Sometimes it seems that no amount or combination of time optimization side hustles and
productivity enhancement can help us rid ourselves of constant feelings that we're just not
doing enough or that we're not doing things right. But where can we turn to when the typical
diet of self-help and motivational book therapy doesn't seem to solve the problem? In Getting
Over Ourselves: Moving Beyond a Culture of Burnout Loneliness and Narcissism human
development specialist and leadership coach Christina Congleton delivers an incisive and timely
exploration of how people particularly millennials can get beyond the tired clichés of the
self-help genre and gain unexpected capacities to thrive and lead. The author examines how
crushing student debt loads consecutive financial crises and a surprising uptick in
depression substance abuse and suicide are combining to reduce the otherwise extraordinary
potential of millennials everywhere. She also provides concrete strategies rooted in
developmental psychology to counteract those negative influences and help people from a variety
of backgrounds flourish. In this book you'll find insights into why life hacks productivity
seminars and more adulting are not the solutions to the issues faced by the millennial
generation. Instead you'll find a framework that rejects the idea that there is a separate
solitary self in need of constant improvement connecting you with your deeper humanity. You'll
also discover effective techniques for fending off burnout and move beyond your unsatisfactory
status quo. The antidote to the skin-deep ineffective and counter-productive self-help
material you've been finding elsewhere Getting Over Ourselves is a must-read resource for
young and mid-career professionals business leaders members of new and growing families and
anyone else hoping to simply get more out of life. Perfect for young and mid-career
professionals business leaders workers people in new and growing families and anyone
seeking less productivity enhancement and more contentment Getting Over Ourselves is an ideal
prescription for the generation that's experienced more stress and upheaval than many others.
