It prompted a question that’s been lurking at the back of my mind since I started researching burnout. Why are we ashamed of burnout? When I asked Google, no clear answer emerged. Which was annoying because it meant I had to actually think rather than just, like, be told. The thing is, this question is incredibly important. Shame and stigma are more than unpleasant. In conjunction with burnout, shame can be outright dangerous because it compounds the stress we are

When I did this interview, I’d never actually met Tris Thorp. Yet from the moment I set eyes on her during our Zoom working calls, I was blown away — smart, funny, beautiful, accomplished, and deeply inspiring. Am I gushing? She also drops F-bombs on the regular, which put the Australian in me at ease right away. Writing my book on burnout, I’ve thought of Tris often. Not only because she went through a burnout herself, but because she took the lessons of burnout to next-l

This might sound counter-intuitive, but burnout can be a gift. Burnout creates space for bold decisions and positive change — and as grittily painful as burning out is, it comes with some upsides. Let me explain.

It is all too easy to assume we are alone in our struggles, and when I was burning out no one else at the firm seemed to be missing a beat. Later I realized that many of people mask despair, hide misgivings and present a face of ‘I’ve got this’. ‘I want this’.

Not everyone who goes through a burnout has a snap moment. Many simmer at a low heat, burning out slowly for years, unable to determine even in retrospect when burnout started or peaked. There are millions of people around the world right now to whom this applies,.