Burnout creeps in slowly. At first you just push harder — longer hours, fewer breaks, telling yourself it will ease up after the next deadline. Then the tank runs dry. You wake up already tired, small tasks feel enormous, and work you once cared about leaves you cynical or numb. Rest stops working, and the exhaustion follows you into weekends, holidays and the people closest to you.
We work with burnout as more than a time-management problem. Alongside practical steps to protect your energy now, we look at what keeps you running on empty — perfectionism, a hard time saying no, a sense that your worth depends on how much you get done. Therapy is a place to untangle those patterns and to set boundaries that actually hold. The goal isn't to get you back to the same pace, but to find a way of working and living that doesn't cost you yourself.