You’ve read the symptoms list.
You’ve nodded at all of them.
And you’re still not sure if what you’re experiencing counts as burnout.
That uncertainty isn’t you being dramatic.
It’s burnout doing what it does best: disguising itself in the language high achievers are taught to be proud of.
In this episode:
→ The WHO’s three-dimension definition of burnout — and why most people only recognise one
→ Why the cynicism and emotional distance stage gets misread as ‘growing up’
→ How burnout erodes confidence from the inside — and why it feels like a personal failing
→ The inner narrative underneath each dimension — and why fixing the behaviour without changing the story doesn’t hold
This is Episode 2 of Give Yourself Some Leeway — a podcast for senior professionals and leaders who are high-achieving and quietly running on empty.
► LINKS
📋 Free Burnout Self-Assessment: giveyourselfsomeleeway.com
Eugene Lee is a burnout recovery and high-performance coach based in Basel, Switzerland. His 8-Week Burnout Reset programme works with senior leaders, directors, and founders who are externally successful and privately depleted — helping them reset their inner narrative, reclaim their energy, and lead on their own terms.
► CHAPTERS
0:00 — Why you’re not sure if it’s really burnout
0:45 — The definition most people are missing
3:00 — The three dimensions: exhaustion, cynicism, efficacy loss
8:00 — A client who called it ‘fine, just tired’ for eighteen months
10:00 — Why burnout disguises itself in high-achiever language
11:30 — Free self-assessment + what’s next
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