UL's Professor Stephen Gallagher. He is leaning against the bark of a tree. He is dressed in a blue shirt and blue blazer.
“The fact that it takes months or years for burnout to build up means it can take months or years to fully recover.”
In the Irish Examiner, UL's Professor Stephen Gallagher discusses workplace burnout & his research on burnout among hospital doctors & nurses.
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/he...
#WorkplaceBullying #InstitutionalBetrayal #Rhizome #StrangerThings #Advocacy #SelfAdvocacy #SystemsThinking open.substack.com/pub/levinare...
In this article, I explore why the reporting process often inflicts a deeper wound than the original trauma. From the information void to the weaponisation of radical acceptance.
#InstitutionalBetrayal
#SelfAdvocacy
#TheSecondWound #SocialCareReform
#MoralInjury
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I used to believe that systems were safety nets. I was prepared for them to be slow, and I was prepared for them to be apathetic.
But I was not prepared for them to be offended.
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#Advocacy #SystemicChange #ProfessionalIntegrity #InstitutionalBetrayal #Leadership
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Most #gatekeeping isn’t loud. It’s procedural. Administrative. Quiet.
In this piece I explore the architecture of the gate and how #systems shape who gets heard, believed, and recorded. Relevant across every sector. open.substack.com/pub/levinare...
Navigating a failing system isn’t just about policy; it’s about finding the Lightwalkers, the System Sherpas who can't fix the system from the inside but offer the breadcrumbs of humanity we need to survive it open.substack.com/pub/levinare... #HumanityInTheSystem #HiddenHarness
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Administrative Waterboarding is designed to exhaust the witness until they have no air left to protest. Take the power back: Stop the recital. #SystemicReform #Advocacy #InstitutionalBetrayal open.substack.com/pub/levinare...
It is the shift from throwing rocks to building architecture that the giant cannot ignore. 🏛️
It’s heavy work—armouring up to ensure suffering outlives staff turnover and departmental shifts. 🛡️
Full article: open.substack.com/pub/levinare...
#Advocacy #Reform #SocialJustice #PhDInsights
Systems don't listen to outsiders. They listen to mirrors. 🪞
After years as a professional advocate, I’ve learned that the most radical thing you can do is learn the system's language better than the system knows itself.
I call this the ‘Systemic Individual.’
Challenging social care systems isn’t uphill. It’s a tidal wave. It’s losing your footing while the system goes silent—waiting for you to exhaust yourself. Maintaining your voice is resistance open.substack.com/pub/levinareev… #Carers #Advocacy #SocialCare #Resilience
open.substack.com/pub/levinare... This piece explores how vulnerability becomes visible, targeted, institutionalised across educational workplaces
It’s not a confession. It’s an ethics question.
#autoethnography #workplacewellbeing #inclusion #ethics #traumainformed #leadership #institutionalchange
Headspace at Seaburn ✨️☀️
I am privileged to be able to share this new publication.
Sincere thanks to the participants involved, my esteemed co-authors Niamh Whelan, Grainne Hayes , Mark Campbell PhD and the Technological University of the Shannon for facilitating this research.
doi.org/10.1108/IJWH...
Delighted to share our latest episode with Aoife O'Brien, founder of @HappierAtWorkHQ where we talk about the importance of cultivating human-centred workplace cultures to enhance human flourishing 🎙🎧
This one is a must listen 👇
open.spotify.com/episode/1AH2eo…
Speaking up is a human right - a path to justice & change.
But NDAs silence victims of abuse & discrimination.
As the UK Employment Rights Bill is debated, we remind MPs: NDAs restrict the right to speak. Pass the amendment to stop this injustice.
#OurRightsOurFutureRightNow #HumanRightsDay
