Job Burnout: What It Is, Why We Feel It, & How to Overcome It

Leap Like Me

Are you considered a job or career change because you’re exhausted by work, unmotivated and unfulfilled? Is burnout a factor in your desire for change? Unfortunately, job burnout has only become more common since the start of the pandemic. Here’s my advice for how to improve or redesign your relationship to your work if you’re struggling with this.

In this final solo episode of our season on career leaps, I’m tackling burnout, one of the biggest issues I see facing workers today. I’m explaining why it’s become so common in the past few years, and sharing my own experience with burnout in my career. Then, I’m giving you some actionable tips for tackling burnout in your own work life.

In this episode, you’ll learn...

• The role burnout plays in making a career leap [1:37]
• How burnout has become more common in the past few years [2:58]
• What job burnout is and what it feels like [3:39]
• How a coach can help you get out of burnout and into a career you love [5:16]
• How the pandemic spurred burnout for “knowledge workers” and service providers [8:11]
• Why you shouldn’t rely on solely your job to provide meaning [11:37]
• My advice for anyone struggling with burnout [16:11]
• Why it’s important to take ownership of the parts of your work life you can control [25:18]

If you’re considering your own courageous career change, be sure to tune into this episode.

Get full show notes and the episode transcript: https://www.lisahoashi.com/leaplikeme/episode29

Links mentioned in this episode…

Listen to Episode 23 with Sika Stanton: https://www.lisahoashi.com/leaplikeme/episode23

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