i-BEST 2022

The Burden of Burnout - Where to Start to Combat and Prevent It

November 5th, 2022, Decorah, IA

Thank you so much for attending our presentation on burnout at i-BEST! Thank you to the Iowa Brewers Guild for having us.

Common signs and symptoms of burnout PDF available here.

Further reading and learning:

• Mayo Clinic

• Harvard Business Review

  • When Passion Leads to Burnout

  • Burnout Is About Your Workplace, Not Your People

• New York Times

  • Your Body Knows You’re Burned Out

• Breathing exercises referenced:

  • “I am” breathing exercise. As you inhale and exhale use the mantra “I am” and attach it to your inhales and exhales for as many breaths as you’d like.

    • Inhale - think to yourself “I”

    • Exhale - think to yourself “am”

    • This is excellent for resetting and grounding oneself, and doesn’t encourage you to have to feel any certain way, you can just be present!

  • Timed breathing exercise. Counting your inhales and exhales, and exhaling for a few counts longer than your inhales.

    • Inhale - slowly count to 4

    • Exhale - slowly count to 6

    • Repeat for as long as is helpful to calm yourself

Other resources:

Once our launch campaign is funded, we will be able to offer access to mental health and well-being resources to every person working for a craft brewery whose annual output is <6 million bbls in the United States.

Learn more about what resources will be included once we launch here.

You can also donate to our launch campaign here.