Let’s Talk About Burnout

• mental health
• wellness
• employee wellbeing

It’s been almost three years, and I’m finally ready to talk about it. In spring 2015, I walked away from a company I’d built. This company was the accomplishment I was proudest of in a life of accomplishments, the dream I’d been pursuing for years. I walked away without fanfare, quietly slipping into a new professional life that made me feel supremely lucky, like I’d fallen hard but landed on a soft cushion that I was surprised to find beneath me.