As founders, we’re all familiar with the feeling of burnout. Overwhelmed, stressed, exhausted, emotionally drained… Unfortunately, it’s become the norm for so many of us to work in this state on a nearly constant basis. It might seem like there’s no way out of the perpetual stress cycle, but there are a few key steps that we can all take to start to mitigate burnout and be our most grounded selves. 

Welcome to season two of the Freelance Founders podcast. Today, you’ll hear a masterclass on avoiding burnout from Sarita Walsh. Sarita is an entrepreneur and transformational coach working to empower leaders to fulfill their highest professional, personal, and social potential through mindset and behavior change.

In this episode, Sarita is sharing her top three tips for avoiding burnout, reducing stress, and ridding ourselves of habits that aren’t benefiting us—specifically for those of us who are high achieving, type A personalities who are prone to perfectionist tendencies and a reluctance to delegate tasks. 

In This Episode, You Will Learn:

• How burnout is defined (00:44)
• Many of us have habits that are so ingrained that we keep doing them even after they’re no longer benefiting us (02:21)
• The time-blocking method can be used to create a better work-life balance and space for ourselves (03:17)
• Sarita’s tip #1: Slowing down to speed up (05:35)
• Tip #2: Focus on your most important work (06:50)
• Tip #3: Make better, more informed decisions for your future self (08:57)

Connect with Sarita:

• Website
• Instagram

Resources mentioned:

• Time blocking visual template

Let’s Connect:

• Website
• Linkedin
• Instagram

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