One minute, your favorite top is hanging in your closet.
The next? It’s missing—or worse, returned with a mysterious stain that definitely wasn’t there before (hot dog mustard? Really?). That’s burnout for you. It sneaks in quietly, takes over before you even realize what’s happening, and leaves you wondering where your energy, patience, and motivation disappeared to.
Burnout doesn’t show up waving a red flag. It hides behind “just a busy season” or “needing an extra coffee.” Then suddenly, your motivation evaporates, your patience is thinner than that mega cheese wheel gas station toilet paper, and even thinking about work makes you want to throw your laptop into a creek and move to a remote village.
The Three Faces of Burnout (None of Them Show Up With Snacks or a Good Playlist)
- Physical Burnout – If exhaustion were an Olympic sport, you’d have the gold… but no energy to celebrate
- Emotional Burnout – Every email, every Slack ping, every “quick question” makes you question why you ever thought having your own biz would mean “freedom.”
- Mental Burnout – Your brain has left the chat. Focusing is impossible, and Your brain’s gone off the grid. Memory? It’s in witness protection.
Sound familiar? The good news: You don’t have to live like this. In this episode, we’re breaking down burnout recover and how to prevent burnout before it grabs the wheel and takes over the radio station. I’m sharing actual strategies that work (no, it’s not just about bubble baths and “self-care Sundays”).
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
- Journey of Occupational Health Psychology (2021 Study)
- American Psychological Association Research
- Prioritize Everything Model
HIGHLIGHTS:
01:25 “Prolonged stress and lack of recovery time are predictors of burnout”
06:01 Mindset Shift About Busyness: Being constantly “on” is not a badge of honor — it’s a trap.
08:32 Focus on the $100 bills rather than getting lost in low-value work
11:41 Why self-care is essential
