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The Burnout Podcast with Fexingo: Workplace Exhaustion, Recovery, and Sustainable Careers
How Career Burnout Reshapes Your Sense of Purpose
- Published
- July 5, 2026
- Duration
- 6:34
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Jul 26, 2026
Discusses In this episode of The Burnout Podcast with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how prolonged career bur…
Summary
In this episode of The Burnout Podcast with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how prolonged career burnout can fundamentally alter your sense of purpose—not just at work, but in life. They discuss the concept of 'purpose erosion' and how it differs from simple disillusionment. Drawing on a 2025 study from the Harvard Business Review, they examine the psycho…
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In this episode of The Burnout Podcast with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how prolonged career burnout can fundamentally alter your sense of purpose—not just at work, but in life. They discuss the concept of 'purpose erosion' and how it differs from simple disillusionment. Drawing on a 2025 study from the Harvard Business Review, they examine the psychological mechanism behind why burnout makes even meaningful work feel hollow. Lucas shares the story of a corporate lawyer who, after a decade o