Navigating Burnout: A Deep Dive with Expert Cait Donovan

I've found that a lot of entrepreneurs and busy professionals are finding ways to get burned out, whether they are making money or not.

Everyone (well, you) expects you to:

-Create more cOnTeNT!!!

-Answer emails immediately

-Lead your team

-Use ChatGPT for all the things

-Check Slack

-Have a weekly date night with your spouse

-Show empathy

-Send them a proposal ASAP so they can have it for a stakeholder’s meeting next month

-Go to the gym

-Read your P/L

-KPI something something

-Get 8 hours of sleep

-Be present

-AI stuff more and more

-Check your kid’s TikTok account

-Start a gratitude journal

-Stay off your phone, but use it 6 hours a day

A lot of those things should be a priority.

Many should not.

And before you know it, you are tired and frustrated.

Me too.

I’ve heard several hard cores say being burned out is a little overdone. ?And the way some folks use the term, I tend to agree.

But we are doing more than ever, yet we seem less productive.

This is what causes “burned out” things.

And that’s why I interviewed Cait Donovan ??

Cait is an expert in bridging Western behavioral sciences with Eastern wellness philosophies, particularly with burnout.

Here’s four quick takeaways from her chat:

1. 1. Recognizing your resentment can be the first step in setting healthy boundaries and recovering from burnout.
2. 2. Setting internal boundaries is crucial; you can't set external boundaries effectively without them.
3. 3. Resentment (yes, resentment again) often highlights where we're overextending ourselves or where our efforts are not genuinely valued.
4. 4. Burnout isn't just about being tired; it's a deep misalignment between our actions and our needs.

And Cait straight up says your life can’t be fixed with a gratitude journal. ?You have to do some real groundwork.

Check out the interview while you create content, learn another AI tool, read the latest news, and check your texts??

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