Radical Holistic Wellness by Design

She Almost Burned Out in Week Seven

What if burnout is a design failure — not yours? She didn't burn out in year five of practice. She almost burned out in week seven of her MSW field placement. Not because she didn't love people — because the work wasn't designed to love her back. In this debut episode, host Jamie J. Karia, LCSW, introduces the Radical Holistic Wellness (RHW) framework — a curriculum-embedded, justice-oriented approach to teaching wellness as a professional competency in social work education and the helping professions. You'll hear: — Why burnout, secondary traumatic stress, and suicidality are design problems, not personal failures — 4 evidence-informed RHW design moves you can drop into a syllabus, field seminar, or supervision this week — How RHW aligns with the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards (EPAS, 2022), the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics (2021), and the Grand Challenges for Social Work — An RHW Journal Spark to move from insight to action This podcast is for social work educators, field instructors, Bachelor, Master, and Doctoral social work students, and anyone in caring work — nurses, teachers, nonprofit professionals, caregivers — because the nervous system doesn't care about job titles. Educational only. Not therapy, not clinical supervision, not crisis services. Use crisis resources where you live (988 in the U.S.). Full references and show notes: coachingyouforlife.com © 2025 Jamie Karia, LCSW. All rights reserved.