Lucas
The Burnout Podcast with Fexingo: Workplace Exhaustion, Recovery, and Sustainable Careers
How Career Burnout Reshapes Your Relationship with Sleep
- Published
- July 21, 2026
- Duration
- 9:37
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Aug 30, 2026
Discusses Episode 128 explores how burnout fundamentally alters our sleep patterns and what to do about it. Lu…
Summary
Episode 128 explores how burnout fundamentally alters our sleep patterns and what to do about it. Lucas and Luna examine the research on hyperarousal and sleep fragmentation, drawing on a 2024 study from the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology that tracked 1,200 workers over 18 months. They discuss the concept of 'second-shift sleep'—the tendency fo…
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Episode 128 explores how burnout fundamentally alters our sleep patterns and what to do about it. Lucas and Luna examine the research on hyperarousal and sleep fragmentation, drawing on a 2024 study from the Journal of Occupational Health Psychology that tracked 1,200 workers over 18 months. They discuss the concept of 'second-shift sleep'—the tendency for burned-out individuals to wake up after 3-4 hours and mentally run through work tasks. Practical strategies include the 90-minute wind-down p