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.

Julia

As an actor, it is pretty easy to feel burnout. It is not a feeling that comes once, it is, unfortunately, an ongoing sensation, as many aspects from this profession are not in your hands, and it is a very long path, full of uncertainty. You really do not know if you are ever going to succeed and you have to really take it one day at a time. Every actor has experienced burnout very frequently. Read More>>

NATHAN WATERS

Listening to my temple – something that the world doesn’t teach men especially black men.
The mother figures and leaders in my family always hold a space for teachings on how they took care of their bodies – anytime I feel physically impaired or tired, I just listen to my body and take naps. There are times where I’ll push through because there are ways of still being productive but typically I find the time to workout, stretch, yoga, sauna, intermediate fasting – Read More>>

Kelsey Smith

Like most artists, I’ve gone through my fair share of burnout. It’s one of those things that just comes with the territory. There’s this ebb and flow between intense creative energy and periods where everything feels kind of stuck. One thing that’s helped me over the years is switching things up. Sometimes that means changing the subject I’m shooting, other times it means stepping away from photography entirely and trying something different, like picking up a sketchbook or experimenting with music.  Read More>>

Delia McCabe

I did a PhD into female stress to uncover the reasons for burnout because I was battling with it.

That may seem extreme, but I already had a masters in clinical psychology and it wasn’t helping me enough.

I believed that neuroscience held the answers – and it did. Read More>>

Clelia Stefanini

Burnout is something I’ve learned to be proactive about. As a coach, I remind my clients that fitness is a long-term game, and I hold myself to the same standard. I schedule rest and recovery just as intentionally as I do workouts. That means honoring sleep, taking deload weeks, and listening to my body when I need to dial things back. Read More>>

Alisa Sahar/Junkjane

First and foremost, burnout so often affects artists because we don’t have any set schedule or fixed work routine. We create it ourselves, and so we often overwork—I know colleagues who can go 14–15 months without a vacation and 4–5 weeks without a single day off. Let’s be honest: I myself was caught in this trap not so long ago. Read More>>