How Can Creating Meaningful Social Change Cause Burnout? Burned out from passion? Sounds like an oxymoron.  How can you suffer burnout from something you are so committed to doing? Easy. When you’re passionate about something, when you put your heart and soul into it… You live it. Your cause matters. You put so much energy into your work and changing injustice that you forget all about your own self-care. And then – it hits you all at once (but if you were being mindful, you’d notice little signs of burnout creeping in). You feel DEPLETED.  You’ve neglected your HEALTH.  Your relationships are suffering. You don’t think you can continue on…