Great read! What stood out to me was the tension between the Persona & the Shadow, and how much of burnout is tied to identity misalignment. The more distance there is between who we think we should be (the curated Persona) and who we actually are (complex, cyclical, emotional beings), the more energy it takes just to hold ourselves together.
Burnout often emerges not just from doing too much, but from being too far removed from ourselves in the process. Reconnecting with the parts we hide, and redefining what ‘enough’ means on our own terms, feels like the deeper antidote.
Great read! What stood out to me was the tension between the Persona & the Shadow, and how much of burnout is tied to identity misalignment. The more distance there is between who we think we should be (the curated Persona) and who we actually are (complex, cyclical, emotional beings), the more energy it takes just to hold ourselves together.
Burnout often emerges not just from doing too much, but from being too far removed from ourselves in the process. Reconnecting with the parts we hide, and redefining what ‘enough’ means on our own terms, feels like the deeper antidote.