The Quiet Unravelling: Understanding and Recovering from Burnout and Compassion Fatigue (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780975625378)

The Quiet Unravelling: Understanding and Recovering from Burnout and Compassion Fatigue by Andrea Pluck The Quiet Unravelling is a compassionate guide for therapists, carers, and helping professionals who are running on empty but still showing up for others. Drawing from both personal experience and professional insight, Andrea Pluck gently unpacks the complex layers of burnout and compassion fatigue-not as signs of failure, but as signals that something needs care. With warmth and clarity, she explores why exhaustion often hides behind productivity, why guilt clings to boundaries, and why "just take a break" rarely works. This book goes beyond bubble baths and busywork. It helps readers recognise the slow unravelling, reflect on what got them here, and begin the deeply personal work of healing. Each chapter offers grounded reflections, evidence-based insights, and gentle practices to support emotional recovery, nervous system regulation, and reconnection with self. Written in a voice that feels like a wise, kind friend, The Quiet Unravelling doesn't promise a quick fix-it offers something better: understanding, validation, and a way forward that honours both the work we do and the humans we are. For anyone who has ever felt like they were disappearing inside the very work that once gave them meaning, this book is an invitation to pause, exhale, and remember that you matter too.

Author: Andrea Pluck
ISBN-10: 0975625373
ISBN-13: 9780975625378
Publisher: Pluck Pluck Goose
Language: English
Published: 06/19/2025
Pages: 152
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.42lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.33d