Often the key to having massive impact is the ability to keep going when others would have burned out. Below, you’ll find some brilliant entrepreneurs and creatives sharing how they’ve overcome or avoided burnout.
Meghan Cocchiaro
In 2019 I reached burnout. I was a corporate accountant who was working a lot of hours, climbing the proverbial ladder, raising two sons under 5 years old, trying to manage a household with some renovations, and had a husband who also worked a lot, with a lot of business travel as well. We also had two pets at the time. I became physically ill and mentally overloaded – I even forgot to pick up my son from kindergarten one day because I got distracted by a work call. Read More>>
Beth Walker
In the era of constant connection and an abundance of beautiful inspiration at your fingertips, finding balance has been key to minimize burnout over my 15 year event planning & design career. As the owner of 36th Street Events, a luxury wedding planning & design company, my team and I have the ability to help couples that align with our team. Regardless of the trends that come and go, in the end my passion stems from the core of what I do, which is helping to beautiful humans get married. Knowing this has helped me continue to connect with my clients, feel aligned with my work and produce an amazing experience in an ever changing and stressful situations throughout my career. Read More>>
Jordan Palladino
In the nonprofit sector, burnout is prevalent, and its avoidance is essential in nonprofit leadership. It seems that I am regularly seeing high level, and well respected leaders who are leaving their positions. Although they don’t say it, I am guessing that feeling burn out is a primary reason why they move on. It makes me sad when excellent leaders, who are doing incredible work, leave their passions, and jobs they are excellent at. Over my career, identifying and avoiding burnout has been crucial to my ability to remain in the nonprofit field. Although this is not a complete list, and I am not an expert, here are some steps that I use to help me avoid burnout. Read More>>
Angela Oltmanns
Most of us are familiar with the basic 8 emotions. During the pandemic, I experienced a tremendous range of emotions. My husband, who is a leadership coach, created a series of emotions wheels based on science-backed research. His 128-emotion wheel was an incredibly helpful tool for identifying and naming my intense feelings. By maintaining a mood tracker, I was able to identify emotional patterns and give myself the necessary pauses to breathe and recharge. You can find various emotion wheels here: https://leadskill.com/shop Read More>>
Candice McField
Candice McField Fitness is my signature elite health coaching program. It’s designed for on-the-go executives and high achievers who want to achieve their fit potential but struggle with how best to incorporate fitness into their busy lives. Through CMF I also do motivational speaking and corporate wellness consulting. Read More>>
Antwanette Crutcher
Burnout is real, and it can be incredibly damaging to our physical, emotional, and mental health. I’ve experienced burnout myself, and I know how important it is to address it early.
Here are some of the things I did to overcome burnout:
– Admit that I was overwhelmed. It’s important to acknowledge that you’re struggling. As women, we often feel like we have to be superwomen and can handle everything on our own. But that’s not realistic. Once I admitted that I was overwhelmed, I was able to start taking steps to address the problem. Read More>>
Kate Morley
Burnout is something that I have lived with for years without realizing it. It became my standard. I thought to be considered a hard worker I had also to be physically and mentally exhausted. It’s only been since grad school that I’ve realized that I was doing myself a disservice by continually running on empty. Grad school taught me a lot, but one of the most powerful messages I received was that rest is vital. It is not something that is earned, something that I need to deserve for working hard enough to qualify for, but something necessary to create the art and conduct the research. Read More>>
Dr. Babak Azizzadeh
I’m a facial plastic surgeon in Beverly Hills, and my practice is focused on facelifts, rhinoplasty, facial reanimation, and non-invasive treatments. I’ve been in practice for the past 20 years, and we have been diligently focused on providing cutting-edge treatments, as well as developing novel and safe ways to address the aging process and other facial plastic surgical techniques. My brand is unique because we are involved in developing novel techniques in a boutique way, where we provide hands-on, customized treatments. Read More>>
Jessica Powell
Unfortunately, my lessons in burnout have been harsh ones. I started my career in an animal shelter, so things like euthanasia protocols, husbandry and welfare standards, bureaucracy, the sheer never-ending number of animals being abandoned… these are all things that cause huge amounts of stress and overwhelm on a daily basis. I’m an extremely empathetic person, I’m tenacious, I can be outspoken and I give a 1000% of myself on things I am passionate about. Read More>>
Shelby Smith
Burn out is real – which can make it incredibly hard to ‘clock in’ for the day. I feel like burnout is a common occurrence in the service industry and its something I personally battled with both in my previous jobs and while being self-employed. Each time I would begin a new employment opportunity I would feel energetic and rejuvenated simply because I knew I would be making new product , new recipes, and at a new place. Read More>>
Chacko Finn
When I experienced burn out in 2020, right at the start of the pandemic, I took time off the trombone. I put them all in their case and did not pull them out for 5 months. Before the pandemic, I was playing 3-4 days a week until 1 or 2 AM, plus rehearsals and working full time. I was working too hard and did not enjoy playing music. I was not giving myself any time to relax or have a personal life, it was alway work, work, work. Read More>>
Delisha Brown
Before getting into the strategies let’s define what burnout is. Burnout is an occupational phenomenon conceptualized as resulting from chronic workplace stress that has not been successfully managed, according to the World Health Organization. Within it’s on definition burnout is something that everyone may experience, but is definitely possible to overcome and even avoid once you have developed a stress management system. Read More>>
Erica Giovinazzo
The way I have avoided burnout was by taking it too far in my work life, NOT having work-life balance, and now setting non-negotiable boundaries. When I was just a few years into being a dietitian and CrossFit coach, I was building my Food & Fitness Challenge, and making it bigger and better every time I did it. One year, I had many more people sign up than expected! While this was a great problem to have, I also committed 150% to it, at the expense of my own health. Read More>>
