Burnout & stress

Many leaders work hard to look polished. They want to appear calm and strong under pressure. People often think this calm look means a leader has a high capacity for work. But often, that polish is just...

You've done the therapy. Read the books. Hired the coach. Journalled until your hand cramped. You understand your patterns, you can trace them back to their origins, and yet, when the money arrives...

You have read the books. You have done the work. So why are you still exhausted? Because understanding burnout is not the same as healing burnout. You have solved harder problems than...

In healthcare, we often separate clinical care from the realities of everyday life. We treat symptoms, stabilize conditions, and manage behaviors, but sometimes overlook what is happening beneath the...

Do you ever feel like you know what you want, but just can’t get yourself to follow through? People often assume they need more discipline. But many actually need a nervous system capable of holding more stress...

“Too much hurry bruck pot.” This Jamaican proverb warns that excessive rushing eventually leads to damage. Yet in many workplaces today, speed, urgency, and constant output are rewarded as signs of commitment...

In states of burnout, the body and mind have disconnected. This can be hard to navigate as our capacity to see and feel what’s happening to us is limited. Distressing symptoms such as insomnia, fast racing thoughts...

70% of chronic diseases are caused by stress, according to many studies published by the World Health Organization (WHO), the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the Centers for Disease Control (CDC).

There’s a pattern I keep noticing. Not in what people say, but in how they live, in the decisions they delay, in the way they push through things that clearly aren’t working, in how long they stay in...

There’s a topic everyone knows about, most have experienced, and many have tried to solve. Burnout. Burnout is real. It has real effects on the body, mind, and spirit, and can greatly impact your...

Back pain is no longer a condition associated only with older adults. Today, more people experience chronic spinal pain during their most active years of life, often as a result of sedentary work, chronic stress...

A high-achiever is in an important work call with seventeen browser tabs open, Teams notifications coming through, half-listening for the Amazon delivery, wondering whether they have anything for lunch...

From the outside, everything looks fine. Your career is stable. Your relationships are healthy enough. You’ve worked hard to build a life that once felt far away. Maybe you finally have the house, the...

Starting again doesn’t have to mean pushing harder. Sometimes, the most powerful progress comes from rebuilding your energy in a way that lasts, one small step at a time. Learning to begin again...

This article is based on my upcoming book, Change When Change Feels Impossible, which explores why so many people struggle to sustain meaningful change despite genuinely wanting their lives to improve. Over the years...

If you feel unusually overwhelmed, tense and tired, you might be wondering whether it's normal stress or something more. Burnout doesn't arrive all at once. It follows a predictable pattern, and once you...