Variant — Chapter 11. Burnout — When Tending Becomes Consuming

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Chapter 11: Burnout — When Tending Becomes Consuming

• The first shadow of creative fire: burnout as ecological collapse
• What burnout actually is: beyond the buzzword (Maslach's three dimensions: exhaustion, cynicism, inefficacy)
• The somatic truth of burnout: numbness, dissociation, hollowness, somatic flatness
• The ecology of burnout: how the balance collapses (air collapse, fuel inversion, containment paradox)
• The seven warning signs: joy-to-obligation ratio shift, lengthening recovery, sensory dimming, irritability, creative shortcuts, future disappearing, body symptoms
• Why creative people are especially vulnerable: identity trap, passion paradox, myth of inexhaustibility
• The path through: burnout recovery as ecological restoration (full stop, restoring air, restoring fuel, rebuilding containment differently)
• The deeper teaching: what burnout reveals about the keeper's relationship to the fire
• Common pitfalls: treating symptoms as obstacles, using spiritual language to override body signals
• Somatic practices and Luminous Invitations