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The Burnout Podcast with Fexingo: Workplace Exhaustion, Recovery, and Sustainable Careers
A Therapist Helps You Rewrite Your Burnout Story
- Published
- July 8, 2026
- Duration
- 8:25
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Aug 2, 2026
Discusses For the 100th episode of The Burnout Podcast, hosts Lucas and Luna explore the concept of narrative …
Summary
For the 100th episode of The Burnout Podcast, hosts Lucas and Luna explore the concept of narrative identity—how burnout fragments the story you tell about yourself and how you can intentionally rewrite it. They draw on psychologist Dan McAdams' framework of life stories and a specific case: a former teacher named Rachel who spent three years rebuilding h…
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For the 100th episode of The Burnout Podcast, hosts Lucas and Luna explore the concept of narrative identity—how burnout fragments the story you tell about yourself and how you can intentionally rewrite it. They draw on psychologist Dan McAdams' framework of life stories and a specific case: a former teacher named Rachel who spent three years rebuilding her professional identity after severe exhaustion. Lucas explains why burnout often erodes the 'redemption sequence' in our personal narratives,