Burnout-Free Working - by Richard Duggins (Paperback)

About the Book

In this book, Dr Richard Duggins, leading expert on burnout prevention, reveals everything you must know to achieve a healthy work-life balance. Burnout-Free Working will transform the way you tackle stress and toxic workplace environments, allowing you to be truly burnout-free.

Book Synopsis

Are you keen to banish burnout for good?

Burnout-Free Working is written by Dr Richard Duggins - a leading expert and trainer on preventing burnout in high stress jobs, also known as 'The Doctor's Doctor'. In this book he reveals the secrets of his trade for the first time.

With a wealth of proven tools for burnout-free working, Dr Duggins covers all you need to know, including:

- Spotting early signs of burnout
- Steering clear of 'the burnout cliff'
- Tackling 'Keep calm and carry on' culture
- Detoxifying workplace environments
- Dealing with trauma at work
- Moving from Stress to Decompress
- Strategies to support colleagues

Dr Duggins breaks down common burnout myths (it's really not about building resilience!) and encourages us all to shift our thinking away from burnout recovery, to instead living and working in a way that avoids burnout before you even get close.

Review Quotes

This should be essential reading for every first-year student-or better yet, handed out before they finish school! The advice is clear, practical, and empowering. It's a much-needed reminder that looking after ourselves isn't selfish-it's the opposite. It's how we support each other, and build meaningful, fulfilling careers.--Dr Kathryn Hutt, Medical Director of Doctors' Heath NSW

Burnout-Free Working is the best book on the ever-increasing challenge of burnout I have ever read. Written by an expert who clearly understands real life, so easy to read and impactful. This is an indispensable guide for thriving in demanding professions and offers powerful, practical tools to tackle it head-on and reclaim balance.--Dr Helen Garr, GP and Medical Director NHS Practitioner Health

Working in organizations where values are misaligned with compassion and human connection saps one's spirit and sense of calling. This book provides an excellent review of supportive approaches while addressing the need for systemic change.--Beth A. Lown, MD, FACH, Chief Medical Officer of the Schwartz Center for Compassionate Healthcare, and Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School

In this valuable guide Dr Duggins reflects on his clinical work in the territory of burnout. We are steered past the pitfalls to higher ground: not only can you recover but there is potential for growth and new directions. We even discover that burnout is not inevitable.--Dr Patrick Johnson, Medical Director, VDHP (Victorian Doctor's Health program)

Burnout-Free Working is a wonderfully accessible guide to how to survive and thrive in challenging work environments, including social work and care. It has a positive no-blame focus throughout and recognises the importance of addressing organisational cultures and practices that are inimical to wellbeing, as well as building interpersonal relationships that may prevent us from falling over the 'burnout cliff'.--Jerry Tew, Professor of Mental Health and Social Work at Birmingham University

Burnout is ubiquitous among health professionals, but it does not mean one has to suffer in silence. This excellent book explains what burnout is, but more importantly, how to deal with it.--Professor Dame Clare Gerada, PRCGP FRCPsych, Past President Royal College of General Practitioners

Dr Duggins has collected a lifetime's wisdom and guidance into this highly readable book. Real to life examples shed light on the phenomenon and will be easily recognisable. This is a hopeful book crammed with tips and techniques for us all.--Alan Currie Consultant, Psychiatrist, CNTW NHS Foundation trust & UK Sports institute

About the Author

Richard Duggins is a specialist NHS Consultant Psychiatrist and Consultant Psychotherapist supporting people with their mental health and wellbeing at work. An international expert in the field, he is nicknamed 'The Doctors' Doctor' because doctors go to him when they are struggling. He is Clinical Lead for a Health and Social Care Staff Wellbeing Hub, an NHS wellbeing service for all health and social care professionals. He lives in Northumberland, England.