I was 16 years old when I got my first “real” job at a local Jack-in-the-Box. It was not a great gig, for sure, working over a hot grill and dealing with rude, demanding customers. But I was saved ...

Not long ago, a relative of mine told me he had been working so hard in the yard that he’d “literally thrown up”. He didn’t offer this as a health update, or to warn me about overexertion. It was, ...

When people talk about burnout, they often reach for a simple explanation: too much work. That captures part of the problem, but not the whole of it. Burnout research has long shown that workload ...