30. Running on empty

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I'm burned out. And I'm not going to pretend otherwise. In this episode, I'm getting real about burnout — what it actually is, how it creeps up on you in stages, and why so many of us can't stop even when we're running on fumes. I pull from clinical research and the words of philosophers like Marcus Aurelius, Viktor Frankl, and Albert Camus to try to make sense of something that doesn't always make sense. But more than anything, I just talk about where I am right now. The loop I'm stuck in. The self-blame. The feeling that rest is something you have to earn. If you're exhausted and still showing up anyway — this one's for you. Running on Empty.

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