Between Hustle Culture, Work-From-Home, and other trends and changes in the work and business culture, we’ve seen a large rise in burnout within the community and so we’ve become very interested in hosting conversations around how folks can avoid or overcome burnout.

Seth Baer

After living in LA for years I hit this point of spiritual and artistic burnout. I was performing and playing music 7 days a week for hours at a time. I would play these 2-4 hour sets with a catalogue of about 40 songs just repeating. In my down time, it affected the way I spoke, slept, and felt about myself. At this moment I had to step away and refocus my energy into something else. Music will always be there.  Read More>>

Jenny Corbett

Honestly, I didn’t at first. I hit a wall—mentally, emotionally, and creatively. That moment of burnout is what pushed me to reevaluate everything. I ended up quitting my 9–5 and finally gave myself permission to pursue the creative path I had always dreamed about. I’ve wanted to be an interior designer with my own company for as long as I can remember, but I never expected it to happen during one of the hardest seasons of my life. Read More>>

Monica Halligan

Burnout is tricky. I have experienced burnout a few times throughout my career. I normally have tell tell signs that I am needing a break. My favorite way to overcome burnout comes in many forms. I love to connect with nature, anything that makes me feel like I am somewhere else and can relax and ignore my responsibilities for a few days.  Sometimes a simple break is all I need. Other times I have to immerse myself into something else creatively. Read More>>

Mariza Lockhart

I avoid and overcome burnout doing my favorite thing- traveling. My passion for traveling and exploring the world keeps me going when I begin to question my career choices and working for myself grants me the freedom to take trips whenever I can. While I generally prefer traveling abroad, exploring closer destinations can still satisfy my adventurous aspirations. Read More>>

Halle Thoams

Like many chronically ill and neurodivergent folks, I learned how to recover from burnout the hard way. I’d overexerted myself for years because I feared what would happen if I couldn’t “keep up” with societal and professional expectations.

For me, recovery looked like getting radically honest with myself about what I had the capacity for, even if I didn’t like the answer. It also meant accepting that I have to work differently from many of my peers in order to sustain the high quality of care I want to provide to my clients. Read More>>

Aviv Keren

Personally, I’ve experienced burnouts several times.
Over the past 8 years, I’ve worked very consistently without breaks — which, on one hand, I’m grateful for, and I’ve had the chance to do things I never dreamed of doing — but on the other hand, dance is probably the most demanding profession there is. Read More>>