Jim Damron uses nine well-known movies–one is used twice–to help illustrate ten burnout remedies in his book Smoke Screening. Each story has its own burnout lesson, and every lesson to be learned is practical, doable, and valuable. With humor, empathy, and sympathy, Damron uses his years of clinician experience to share ways to come back from burnout risk.

The stories in this book are real. In some you will find humor, in some peace, and in others, well, you need to read them to find out for yourself. They will awaken your perspective, perhaps even in the tumultuous times of the “new normal.”