What is a “holistic approach to burnout”? — To many the first association to “burnout” is a physical or mental condition that is caused by pushing too much and being exposed to too much stress — be it physical or mental. But in my opinion, burnout encompasses more areas than just physical and/or mental. In this article I’ll…

On your bad days, do this one thing — I encountered the idea called “Moving The Chains” for the first time in Ryan Munsey’s book F*ck Your Feelings: Master Your Mind, Accomplish Any Goal, and Become A More Significant Human in the summer of 2018. It was one of the first “self-help” books that I read and it’s still…

Truths & Misconceptions about Burnout #2 — Welcome back to the subsection inside the Conquering Burnout publication called Truths and Misconceptions about Burnout. Like the name implies, in this series I’m going to talk about general beliefs, opinions and misconceptions that make burnout such a misunderstood and taboo topic. My goal with this series of articles is…

How to overcome your fears? — Fear can be a very limiting factor. Often fear distorts our perception of reality and forces us to believe in something that is actually not true, which negatively affects our perception of reality, our thinking, choices and behaviors. Most of the time, fear is rooted in memory of past traumatic…

How can Burnout become a “Chronic Injury” and What you can do about it. — I’ve been in sports almost my whole life. …

What are “Destress Days”, the importance of them, how and why you should implement them into your life. — We know it’s important to take some time off, to release what we’ve been accumulating and to recharge so we can continue on our life’s journey. And since we all lead such busy lives, it’s now perhaps even more important than ever to really slow down and recharge. One of…

The curve of stress, its four stages and how it can lead to and cause burnout. — Stress is one of the biggest problems in today’s world. Stress is believed to be the root cause of 90% of all medical visits and it’s one of the main causes for all modern chronic diseases. Yet not all stress is bad: we need some stress to function optimally. But…

A quick reminder for those bad days — James Clear, the king of productivity, once wrote that: “Bad days are more important than good days.” But this doesn’t apply just for habits. This applies to anything and everything — including your relationship with yourself and how you treat yourself. I’ve been struggling with this a lot lately. I’ve…

7 types of rest that you should incorporate in your daily life to overcome burnout — Monday I had an interesting conversation on an IG Live with Jess from @get.in.health where we talk about different kinds of rest. In this article I’m going to talk about these 7 types of rest that we need in order to maximize our health, well-being and ultimately conquer and overcome…