Can a 13-minute daily chat with a colleague reduce burnout? new study aims to find out.

Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Between 18- and 65-years old. 2. Currently practicing a healthcare profession in Germany or Austria 2a. Belongs to one of the eligible state-regulated professions with legally defined independent responsibility for patient care, including diagnosis, treatment, psychotherapy, maternity care, or the overall nursing process (e.g., physician, psychotherapist, midwife, or registered nurse). 2b. Regular direct contact with patients or clients as part of the professional role (3) Proficient in German. (4) Informed consent. (5) No diagnosis of a psychiatric disorder within the past two years. (6) Stable internet access and necessary technical equipment (mobile phone with internet access). (7) No regular contemplative practice (≤ 50 hours total within the past six months); healthy population, non-clinical population. Exclusion Criteria: (8) Insufficient German proficiency. (9) Lack of stable internet access or required devices (mobile phone with internet access). (10) No informed consent. (11) Not currently practicing the profession, or working only in administrative, research, or teaching roles without patient contact. 11a. Professions are excluded if their primary role is supportive, assistive, emergency transport, preventive, counseling-focused, or based on prescribed adjunct therapies rather than independent responsibility for patient care, along with non-human-related professions. This includes, for example, nursing assistants, health psychologists, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, speech therapists, dietitians, massage therapists, paramedics (Sanitäter), and other comparable support or adjunct roles. 11b. No regular direct patient or client contact (12) Regular contemplative practice (\> 50 hours in the past six months (e.g., dyad, mindfulness, compassion-based practices). (13) Current psychiatric diagnosis or therapy, or reaching screening cutoffs on: * Patient Health Questionnaire-9 (PHQ-9 ; Martin et al., 2006 ; Löwe et al., 2004 ; Cutoff ≥ 15 ; or endorsing suicidality on the item 9), * Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD-7; Löwe et al., 2007; Spitzer et al., 2006; Cutoff ≥ 15) * Toronto Alexithymia Scale-20 (TAS-20; Bagby et al., 1994; Ritz \& Kannapin, 2000; Cutoff ≥ 61) * Standardized Assessment of Personality - Abbreviated Scale (SAPAS; Moran et al., 2003; Söchtig et al., 2012, Cutoff ≥ 4).