Here's how you can bounce back from burnout and reignite your career.

Why not live out the role of retiree for awhile, and see how you feel. If you feel like going back to work, perhaps in a different capacity, perhaps not, then great, you have recovered! If not, then also great. Win-win strategy. You were born as a human being on planet Earth with a limited number of hours to be alive. Use them wisely.

Alguns casos de Burnout iniciam quando o propósito da empresa e colaborador divergem. O esfor?o para atender metas muitas vezes impostas, mal estipuladas é devastador. A falta de alinhamento entre seus valores e os da empresa s?o um fardo. O dia tem inúmeros desafios, carregar peso que considera desnecessário sobrecarrega duplamente os esfor?os, minando e esgotando sua capacidade produtiva. é necessário por parte dos Líderes rever o que realmente importa e por parte do colaborador ser transparente, um feed back aberto e positivo entre as partes é um caminho que ajuda a evitar o burnout e redirecionar os esfor?os necessários para resultados excelentes.

It's important to understand that burnout is a legitimate issue that can affect anyone. By acknowledging it, you can begin to take actionable steps towards recovery rather than ignoring or downplaying the symptoms.

Here's an analogy from outside of my career to acknowledge burnout: In 2018, I ran 5,425 miles across America. I experienced pretty significant burnout when I reached Arizona (only about 1,000 miles into it). I refused to acknowledge the burnout for the next 200 miles; instead I let the negative emotions take over my mind. When I reached New Mexico, I took a full day off to acknowledge my burnout. This allowed me to shift my mindset and take every step as if it was a goal. This mindset allowed me to complete 11 million steps across the United States. And none of it would have happened if I didn't acknowledge my burnout. I apply this lesson in my career often, focusing on the positive micro-steps.

Boundaries for burnout aren’t just between work and personal life, some manage that just fine. Where I see more trouble managing boundaries is with personal work time vs. collaborative work time. We often forget that thinking, processing, planning and ideating are important to both effectiveness and our mental health. It’s easy to keep the standing meeting, add an additional meeting here and there…before you know it, you have no time to plan and think about the future. Add a need to respond to every email urgent and important or not and you are on a path to burnout! Protecting personal work time as non-negotiable on your calendar can be critical to helping reduce burnout. Refuse meetings that don’t add value and repurpose that time.

Bouncing back from burnout requires strategic boundary setting to protect your work-life balance. Clearly delineate work from personal life by turning off work emails after hours and declining tasks that exceed your capacity. This approach isn't solely about managing time but optimizing your energy. Effective boundary setting ensures that work stress doesn't infiltrate every aspect of your life, allowing you to recharge. By preserving your time and energy, you foster a sustainable career trajectory, demonstrating leadership in change management and commitment to long-term professional well-being.

I found it difficult trying NOT to work. It's easier to replace work with something else e.g. instead of saying I'm not working tonight, rather say that I'm going to read a novel tonight, or I'm going out for dinner tonight, or I'm practicing my hobby tonight. Replace not doing something with doing something.

Setting boundaries is another key competency for effective leaders and influential practitioners. It begins from a place of reflection and has a strong relationship to your values. Ask yourself: What boundaries do you supposedly have in place and how effective are they now? What's the "why" behind any gaps? In the end, you will prioritize and hold fast to the boundaries based on what you actually value most. Based on what you see, what are you valuing? what values are you violating? and what boundaries do you need to set now?

Setting boundaries between work and personal time is crucial for maintaining a healthy work-life balance. It allows us to recharge, relax, and focus on activities that bring us joy and fulfillment outside of work. Without clear boundaries, we can easily become overwhelmed, stressed, and burnt out. By establishing a balance between work and personal time, we can improve our well-being, productivity, and overall quality of life. Setting boundaries also helps us set expectations with others, prioritize self-care, and create a sustainable routine that supports our mental and emotional health.

Stress -burnout-depression.. this is a common path that follows with frequent and unconditional changes around us. Forcing us to adapt to the balance may result in more stress and eventually, reach a breaking point. Don't keep this yourself, find new hobbies, reach out to your friends family or colleagues, spend some quality time together , go for a short trip .. build memories ..

We burnout more in isolation. One of the most easy way to fight burnout is to collaborate. Find your joy in working with others and know you aren’t in it alone.

Burnout, same as depression or stress, should be tackled before it reaches clinical stage, and this means the check of a professional psychologist is always appropriate. Before it gets to that point however, there are several things we can do to mitigate burnout. First, we all have different personas: the professional, family member, friend, athlete. Normally it's only one role that goes in overdrive, and we can contextualize thinking of our other roles in life to regain some balance. Then lifestyle: nothing beats strenuous bouts of physical activity, good hours of sleep and healthy diet to keep our cathecolamines and immune system in order. Their boost on our mood is incredible, and this helps us mitigate burnout.

Get real with yourself about what tools or structures actually work best to help you make changes in your life. Some examples: Writing down a goal and keeping it in front of your eyes every day. Telling someone you trust about the goal and maybe asking them to help keep you honest about progress. Build a plan to take small steps to realize the goal. Put activities or milestones on your calendar. Work with a Coach to achieve your goal... Whatever ACTUALLY works for you, that's the kind of support to put in place if you want to be successful.

Knowing you are not alone, not a failure and not letting anybody down is the first step and by seeking support will help guide you on finding a plan that is best suited for you. Celebrate your small wins and know its okay when setting boundaries that some days you are better at this than others

This is something very important to me and I try to lead by example to my team and those I work with. Finding things that bring me joy, help me disconnect is what allows me to reset on the days when its harder to find the balance

I feel working to victories is a very powerful mechanism to energise oneself. Target small victories, go all out to achieve them and then celebrate!

Totally agree that an energised and healthy body and mindset is critical... We are much more effective when we are also in control of ourselves... i think we also become more astute with time - our bs radar works better and we know which patch we will play in and which we will avoid.

When it comes to self-care, prioritize being "selfish." It can feel odd to focus on yourself, especially when you're used to ensuring everyone else is okay. However, just like the airline safety rule instructs us to "put your mask on first" before helping others, we need to apply this to our daily lives. By taking care of yourself first, you ensure you're in the best position to help those around you. Remember, self-care is not a luxury but a necessity. It replenishes your energy, maintains your health, and enhances your ability to support others effectively. Prioritizing your well-being is essential for change. It's the simple things for me, a cup of tea, stop and smell the actual roses, quiet your brain and let go !

There is a popular line that you cannot pour from an empty cup - and it is true... burnout happens when we have nothing left to give. It is a sense of being depleted. Filling our cups with simple things that nourish and fulfill us are essential to recovering from burnout and remaining out of burnout. Moving our bodies, being in nature, breathing intentionally, intentional awareness, eating food that makes us feel good... Finding pleasure and joy, following our desires and being present are all part of self care.

Purpose eats progress goals! I never thought that it was important in which industry I worked but I had to radically change my mind because the company's purpose needs to resonate in order to spend half of your awake time well. Last year, I have started to work for a company whose purpose it is to make medicine accessible to 2b people who do not have access. The company furthermore has "putting our people first" at the center of its strategy and actually delivers against it every single day. I did not know that I needed a purpose and focus to match THAT much but feel energized at work every single day since I joined. It doesn't matter if good things happen or not, I always have a great day!

As a strength based coach,I advise clients to identify their strengths through the Clifton strength assessments, thereafter I take my clients through their strengths, thereby allowing them them to know how these strengths can help in identifying the main issue at hand. From there we go through coaching considering their objective which in this case is assessing or reassessing their goals. With these strengths, individuals are able to use them in better understanding and selecting goals that seem to be appropriate and relevant. We set goals, targets , time lines, activities on that identified objectives, and of course we identify those strengths which will help an individual in achieving the goals.

Sem dúvida que ter-se um burnout coloca muita coisa que antes se dava importancia, agora com pouca ou nenhuma. Faz-de uma reavalia??o de metas e prioridades pois o que antes se considerava que dava certo, deixou de dar. Digo por experiência própria, pois neste momento n?o abdico do meu tempo para mim e na verdade, fez-me reavaliar o que seria até prioritário para a minha empresa. Revisitei os objetivos a curto e médio prazo e percebi que tinha de mudar a forma como estava a gerir a empresa e o seu caminho. E é claro, que ao fazer isto, redefini o que era o meu próprio caminho.

You can maintain your values while shifting your goals. And that shifting doesn't need to be permanent - it may be for just the period in your life where you find yourself, like raising children or caring for elderly family members. Flexibility in your own approach to goals is key to their long-term success.

Tive a experiência de chegar próximo a ter burnout em 2016, com apoio de profissionais, amigos e familiares puder reordenar minhas metas e rotinas. Reorganizar as Metas foi fundamental para entender o que realmente eu queria, e um dos pontos que n?o cogitei quando estava imerso nos desafios do dia a dia era prolongar mais a “minha linha chegada” de alguns objetivos. Literalmente, a combina??o de “me dar” mais um ano para me formar na engenharia, abrindo espa?o para praticar esporte no meio da semana (intensa que vivia) naquela época, e mudar minha trajetória profissional sendo mentorado por profissionais que eu admirava (e admiro até hoje) foi a chave para minha recupera??o com sucesso.

One thing I have found helpful is to embrace change as an opportunity for growth. From my experience, adaptability and resilience are essential for recovering from burnout. Exploring new roles, industries, or furthering your education can be daunting, but it often leads to exciting new beginnings. In today’s fast-paced world, the ability to pivot and adapt is crucial. Taking on challenging projects or learning new technologies presents unique chances to grow. My career path has been a dynamic journey filled with opportunities for reinvention. Embrace change with curiosity and a positive mindset. Trust in your ability to navigate new environments. Stay curious, stay adaptable, and let change be the catalyst for your professional evolution.

The cells in the gut are able to withstand hydrochloric acid because of a rate of regeneration at > 80,000 per second. When the rate of change in the external environment is greater than the rate of change inside, the organism dies. Adaptation is a muscle that gets build on the weight of change and feeds and fuels resilience. We already have large coping mechanisms in built that we need to harness, and not fall prey to the natural comfort of inertia. Personally, I got feedback that I was a great mentor and a pathetic coach. I wanted to hire a coach to understand and work on this. I was then convinced by them to become a coach for a permanent fix. As a practicing manager going through the process was hell. Sure as hell, I would do it again

When my daughter Sommer was younger, she had a fascination with sharks. I learned from her that while some sharks do sleep, they must keep moving. Now grown up, with an obsession that has evolved to a deeper level of respect, she keeps me informed on findings. So why bring up sharks? As they navigate the vast ocean, sharks effortlessly adjust to their ever-changing environment, exemplifying adaptability. Change is a constant for us, too. It's the one thing you can count on happening, with or without us. Choose to be part of it and control what you can. Often, fear becomes a barrier to new experiences. Recognizing these fears and their triggers will be your doorway to success.

From an Advaita Vedanta perspective, we can see change as a constant dance within our consciousness. Consciousness itself, the Atman, is the unchanging observer, witnessing the ever-shifting world. It's when we identify too strongly with our roles, careers, or even our perceived limitations that change feels threatening. By cultivating awareness of our true, unchanging Self, we can navigate change with greater adaptability and resilience. This opens us to exciting new possibilities and allows us to approach career transitions not just with resilience, but with a sense of growth and exploration.

Over the course of my career, I have learned that a key tell of impending burnout is when I continuously feel frustrated in a role. I used to ignore this feeling and double down harder which only had negative effects on both my mental health and productivity at work. Now, I have reframed my relationship with frustration. I use it as a guide to interrogate the role I am in, the people I am working with, and the purpose of the organisation. If my values aren't aligned with these key components - I know it is time to embrace change and re-orient my future direction. This could mean having a trust conversation with my leader about how I am feeling, looking for alternative roles within the company or deciding to leave the role.

Often what is not considered is ensuring you don’t go back into a role, organisation, environment that will just lead you right back to burnout. All the self care and best intentions can fall the wayside if u go back into an environment that feeds burnout, such as unreasonable workloads and timeframes, inadequate resourcing and poor prioritisation and unsupportive leadership. Also look at deep seated behaviours that may have contributed to the burnout in the first place, such as an inability to say no, people pleasing, an addiction to busyness, inability to rest and coupling of identity and value to status and productivity. These are worth unpacking as uncomfortable as they may be to delve into.

Let go of what no longer serves you. We hold onto so much that is conditioned into us that we don't actually agree with but we take on as part of our lives... bring awareness to those things and let them go. Let go of the self criticism, the judgement of what you should be like and give yourself compassion and grace for exactly where you are... Let go of what others think about you and build a relationship with yourself where you like you.

Acknowledging this is how you feel now, no guilt, no stress. It is what it is. Enjoy small things, go outside and listen. Eat when hungry, sleep when needed, write up 3 things a day that make you feel happy. And don’t forget to breath.

The fact is burnout comes from working too much, not learning new things, being in the same environment, being around the same people, etc. Over the years in HR, employees have shared how they combat burnout: 1. Learning new things: playing an instrument, woodworking, cooking, etc. Focus on things that aren’t work related so it doesn’t feel like work. 2. New hobbies: gardening, playing a new sport, hiking, metal detecting, etc. Focus on things that take them outdoors so they can get out of the house or office environment. This forces physical exercise and is a change of scenery. 3. Participate in rotational programs at work so they can learn new skills and feel challenged. The main theme seems to be to do things that bring balance.

Firstly remember that burnout is just a situation you are in. It does not define who you are. Next, seek clarity. My burnout happened because I had a lack of clarity, caused by changing leadership and unclear strategy. Too many or unclear priorities cause us to context switch and achieve less, which leads to burn out. To help, try seeking more clarity on priorities from your leader. When that didn’t help me, I realised my personal values were being crushed by leaders above me. That drained me every day. In this case, seek a new challenge and find a place that aligns with what you value. When you do, you’ll find your energy and productivity renewed.