founder burnout
Feel like you're carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders? You're not alone, and there's a way out. Dive into our Founder Burnout series to discover how you can find relief and inspiration.
Sanity Notes #040: You Are Not the Fire
A reflection on founder identity, burnout, and learning to tend a business without becoming it
Why is it so hard to fill my own cup first?
As leaders, we are told that we must care for ourselves before we can support others; why is this so challenging?
Building on the Other Side of Burnout
Sharing some light from the other side of a long, dark tunnel.
Practical steps for navigating founder burnout (without quitting your day job)
I have coached dozens of founders through founder/CEO burnout. Here are some of the avenues of exploration I have found most helpful.
When there is a 95% chance you make nothing: how preference stacks work in startups
The un-examined psychological challenges of the preference stack (and what to do about it.)
Sanity Notes #032: When anxiety strikes, remember your birthright
How to reconnect with ease when stress or anxiety hit hard
Sanity Notes #028- Take a risk and turn off
This year-end, take a risk and really step away. Find out what happens when you give yourself the gift of recovery and perspective.
Sanity Notes #021- Navigating loss from the right side of the road
Every challenge, every loss, can be viewed from one side of the road or another. Some honest thoughts from my own recent loss.
Sanity Notes #019: A blessing for leaders who self-criticize
If you are anything like me as a leader, you are your own harshest critic. Here is a blessing just for you.
Sanity Notes #017: Accepting the fear
Most of our suffering is a result of fear of what could happen. Much of that suffering you can opt out of.
