Beating Burnout: Author Janice Litvin On The 5 Things You Should Do If You Are Experiencing Work Burnout

Authority Magazine Editorial Staff
Authority Magazine
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17 min readAug 31, 2021

There can be many little sparkle moments that make you feel better, like laughing or talking to a good friend. Others include doing a random act of kindness, volunteering, putting on calming music, or giving your partner a random hug. It only takes a moment to infuse your day with sparkle moments.

Millions of Americans are returning back to work after being home during the pandemic. While this has been exciting for many, some are feeling burned out by their work. What do you do if you are feeling burned out by your work? How do you reverse it? How can you “get your mojo back”? What can employers do to help their staff reverse burnout?

In this interview series called “Beating Burnout: 5 Things You Should Do If You Are Experiencing Work Burnout,” we are talking to successful business leaders, HR leaders and mental health leaders who can share insights from their experience about how we can “Beat Burnout.”.

As a part of this series, I had the pleasure of interviewing Janice Litvin.

Janice Litvin, award-winning Wellness Speaker & Author, is on a mission to help leaders and teams banish burnout in their organizations. She does this through keynote speeches, workshops, and accountability groups. Her best-selling book, Banish Burnout Toolkit teaches those teams how to change their reactions to stress form the inside out. The result: lasting behavior change.

Janice can be found at: https://www.JaniceLitvin.com

Thank you so much for joining us in this interview series! Before we dive into the main focus of our interview, our readers would love to “get to know you” a bit better. Can you tell us a bit about your childhood backstory?

I grew up in Houston in a Jewish home in which both parents were originally from the East Coast. My father was a meat packer, and my mother stayed at home for many years, volunteering for synagogue events and fundraisers, until she went back to school at age 50 to become an accountant…