Dear colleagues -- (a lot of info follows )

In today's surreal, dangerous period we are all experiencing overwhelming overload. Many believe they are depressed, often taking unnecessary meds, when they are actually burned out. For the new edition of Burnout and Self-Care I researched the differences between burnout and depression. To bottom line, in most cases, depression is experienced like a punch in the belly (and elsewhere), while burnout is experienced as "I cannot carry or deal with one more thing." (There can be a combination.) In addressing burnout, most professional settings concentrate only on work overload. I was grateful that Philly's Legal Intelligencer published my explanation of the interaction of burnout arenas. (It is possible to download the article free of charge by following prompts.)

As many know, the road to selling a book today has changed dramatically. I am very appreciative to a new internet friend who created a short video describing my research that I will post shortly. Many of you know the past uphill road to bringing ed 2 of Burnout and Self-Care to life. I am exceedingly grateful to NASW Press for supporting my academic research that upholds the cost of Societal Burnout, as well as the impact of dysfunctional leadership and moral distress. After intense fact checking, the book is finally available. Ed 2 offers the clearest descriptions and explanations I know how to put into words. I will be so pleased if you decide to order by calling 1-800-227-3590.

Finally, several of you know that I have been heavily criticized for my review of the extremely popular, well reviewed new Netflix series, Maid. If you google the reviews of Maid, just above Rotten Tomatoes, you can visit my capsule comment explantion. I stand by my review in the New Social Worker (and am grateful to Linda Grobman for publishing it)!: Altho skillfully written and extremely well acted, the characters in Maid are not representative of women and children whose lives are threatened every hour of every day by domestic violence.

Thanks so very much for taking the time to read this.

With deep caring, To be continued! SaraKay .