Burnout can be your best teacher
My hope is that they will bring you a moment of recognition, ease, and solace — wherever you find yourself right now.
resonate with you?
No matter how much you do, it never seems to be enough. You keep pushing forward, keep pretending that you are fine. You can’t let anyone down.
But deep inside, you know you don’t have any more of you to give.
That sense of dread and helplessness. It sits in your chest, your stomach, your bones.
And what’s ahead?
- Sleepless nights. You wake up at 3 a.m. and can’t breathe.
- You dread mornings. You feel exhausted.
- Migraines have become a constant companion.
- You are quick to snap at the people you love most.
Suddenly, you slam into the brick wall of reality:
If you can’t say 'no' to all the pressure, your body will. It will draw the line: through excruciating back pain, fainting, or even seizures.
Burnout gets you to finally say: “I can’t do this for much longer. There has to be another way.”
We live in a burnout society. The most medicated, addicted and suicidal society in human history. We normalise insane amounts of work.
We feel overwhelmed, exhausted, trapped.
The hard truth is that society is not going to change.
Instead of putting power into society, you could find immense power within yourself.
Here are the elements that contribute to burnout.
Society: tough economy, job insecurity, high cost of living, etc.
Internal factors:
- people pleasing
- relentless inner critic
- lost body-mind connection.
If you are trying to please everyone, you have a harsh inner critic, and you are cut off from your own body, this society will eat you alive.
The most important: You don’t have to do it alone.
Some of you might need a coach. Some - a therapist.
And burnout can actually help you. HOW?!
Hold on a second. Let me explain.
It strips away illusions. You begin to see what is not working - in your job, boundaries, relationships, and self-care.
| Patterns of people pleasing become visible. Remember the last time when:
Avoiding conflicts, doing favours you don’t have time for, and acting happy when you feel frustrated won’t make everyone love you. |
critic...
“Everyone else has it together except me.”
“If I don’t get this perfect, I am a failure.”
These are the whispers of the inner critic — relentless, harsh, and impossible to please. You need help to release their grip on your mind.
Then, in the raw, exhausted space, you will begin to see the truth:
The voice telling you to do more, be more, prove more - was never kind, never wise.
And never yours to begin with.
Body-mind division
You may ask yourself: Why can’t all this stress and pain stop us before it’s too late?
We develop an incredible survival strategy: disconnection from our bodies. We override fatigue, pain, and hunger with coffee, painkillers and aggressive deadlines.
We choose not to feel.
When we don’t feel, we lose the ability to recognise danger.
Toxic marriage, harmful job, and devastating disease become the norm.
Burnout can take you on a relentless downward spiral.
A skipped lunch. A weekend spent working. A missed call from someone you love.
You tell yourself it’s just a busy week. But the weeks string together.
The fog thickens. The aches deepen. The spark fades.
And eventually? The cost is everything.
Your energy. Your health. Your work. Your life.
Chronic stress carves a path towards:
Autoimmune disorders
Cancer
Heart disease
Emotional numbness
Total breakdown
You didn’t build your life to end up here.
But here you are.
You don’t have to quit your job to heal.
You don’t need to abandon your passion to feel whole.
But you do need a new way of doing things.
Your ability to find sustainable rhythms, set clear boundaries and become aware of what is happening in your body is the best antidote to burnout.
Your recovery can be spacious, nourishing, and truly regenerative.
Not a quick fix, a one-step solution, a magic cure.
Instead, a strategy.
Solid habits and routines that will support you for years to come.
Remember, burnout is a classic dilemma - a never-ending balancing act. It is a lifelong challenge.
Your body feels refreshed and nourished. Tension is finally melting away.
Your heart finds its rhythm - steady and unhurried.
Quiet power rising from within feels like an unstoppable tide.
You feel a vibrant spectrum of emotions. Joy, sadness, hope, and grief are all embraced without guilt or overwhelm. Nothing is buried or suppressed.
Boundaries arise not as walls, but as sacred lines.
The inner critic softens. You begin to speak to yourself like someone you love.
A sense of purpose returns. With radical honesty, you rebuild your life. Your unique talents and passions become your guiding North Star. You have so much to live for.
Deeply connected with the people you love most, you know your limits and your strengths.
Your work becomes a companion, not a burden.
A place of service. Of Healing. Of Alignment.
You can build a life that sustains you. The life you fall deeply in love with.
People who have overcome burnout with the right support build this life faster than those who never faced burnout.
Your body is one of the most powerful tools you can work with.
Talk therapy alone provides relief, but it will not change the deepest
patterns that are holding you back.
Compassion beats everything. Self-compassion is more powerful than self-criticism.
I believe that burnout can be your best teacher.