From Exhausted to Energized: Overcoming and Avoiding Burnout

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.

Jessica Smith

The permanent makeup industry is constantly changing and evolving. What we once did 8 years ago is almost entirely obsolete and has led me to grow and learn constantly.
In this industry continuing education is paramount to learning new skills and services to offer as well as keeping up with current technology, information and style.
This fast paced industry always has something new and exciting to offer our clients. Read More>>

Morgan Combs

I don’t think burnout is something you can fully avoid—there are so many factors that can lead to it, even when you’re handling things well. What is important is recognizing when it starts creeping in and making sure you’re taking care of yourself. Listening to your body, prioritizing rest, and giving yourself grace are key to healing. We all have hard days, but how we respond to them makes all the difference. Read More>>

Capn Blakk

I try to keep life simple by focusing on what truly matters—and knowing how to keep it all in the right order. For me, it’s Faith, Family, Ryze. That’s the motto. Faith comes first—if I’m not grounded there, nothing else flows right. Then comes family—because if you put them last, what do you really have at the end of the day? And finally, Ryze. Business is always going to be there, but it’s my faith that drives my success and my family that gives life meaning. Keeping that balance is everything. Read More>>

Louis Van Camp

I don’t mean this immodestly at all, but I think that I’m someone who has really learned how to produce a lot of stuff pretty efficiently for long stretches of time, and one of the most important reasons why is because I take breaks. I don’t work all day, every day, ever. At least not on one type of thing. Read More>>

Safa Khan

This is a tough one and I’m still learning new strategies every day. Being a business owner, dental student, and wife, I experience burnout very frequently. I believe in order to overcome it, we must first recognize signs we are on our way there. You have to know yourself and understand what is normal for you. Some of you might nap everyday when you get home and you are totally fine! For others, this is a sign of burnout or maybe underlying depression. I personally nap a lot unintentionally during high stress periods so this is one big signal to myself that I need to change something. Read More>>

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