In light of many major YouTubers “retiring,” a lot of conversation has come up about “burnout.” What causes someone to get burnt out? Is there a way to avoid it? We reached out to Devoted Geek and Licensed Professional Counselor Damara Mora and asked her to send us some information to help answer these questions, and today we are going to talk about them. Time Stamps: 00:00 Intro 0:26 Why are we talking about Burnout? 1:01 What happened to Matt Pat over at Game Theory? 2:07 Reality of Being a Content Creator 5:40 Professional Advice from a REAL LPC 6:43 Stage 1: Beginning. 8:57 Stage 2: Onset of stress 12:04 Stage 3: Chronic Stress 13:34 Stage 4: Burnout 15:01 Stage 5: Habitual burnout 15:28 Signs of Burnout throughout the process 15:51 Link between Mental Health, Spiritual Health, and Physical Health 19:00 Culture Box - https://culturebox.media/ - @celcast7659 - https://thecelcast.podbean.com/ 19:48 Spiritual and Mental Health are important 21:09 5 Keys to Maintain Job and Mental Health 30:48 Finding Help 34:29 Final Thoughts

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