Burnout: Why it Happens, How to Spot it & Tools to Stop it w/ Anne Helen Petersen (Best of Unleash)

Unleash Your Inner Creative with Lauren LoGrasso

The Best Of Unleah (original Episode Description Below!)

Anne Helen Petersen is an academic, journalist, and author best known for her work as the former senior culture writer and western correspondent at BuzzFeed, her book Can't Even: How Millennials Became the Burnout Generation, and her most recent gig as a writer at Substack. On top of that, She has been featured in publications such as Forbes, The New York Times, Business Insider, The Wallstreet Journal, NPR and many more.

As I mentioned, Anne wrote a book on Millennial burnout and is an expert on it. So I wanted to have Anne on the show, because honestly, I am pretty burnt out. And I have been for a while. Reading her book was a revelation of just how much I’ve been living hand to mouth and my out-of-whack priorities have been.The awareness of what burnout looks like, has helped me start to make small changes to rejuvenate myself and get back in touch with the sweetness and simple joys of life. It’s my hope that this interview can be an inciting moment for you to do the same, if you’re feeling similarly.

From This Conversation You’ll Learn:

• What burnout is and how to know if you have it
• Why she was drawn to the topic
• How to form a practice to deal with your burnout & rest
• Why millennials suffer for burnout more
• What our boomer parents/history has to do with it
• What to do if you feel like you never work hard enough
• How the pandemic is affecting burnout
• Why you should talk to trees and plants (REALLY)
• Why a traditional office setting lends itself to burnout
• Why employers both overwork millennials and criticize them for not being hardworking enough
• Why Anne believes it’s sometimes better to do what you really like instead of what you love
• How to get over Creative heartbreak
• And more!

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Time codes:

00:00 Introduction and Welcome

00:06 Revisiting the Burnout Episode

01:11 The Importance of Rest and Reflection

01:51 Introducing the Guest: Anne Helen Peterson

02:33 The Burnout Generation: A Deep Dive

03:03 Anne Helen Peterson's Expertise and Background

03:31 Personal Experiences with Burnout

04:18 Understanding and Dealing with Burnout

04:56 Interview with Anne Helen Peterson Begins

06:22 Personal Journey and Burnout Realization

06:34 Understanding Millennial Burnout

10:14 The Impact of Work Culture on Burnout

13:07 The Role of Parenting and Childhood in Burnout

24:46 The Pandemic and Its Effect on Burnout

27:42 The Paradox of Productivity on Slack

28:20 The Impact of Surveillance on Work Culture

29:48 The Journey of Writing a Book

31:58 The Misconception of Millennials and Work

41:43 The Transition from Academia to Journalism

46:52 The Challenges and Freedom of the Gig Economy

53:03 Reflections on Childhood and the Journey to Now

54:31 Closing Thoughts and Acknowledgements
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