Episode 48: Why Burnout Is Deadly

Why Burnout Can Be Deadly and How To Avoid It with Leah Steele

For most of us, we expect to keep going until we drop, it's seen as a badge of honour. But what if it's actually killing us?

Leah Steele knows exactly what the woman was feeling. A barrister from the age of 22, she quit practising law in her early 30’s for the same reasons.

Listen to this challenging conversation and find out:

How to identify burnout in yourself and others
Why the culture of pushing ourselves to the limit is so unhealthy
How workplaces can change to support their staff and stop this kind of thing from happening
How we can all take responsibility for our health & well-being (without losing our jobs)

This is a MUST to listen to or watch!

For most of us, we expect to keep going until we drop, it's seen as a badge of honour. But what if it's actually killing us?

After working as a lawyer for more than a decade she is now a non-practising solicitor who works with professionals and companies to help them identify, manage and reverse issues of burnout, as well as understand related topics such as imposter syndrome, perfectionism and people-pleasing, overworking and overwhelm.

Leah came to the concept of burnout after experiencing her own issues during her career as a litigator specialising in mental capacity and contentious probate work and uses a combination of existing research and individual experience to demystify and break down these concepts, to help others create sustainable and effective careers with real longevity.