Burnout is not merely about working too hard.
It’s also about holding pulling demands and inner conflicts for too long:
accountability without authority, responsibility without real control, caring without being given space to care.

The prolonged misalignment is self-betrayal.
Burnout occurs – physical, mental and emotional.
It can disrupt all aspects of life, including personal identity, relationships, and sense of meaning.

🌿 Burnout recovery isn’t just “rest and return”.
It calls for deep listening and addressing all that has been shaken or surfaced.

It invites you to find your authenticity:
• to redefine your values and the boundaries around your integrity
• to find what truly, genuinely, lights you – your inner flame, the fire of your free spirit
• to realign your leadership and life with it all.

✨ Recovery then becomes a transformative journey to profound renewal.
Maybe it’s the moment you choose your truest path forward.


📚 This post is Part 3 of my series:
Leading from the Middle and from Within
– when the tension of middle managers can become their path to inner mastery.

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