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Audrey Batterham

Audrey Batterham

The Pedagogy of Burnout

How We Learn the Hard Way After Burnout

3 min readJan 16, 2024

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The Pedagogy of Burnout

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Audrey Batterham

The Relentlessness of “Meh” Dates

We read about great dates and we read about dating misadventures, but what about the medium dating experiences?

3 min readMar 26, 2023

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The Relentlessness of “Meh” Dates

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Audrey Batterham

Were You Looking for Dopamine and Got Cortisol Instead?

If you’ve tried a reward system to maintain motivation yet find yourself to be even more stressed, then I think I know where you went wrong…

5 min readFeb 24, 2023

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Were You Looking for Dopamine and Got Cortisol Instead?

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Audrey Batterham

Five Acts to Resist Burnout Today

“Fixing” workplace stress is not a simple task. But we do have personal agency.

2 min readMar 5, 2022

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Five Acts to Resist Burnout Today

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Audrey Batterham

Are you burned out even on vacation?

Here’s what to do.

3 min readJul 30, 2021

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Are you burned out even on vacation?

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Audrey Batterham

Do You Invest in Yourself like You Do Your Clients?

In this third piece arguing against the idea that it’s possible to “care too much” in care work, I suggest that you keep caring for others…

3 min readApr 1, 2021

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Do You Invest in Yourself like You Do Your Clients?

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Do You Prioritize Work Ethic Above Other Ethics?

In my first reflection on whether it’s possible that care workers could “care too much,” I argued that it’s not the feeling of care that’s…

3 min readMar 31, 2021

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Do You Prioritize Work Ethic Above Other Ethics?

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Care Workers: Is There Such Thing as Caring Too Much?

There’s a thing care workers say in our field sometimes, whispered with a grave shake of the head behind a colleague’s back: “Oh…

3 min readMar 29, 2021

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Care Workers: Is There Such Thing as Caring Too Much?

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Audrey Batterham

How I Found Compassion for Others through Self-Compassion

I was worrying and projecting. Now I’m better at staying in my boundaries.

4 min readSep 9, 2020

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How I Found Compassion for Others through Self-Compassion

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Audrey Batterham

Do Less To Do More

Create Space for Joy by Cutting Stre

4 min readAug 28, 2020

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Do Less To Do More

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Audrey Batterham

Audrey Batterham

Audrey is an educator, counsellor, and curriculum developer running her own business in Toronto. She writes about social services, mostly. audreybatterham.com.

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