A new study has ranked Australians at the highest risk of burnout, with 1 in 2 of us suffering from its impact on our health. Burnout is when demands of a situation or environment begin to outweigh our internal and external resources to adapt. It is the result of excessive and prolonged stress leaving a person feeling mentally exhausted and devoid of motivation. The feeling of pressures being more than a person can handle triggers the brain to activate the survival fight or flight stress response. When the body sits in a chronic state of stress the body’s […]