About Us.

ANTIBURNOUT.ORG™  is an open resource for people to learn how to create well-being for themselves and their work organizations. It's designed to connect visitors with high-value, science-informed content to consider as they work to prevent and alleviate burnout and promote well-being personally or in their organizational system. It is also designed to connect people to independent resources and to each other to share ideas and insights. For people and organizations wanting more than our free original and curated content, we provide consultation, coaching, training, and organization development.

ANTIBURNOUT.ORG™ 
​exists to build capacity and adaptive solutions for well-being, optimization & sustainability -
both personally & organizationally. 

Our Story

ANTIBURNOUT.ORG™ was born out of passion, experience, and concern for incidence and impact of burnout in our society. Our desire is for everyone to be well, to grow, and to enjoy their work, families, and lives. We have a special interest and a strong connection to the people who bear witness to human suffering, show up for us, and care for us at our greatest times of need as part of their everyday lives. These occupational exposures have consequences. Many healthcare providers, first responders, military, and law professionals and their families are unnecessarily n crisis. Likewise, we have a strong focus on supporting leaders due to our deep understanding of the unique responsibilities, impact, and ripple effect of leaders on individuals and society.​

ANTIBURNOUT.ORG™ is designed to be impactful for anyone trying to improve their well-being, their experience of living, and the systems in which they work. We empower people with knowledge and skills to move forward and lead better. This is critical work! This is how we create a large ripple-effect to change the world for the better.  ​

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Our Co-Founders

Laura Bennett
has been dedicated to understanding and alleviating burnout, first in herself, then others for over 10 years. As a naval leader and healthcare provider, she served in a state of perpetual adaptation to new environments and change. Laura overcame multiple challenges, traumatic experiences, and crises, innovating along the way to create opportunities to support her colleagues and patients. She suffered severe burnout. After rising out of burnout and achieving post-traumatic growth, she developed deep insight and compassion for others experiencing burnout, their families, and their colleagues. Laura developed science-based resiliency programs founded in mindfulness and meditation while serving in the military, first for healthcare staff, then for soldiers, sailors, and Marines in crisis. Upon her retirement from the Navy in 2016, she continued bringing resiliency programs to healthcare and expanded her reach into businesses, first response, non-profits, and communities. Realizing that resiliency work for individuals and groups is not enough to create change in burnout, she began to provide leadership development, coaching, and organizational consulting.

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Gabriel Bennett
​grew up in a military household navigating the challenges of the associated demands including frequent moves, eight school changes with different curricula, integrating into Asian cultures, perpetual movement of his friends to new locations, and having to make new friends.  He was displaced due to the Great East Japan Earthquake, Tsunami, and Nuclear Disaster. Gabriel felt the effects of his mother's burnout and trauma experiences and saw the improvement burnout research had on her. He developed a strong desire to master well-being.  He learned to love and cherish the outdoors and went on to teach Leave No Trace, survival skills, and wilderness resiliency to at-risk youth in the Rocky Mountains. Gabriel's work with at-risk youth and as an Emergency Medical Technician gave him experience around the effects of trauma, fueling his desire to have a positive impact in first responder well-being.
 
Gabriel is studying Sociology and Leadership at the University of Colorado Boulder. Through his education and training he is focusing on improving first-responder burnout and resiliency.

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