Welcome to Episode 12 of The Rise Room, the Season 1 finale, released on Christmas Day.

This episode is a moment to pause, reflect, and breathe. Instead of introducing a new topic, we’re tying together the themes that shaped this season, self-worth, boundaries, burnout, healing, and growth, and talking honestly about what comes next.

As the year winds down, this episode invites you to slow down, reflect on what you’ve learned, and honor the fact that rest is also part of the healing process. The Rise Room will be taking a short break and returning in early February, but the work of reflection continues.

References

Here are scholarly sources you can reference for this episode:

Maslach, C., & Leiter, M. P. (2016). Understanding the burnout experience: Recent research and its implications for psychiatry. World Psychiatry, 15(2), 103–111.

Bianchi, R., Schonfeld, I. S., & Laurent, E. (2015). Burnout-depression overlap: A review. Clinical Psychology Review, 36, 28–41.

Hobfoll, S. E., et al. (2018). Conservation of resources theory: Implications for stress and health. Applied Psychology, 67(3), 444–457.

Kabat-Zinn, J. (2013). Mindfulness-based interventions in context. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 10(2), 144–156.

Sonnentag, S., & Fritz, C. (2015). Recovery from job stress: The stressor-detachment model. Journal of Organizational Behavior, 36(S1), S72–S103.