated like a trophy in mental health care, and we are done pretending that is normal. We are Tara and Ericka, and we are pulling back the curtain on what it really looked like for us in high-pressure clinical jobs where “being the one who can handle anything” earned praise while quietly draining our energy, boundaries, and sense of self. We talk about why burnout is not a badge of honor, how weak or inexperienced supervision can make it worse, and what we wish someone had told us much earlier about sustainable therapist work.
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