Burnout is a familiar state for most passionate and determined people.
Burnout is a familiar state for most passionate and determined people.
You’re here for a reason.
You have a strong passion to serve and a vision that you passionately care about.
It feels like you are always in need of more hours in the day and more energy to do ALL THE THINGS.
This vision might be pursued through…
…your profession,
your relationships,
creative projects,
activism to create real change.
You might be juggling commitments in all these areas at once. There are so many things to do, places to be, and causes to care about that you honestly don’t understand how people can walk around feeling satisfied rather than driven to do more.
What is Burnout?
It feels like perpetual exhaustion. We know we’ve pushed limits a few times too many and we feel the cost of that. What used feel fulfilling is now just a slog, and a frustrating brain fog takes over. You’re no less determined or committed, but you hit an internal brick wall when you try to move forward.
Burnout isn’t an individual problem. It’s created by a culture that holds impossible standards of perpetual growth, earning and producing, but doesn’t remember or value what we are supposed to be growing, earning and producing for.
Passionate, determined, highly capable people can easily find themselves sucked in by systems that use their drive and enthusiasm at the expense of their own wellbeing.
I help passionate and multipassionate people identify and dismantle the cultural drivers of burnout so they can serve their big visions more sustainably.
i offer the following ways to work with me around burnout
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Burnout Articles
The Single Best Burnout Prevention Strategy
You may have noticed, I never write articles of the sort you find scrolling through a newsfeed, with headlines like, “5 tips to avoid burnout.” There’s a reason for that: Tips, tricks and life hacks can’t solve the current epidemic of burnout. [read more]
Unfulfilled Potential is a Good Thing
My Mom used to tell me I’d make a great lawyer. Undoubtedly this was usually said in frustration because I was arguing with her about something she wanted me to do that I didn’t want to do, but this suggestion would always irritate me. I had absolutely no desire to be a lawyer. “But you’re so [read more]
Burnout and the Holidays
This is a time when many people are looking forward to some celebrations, maybe dreading some things also, maybe feeling stressed about everything that seems like it MUST get done before 2021 draws to a close. If burnout is part of your reality right now, it is likely making it feel like everything is urgent. In [read more]
Failing is a Revolutionary Act
Recently I gave a talk on burnout to a group of passionate leaders. I posed a series of questions that I often find myself asking people who are working to recover from or prevent burnout. [read more]
Generative Metaphors
Toxic Productivity Culture would have us think about ourselves and our lives as we expect a corporation might, with an eye to wringing as much perceived value out of our time and efforts as possible. When we look at our lives through the lens of toxic productivity culture, we are resources to be used up. [read more]
Guilt is Not a Reliable Compass
Often I work with people who, in the interest of preventing or addressing burnout, are very willing to scale back their to do lists and define what is enough. But when it comes to actually stopping when they reach that enough point, they have a very hard time. [read more]
