Knowing My Burnout Signs (Youth Era original)

Source: Training Development Resources/Burnout — "Knowing My Burnout Signs" (Youth Era, based on an exercise in Healing Secondary Trauma by Trudy Gilbert-Eliot, PhD)

A self-awareness worksheet across four domains — friendships & social life, negative thought loops, energy levels, and (implicitly) overall functioning — mapped along a spectrum from "at your best" through "area of concern" and "it's getting bad" to "worst-case scenario." Worked examples: at best, texting people back easily and saying yes to invitations; getting worse, taking longer to respond and choosing rest over socializing; worst-case, unread messages piling up and active isolation. Similarly for thought loops: at best, occasional negative thoughts that don't stick; worst-case, hopelessness and increased thoughts of self-harm or suicidal ideation. The tool's purpose is prevention through early awareness — burnout is framed as preventable specifically by noticing the early-to-middle signs and acting (reducing stress, asking for help, using coping strategies) before reaching the worst-case end of the spectrum.

Burnout, Compassion Fatigue & Vicarious Trauma (quick reference)

Source: Training Development Resources/Burnout — quick reference guide distinguishing three related but distinct conditions

Burnout: caused by prolonged high-pressure work, excessive workload, low control, poor support, unresolved conflict; shows up as emotional exhaustion, cynicism, detachment, reduced sense of accomplishment, and physical symptoms (fatigue, headaches, GI issues). Addressed through workplace/work-life boundaries, social support, actually using breaks and vacation time, and advocating for organizational support. Compassion fatigue: emotional distress from prolonged empathetic engagement with others' suffering; feels similar to burnout but centers on emotional numbness and reduced capacity for compassion. Addressed through building emotional resilience, training on compassion fatigue specifically, rotating trauma-exposure duties, and peer supervision. Vicarious trauma: distress caused by exposure to others' traumatic material specifically (whether witnessed directly or heard about), producing intrusive thoughts, anxiety/depression, avoidance, and activation of the helper's own past traumatic memories. Addressed through professional boundaries, trauma-informed care training, mindfulness, and — when needed — actual counseling to process secondary trauma. The reference closes with a direct question worth asking coaches in supervision: what do you do to discharge your own upsetting experiences, and how can that be built into this workplace?

Self-Care Strategies to Mitigate Burnout (research table)

Source: Training Development Resources/Burnout — table adapted from Journal of Supportive Oncology, 2013

A structured list distinguishing professional/individual strategies (regularly appraise the six areas of work life — workload, control, reward, community, fairness, values; build a peer network; avoid depersonalizing from work; seek communication-skills training), professional/team-based strategies (formal policies and structures for complex cases; balance empathy with objectivity; shared debriefing), and personal strategies (healthy lifestyle, exercise, actual vacations, reflective writing, mindfulness/meditation, meaning-based coping, prioritizing family and close relationships). Useful as a framework for a supervisor structuring a coach wellness or team-culture conversation across all three levels rather than just individually.

Developmental Relationships, Self-Care & Burnout (Youth Era original training)

Source: Training Development Resources/Burnout (also appears in Adv PeerPlus Training Dev Resources) — "Developmental Relationships, Self-care & Burnout.pptx"

A Youth Era in-house Wraparound/PeerPlus training deck. Opens with the Developmental Relationships Framework (Search Institute model): a developmental relationship is a close connection — with an adult or a peer — that powerfully and positively shapes a young person's identity and helps build a "thriving mindset" (not just surviving, but flourishing), and young people grow most when they experience multiple such relationships across multiple settings. Its 5 elements, each phrased in the young person's voice: Express Care (listen — really pay attention when we're together; be dependable; believe in me; be warm; encourage my efforts); Provide Support (navigate hard situations/systems with me — guide, don't do; empower my confidence; advocate for me; set boundaries that keep me on track); Challenge Growth (expect my best; stretch me further; hold me accountable — a two-way street, since youth hold coaches accountable too; help me reflect on failures); Share Power (respect and take me seriously; include me in decisions that affect me; collaborate rather than direct; let me lead); Expand Possibilities (inspire me to see future possibilities; broaden my horizons; connect me to people who can help me grow). Framed as buildable through structures (organizational arrangements), starters (activities that kick off new relationships), strategies (techniques to sustain them), and solutions (relationship-based fixes to problems like poor academic performance or risk behavior).

On burnout specifically: WHO-recognized, caused by chronic cumulative work stress, defined by energy depletion/exhaustion, increased mental distance or cynicism about the job, and reduced professional efficacy — most common in helping professions. Warning signs: disillusionment, trouble concentrating, anxiety, fatigue, cynicism, irritability (individualized beyond this list). Addressing it: be proactive about naming your own burnout signs to a supervisor or trusted coworker and giving them permission to flag it back to you; know what agency supports exist (mental health days, leave policies); use your self-care plan; talk to your supervisor about concrete accommodations (flexing hours, time off, adjusting workload).

On self-care and wellness: uses SAMHSA's definition of wellness as the presence of purpose, satisfying work/play, joyful relationships, a healthy body and environment, and happiness — not merely the absence of illness — across seven dimensions (intellectual, financial, social, spiritual, environmental, physical, emotional). Organizes self-care ideas into five categories echoing the "love languages" structure: physical touch (massage, stretching, physical activity), acts of service (therapy, kindness, cleaning, trying something new), gifts (treating yourself — food, craft supplies, concerts, trips), quality time (alone time, hobbies, meditation, taking yourself on a date), and words of affirmation (positive self-talk, daily affirmations, journaling, mantras). Recommends building a self-care plan with both "maintenance" (regular) and "emergency" (pre-planned for crisis/burnout moments, since it's hard to think clearly enough to plan once you're already in crisis) tiers. Also introduces a 3-core/6-need model of basic needs — growth, love, and health needs as core, with usefulness, safety, and "better world" needs interweaving between pairs of them (e.g., safety needs can be partly met by leaning on health and love needs) — presented explicitly as a non-hierarchical system rather than a strict pyramid.

The same deck also covers YSS/Wraparound role clarity and boundary-setting for the coaching relationship itself — see Coaching_Clients.md for that portion, to avoid duplicating it here.

(Two items remain outstanding: "Boundaries Worksheet.pdf" (Boundaries folder) and "Copy of Mindful Occupation.pdf" both errored again on retry — over 100,000 characters, past this tool's size limit — and would need chunked/subagent extraction to fully read. The two SelfLoveRainbow "Stress & Burnout" PDFs (Full Color ~28MB, B&W ~27.7MB) are too large for this extraction tool and were not attempted. "YP Burnout Signs" remains an unresolved Drive shortcut per earlier notes.)