Kate Hendrickson is a business coach and author whose first novel Christmas Switch draws on her own experience to tell the story of Ali, a woman who experiences burnout and decides to switch life with Tommy, her husband to create a better life for herself and her family.

In this episode of the Abeceder work life balance podcast Rest and Recreation, Kate and host Michael Millward discuss burnout and Christmas Switch.

During their conversation Kate and Michael cover:

• How the industries and types of work that Kate decided to do increased her risk of experiencing burnout.
• Michael’s appearance in feature film The Magician
• Signs that someone is experiencing burnout
• How people stop feeling like themselves and become their job
• The power of little words like yes and no
• How to say no when the workload gets too big
• The similarities between work and home-based pressures
• Problems of putting the company first
• The lessons learnt from living through burnout

This episode of Rest and Recreation is ideal listening for anyone who wants to understand burnout so that they can avoid it or recover from it to build a new life.

Discover more about Kate Hendrickson and Michael at Abeceder.co.uk

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