For years I called it burnout. Tired, unmotivated, running on empty. Burnout was just the word that fit, so that is what I used.
I am done calling it that.
In this episode, I am walking through what I have learned after eighteen years in business and with the help of a counselor during a difficult season. That what feels like burnout is often something else entirely. It is misalignment, and it shows up in three specific ways: depletion, disconnection, and growth your business has not caught up with yet.
I am not talking about burnout as an abstract idea. I am walking through a recent project of my own, one that stressed me out for weeks before I finally had the words for what was actually going on, and what changed the moment I named it.
Depletion is not the same as disconnection, and disconnection is not the same as outgrowing your business. Each one asks for something different, and none of them are solved by simply pushing through or resting harder.
If you have not listened to the rest series yet, start with Episode 109. Then come back here, because this episode builds directly on what rest makes possible.
Curious whether what you are feeling is burnout or something else. Take the Business Alignment Audit at https://selahstudios.co/alignmentaudit, and join me for the next episode as I start digging into the pillars of building a business that actually fits you.
Related Episodes:
Episode 109: Kicks off the series "Rest & The Entrepreneur"
https://selahstudios.co/ep-109-entrepreneurs-rest-rest-isnt-a-luxury-its-a-business-strategy-the-5-types-youre-missing/
Episode 114: A special panel discussion, "Permission to Rest for the Chronically Capable Entrepreneur"
https://selahstudios.co/ep-114-permission-to-rest-for-the-chronically-capable-entrepreneur/
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