Kintsugi Hope is a Christian charity making a difference to people’s mental wellbeing. 'Kintsugi' is a Japanese technique for repairing pottery with seams of gold. The word means 'golden joinery'. This repair makes the object more beautiful, unique indeed: Instead of hiding scars it makes a feature of them. Kintsugi Hope wants mental and emotional health to be understood in supportive communities where people grow and flourish, and is warning churches and Christian organisations about the danger of employee burnout. Faith groups are especially susceptible to burnout: because people are highly motivated working for God, more pressure is put on them. Kintsugi Hope is offering employers training on the problem. Also the World Health Organisation has published its first ever mental health guidance to employers to help them avoid employee burnout, and a new NHS scheme will provide therapists for the workplace.
Avoiding employee burnout
Written by David Fletcher 13 Oct 2022Additional Info
- Praise: God that Kintsugi Hope, the WHO, and NHS are all providing healing for employees with burnout and guidelines to help employers adjust their workplace culture. (Romans 12:2)
- More: premierchristian.news/en/news/article/churches-and-christian-organisations-urged-to-avoid-employee-burn-out
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