I've talked a lot about burnout, but so has everyone else in this space. I'm starting to think we've been diagnosing the wrong thing, because the women I work with aren't always JUST exhausted. They have capacity, however they seem to be lacking the desire they once had. They're functioning, often even performing well, but they feel flat… uninspired && disconnected from the drive that used to make them insatiable.

That's not simply burnout, that's disconnection. In this episode I'm breaking down the difference, why it matters, && what I've been doing to actually reclaim the aliveness I thought I'd lost.

TOPICS WE EXPLORE

• Why burnout && disconnection are not the same thing
• The difference between anxious-overwhelm && depressive-flat
• Why resting your way through disconnection makes it worse
• Curiosity as a North Star instead of certainty
• How to find aliveness in micro moments
• The body-brain connection && why transition routines aren't optional
• Why I stopped trying to minimize my ambition && what changed
• Language as identity: "I'm overwhelmed" vs "I'm feeling overwhelmed"
• What reconnection actually looks like in practice

THE POINT

You can recover from burnout && still feel completely, utterly disconnected from your life. If resting isn't working, maybe what you need is to reconnect.

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE

• MIXTAPE waitlist (opens September 21st)
• Work with Ash

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MORE ABOUT ASH

I'm Ash McDonald — the Entrepreneur's Therapist. Trained therapist, seasoned entrepreneur, mom of 3, && the person you call when your business coach doesn't get your brain && your therapist doesn't get your business.

I built the thing I couldn't find anywhere else: whole-picture support that holds your strategy && your humanity in the same conversation at the same time.

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