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Burnout is on the rise. In a recent survey over half of all workers reported that they were experiencing burnout (Threlkeld, 2021). Moreover, the number of people reporting burnout increased by nearly ten percent in the year between January 2020 and January 2021. The COVID-19 pandemic, along with the associated increase in economic and financial instability and the increasingly blurred line between work and home life, are all likely to be at least partly to blame for this steep increase in burnout. But what is burnout, this condition that more than half of all workers are reported to experience?