Staying Engaged Without Burning Out

Burnout is often misunderstood. It’s not always caused by doing too much. OIt’s often caused by staying engaged in ways that ignore limits.

Many people can push through short periods of high demand. The problem arises when pushing becomes the default strategy. Signals of fatigue are overridden. Rest is postponed. Engagement turns into endurance.

Disengagement is frequently labeled as a motivation problem. But more often, it’s a capacity signal. When the system no longer has the resources to sustain effort, it pulls back. When these signals are ignored repeatedly, burnout isn’t surprising. It’s predictable. People don’t burn out because they care too little. They burn out because they care while exceeding their capacity for too long.

Sustainable engagement looks different. It’s responsive, flexible, and grounded in what’s realistically available. It allows for fluctuation without framing it as failure.

Session 4 of the Lunch and Learn series focuses on what it actually looks like to stay engaged over time without burning out when life keeps happening.

Why You Know What to Do (And Still Don’t Do It)- a 4 part Lunch and Learn series starts this week, 1/29. Get your ticket today
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