The Ballad of Burnout
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The Ballad of Burnout is Kerry Makin-Byrd's personal memoir detailing her lived experience of professional burnout and the journey toward recovery.
Combining clinical insight with narrative, she examines systemic and personal factors that contribute to exhaustion in helping professions.
The book offers an intimate perspective on how burnout affects identity, relationships, and work, while also modeling pathways to repair and sustainable practice.
Makin-Byrd's story is intended to validate others experiencing similar struggles and to spark reflection on structural changes needed to prevent burnout.
The memoir complements her later practical work by grounding it in lived experience.
Combining clinical insight with narrative, she examines systemic and personal factors that contribute to exhaustion in helping professions.
The book offers an intimate perspective on how burnout affects identity, relationships, and work, while also modeling pathways to repair and sustainable practice.
Makin-Byrd's story is intended to validate others experiencing similar struggles and to spark reflection on structural changes needed to prevent burnout.
The memoir complements her later practical work by grounding it in lived experience.
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