Burnout is recognized by the World Health Organization, but there is also caregiver burnout, emotional exhaustion, and parental burnout that lead to nervous exhaustion. While self-care helps you manage your stress, it does not address the structural inequities that create the conditions that cause burnout. We need to use the science of behavior change to create individual, organizational, and cultural changes to prevent burnout.

Dr. Jacqueline Kerr is a mom, behavioral scientist, and burnout survivor. She is among the top 1% of the world’s most cited scientists and her work inspired the Centers for Disease Control’s Community Prevention Guide. Dr. Kerr retired from her position as a professor of public health in 2018. She now hosts the podcast “Overcoming Working Mom Burnout” where she interviews researchers, diversity experts, and leadership coaches, with a focus on mental illness. Her mission is to dismantle the causes of working mom burnout and gender bias through individual, organizational, and cultural change using behavior change science. Connect with Jacqueline Kerr on LinkedIn and YouTube @Dr. Jacqueline Kerr. Video filming and editing credits go to NSHAPS Productions and Kamal Ismail. Food photography credits go to Tom Adams.

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