Life in Burnout

I’ve experienced burnout three times. I understand the toll that work and life-related stress has on your mental, emotional, and physical well-being, so I am dedicated to educating, guiding, and supporting women like you to treat, prevent, emerge, and remain free from burnout – just like I have.

When you're burning out, everything suffers – not just work. Here’s what can happen.

Your relationships suffer, you barely have the capacity to function so being the best partner, wife, mother, leader is a big ask and you frequently feel resentful because of the time and effort relationships are taking out of you.

Social Engagement, what social life? It all became too hard and engaging with people other than the ones that are absolutely essential. Small talk and deep conversations – the thought of them was enough to make me run for cover.

Physical Health, once upon a time I’d run most days, walk my dog and go to the gym – I really enjoyed exercise. Some days even walking my dog was hard work and exhausting – she had way more energy than me. Eating was too much effort and preparing meals for myself and others stopped being a priority, that involved shopping and planning – which was enough to spike me into another round of overwhelm. If I ate, I was on the run and because I needed a quick fix for energy – usually washed down with a coffee – one of up to six per day.

Work was my go-to even though I lacked the energy to work effectively. Ironically, work tasks took longer and longer to complete and I also would ruminate on work related matters that interrupted my sleep and kept me awake most nights.

I became more and more negative and cynicism was creeping into my life – I was not the happy, go with the flow, enjoy a laugh Sally that I once was.