Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 days ago
How do you pull yourself out of burnout? The Nagoski sisters sat down with Jessi Hempel to uncover a few methods.
We’re revisiting our 2020 conversation with Emily and Amelia Nagoski, authors of New York Times Bestseller Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle. In it, Emily and Amelia explore the root causes of burnout, the importance of emotional resilience and how societal expectations contribute to the stress cycle.
We’re bringing back this episode for anyone feeling that pressure of year-end tasks as we approach the holidays. The Nagoskis discuss the need for self-compassion and the tactics that can enable anyone to complete their stress cycle and find more balance.
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0:00 Intro
2:52 What is burnout?
4:47 What's the relationship between stress, and burnout?
9:16 Once you've completed a stress cycle, what if you can't hear your body?
10:24 How did the book "burnout: the secret to unlocking the stress cycle" come to fruition?
12:00 How much of the book was intuitive to you?
18:23 What are some of the strategies that you have to help us figure
out how to go all the way through an experience and letting it have its natural arc?
23:03 Can you shift from human being to human giving or at least allow for a
little of both?
30:49 Do you think the world has an expectation of us?
36:20 How has the process of writing the book changed your relationship with each other?
40:28 Conclusion
How do you pull yourself out of burnout? The Nagoski sisters sat down with Jessi Hempel to uncover a few methods.
We’re revisiting our 2020 conversation with Emily and Amelia Nagoski, authors of New York Times Bestseller Burnout: The Secret to Unlocking the Stress Cycle. In it, Emily and Amelia explore the root causes of burnout, the importance of emotional resilience and how societal expectations contribute to the stress cycle.
We’re bringing back this episode for anyone feeling that pressure of year-end tasks as we approach the holidays. The Nagoskis discuss the need for self-compassion and the tactics that can enable anyone to complete their stress cycle and find more balance.
Subscribe to the #HelloMonday newsletter for more on building a work life on your own terms. bit.ly/HelloMondayNewsletter
#HelloMonday
#linkedinnews
#burnout
#Amelia Nagoski
#EmilyNagoski
0:00 Intro
2:52 What is burnout?
4:47 What's the relationship between stress, and burnout?
9:16 Once you've completed a stress cycle, what if you can't hear your body?
10:24 How did the book "burnout: the secret to unlocking the stress cycle" come to fruition?
12:00 How much of the book was intuitive to you?
18:23 What are some of the strategies that you have to help us figure
out how to go all the way through an experience and letting it have its natural arc?
23:03 Can you shift from human being to human giving or at least allow for a
little of both?
30:49 Do you think the world has an expectation of us?
36:20 How has the process of writing the book changed your relationship with each other?
40:28 Conclusion










