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In this episode, Lu Gerlach discusses the concepts of burnout and boreout in the context of the work environment experienced by professionals in Brussels.

Send us Fan Mail Welcome back to Confessions of a PYP Teacher and the twelfth episode in our well-being series. As I am writing this episode, I can’t help but to reflect on my last year in Brussels. I met so many people who had worked at the same job and complained of burnout and boreout. This is not a criticism of them, but rather that system that they work in that could bring it about. These were highly paid people in supposed interesting professions, but they were bored ...

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