The Burnout Show

What are the signs of burnout? How to cope with burnout? How to recover from burnout? How to avoid burnout? These questions and more, are answered in The Burnout Show with host Jess Jones; a weekly conversation with special guests, who generously share their burnout stories including how they pulled themselves out of the slump. Jess also chats with health and wellness experts on how to best navigate burnout when you’re in the thick of it, as well as how to avoid it returning. Tune in for an honest and no BS discussion about how we as humans get ourselves to the point of burnout and how we can better take care of ourselves so we can breakup with burnout for good.

The Burnout Show

Episodes

#60 - FINAL EPISODE: 10 years ago, Emma Seibold combined her passion for wellness and her business and marketing experience to create Barre Body, which has become one of Australia's favourite workouts.

#59 - Alicia Edge is a sports and performance dietitian who works with elite and professional athletes and everyday active people looking to be their best selves.

#58 - Vanessa Vanderhoek is a corporate consultant and self-described 'accidental' functional nutritionist. After learning to manage her and her daughter's complex health conditions Vanessa became clear on the role biochemistry plays in overwhelm and stre

#57 - Mollie Eliasof is a psychotherapist and coach from Manhattan, NY, who works with Fortune 50 C-Suite executives and public figures to make their complexities simpler.

#56 - Sarah Anderson is a multi-passionate visibility and social impact strategist. She shares the benefits of setting up a holistic life that works best for your unique circumstances, plus the lessons learned about managing energy effectively (or not).

#55 - Rebecca Reynolds-Moore is a consultant and coach who guides female founders to monetise their brilliance and create a meaningful impact through entrepreneurship.

#54 - Warren Davies was a dairy farmer, one of many that have lost their farm due to drought. He shares the impact it had on him at the time and the loss of identity he felt after, something he still grieves for today.

#53 - Renee Dineen was working 60-70 hours a week in biotech, averaging 4 hours sleep a night and on a million dollar salary, when she developed a tremor and a stutter.

#52 - Elley Mae works with women in business that are looking for more freedom in their life. She shares her learnings around self-awareness, self-leadership and what it means to be truly accountable, including knowing when to switch off.

#51 - After 11 years in the travel industry, Nikki Tiedeman got to the point where she realised she was burnt out. She woke up one day and found herself in tears, but due to guilt and feeling like she needed to be loyal.

#50 - Remi Sharon Pearson found herself in a very dark place at 37 years old. After getting really honest with herself and rating all the key areas of her life only to get 3/10, she realised there were 2 hard paths to choose from.

#49 - Helen Hanison was a director for some of the world's largest PR companies, she now helps professionals take the next step in their careers. She's observed how the pandemic has diminished even the most confident and capable leaders through burnout

#48 - Former teacher Deborah Ann Davis had a car accident at 19 after being hit by a drunk driver, breaking both of her legs and spending days in hospital thinking she may never walk again.

#47 - Shannah Kennedy's fast-paced lifestyle in her 20s saw her married to her job; an achivement junkie, A-type, overachieving perfectionist, consumed by work, keeping fit and partying hard. This way of life cost her her health, landing her with chronic

#46 - Seven years ago, Michelle Stevens was found in a coma. She'd been overworking and strictly managing her diet and lifestyle in a way that would live up to the expectations she'd set for herself, for how she believed her business and life should look.

#45 - When Emmanuel Anthony discovered the freedom that came from having a structured calendar managing the seven areas that were most important to him, his whole life changed.

#44 - Camilla Grey-Nelson had what she calls her 'come to nature moment' after managing the demands of her business while the market was crashing, supporting her dying mother, a failed marriage and hitting rockbottom.

#43 - Meriam Boldewijn and Ashley Jackson are good friends that have never met in real life. Connecting via a Facebook group for carers, they share their experiences of what it's like to experience burnout as caregivers for sick loved ones.

#42 - Therapist Dr. Jane Tornatore shares the impact the pandemic has had on herself and others in her industry, as well as how they manage their own burnout while trying to support their clients.

#41 - Ray of sunshine Meghan Bonhomme, moved through years of seeking external validation and approval until discovering the only person she needed it from, was herself

#40 - Rodney Flowers had a hard hit in a tackle playing American football as a teenager. He was told he was paralysed and that he'd spend the rest of his life in a wheelchair. 18 years of hard work, determination, resilience, faith and self-belief and Rod

#39 - Dana Humphrey aka 'The Pet Lady', started White Gate PR when she was 25, she's also a professor teaches marketing. Self-care daily until 11am scheduled in so no one can book in anything, hot yoga, meditation, evening ritual includes dancing and walk

#38 - High school counsellor and sports coach Tom Stepkoski burnt himself out in his 30s and now lives his life by by a certain criteria. After asking himself 4 questions and if the answer's no, he lets it go.

#37 - Rhianna Campbell had to sell her multi-million dollar business after realising she'd get sick and burnt out at tax time every year due to stress and overwhelm, leading to adrenal fatigue

#36 - Mike Iamele was an incredibly successful twenty-something running his own PR agency when he started vomiting blood due to stress from his work load. He kept working anyway, his housemate taking care of him when he couldn't take care of himself