Burnout has long been framed as a simple equation: too much work, not enough rest. But what if the story is more complex — and more human?
In this first of two parts on burnout, Sikin reframes burnout as more than exhaustion, acknowledging the role of underwhelm and the invisible misalignments between our energy and our environments. Through this lens burnout becomes about both capacity and about connection — a mismatch between what we need and what we’ve been taught to give or accept.
This conversation opens the door to awareness, reflection and choice — and begins to reveal what a wiser relationship with work, worth and wellbeing can look like.