Burnout: How A Desert Lizard Restored My Faith

By: Pam Young

An ordinary woman experiences extreme burnout and existential crisis. She tries self-medication with alcohol, drugs, and sex, but gets no relief. She tries psychics, massage therapists, and even a psychiatrist. But it isn’t until she camps with shamans in Mexico that real healing begins.

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Book Description

Burnout -- How a Desert Lizard Restored My Faith. It tells the story of an ordinary woman who experienced extreme burnout, aka dark night of the soul or existential crisis. The story begins with a murder that happened while she was lecturing. It relates all the ways the author sought relief - from self-medication with alcohol, drugs, and sex to psychics to counseling and psychiatry. Most importantly, it reveals how real healing began when the author camped with shamans in Mexico, with a culture vastly different from her own.

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