TY - JOUR
AU - Gorski, Paul
AB - Activist burnout, which causes activists to disengage from their activism, is a formidable barrier to the sustainability of social justice movements, including those focused on social justice in educational contexts. However, the cultures of these movements often disregard the importance of self-care, seeing it as self-indulgence, putting activists at even higher risks of burnout. In this study, one of the first to assess the impact of specific self-care strategies on activist burnout, data from interviews with 14 social justice education activists are analyzed in order to uncover how they used mindfulness practices such as yoga, tai-chi, and meditation to cope with burnout. The analysis revealed a variety of ways in which mindfulness mitigated their burnout experiences. It revealed, as well, a shared perception that, beyond helping to sustain their activism, mindfulness made them more effective activists.
TI - Relieving Burnout and the “Martyr Syndrome” Among Social Justice Education Activists: The Implications and Effects of Mindfulness
JO - The Urban Review
DO - 10.1007/s11256-015-0330-0
DA - 2015-08-11
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/springer-journals/relieving-burnout-and-the-martyr-syndrome-among-social-justice-2A6YQx8ypa
SP - 696
EP - 716
VL - 47
IS - 4
DP - DeepDyve
ER -