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Jan 2025
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#454 Burnout: Solve Your Stress Cycle wi...

THE SQUIGGLY CAREER
About this episode

This is our second episode on Burnout as part of the Squiggly Careers Videobook Club series, running throughout January.


Each week, Helen and Sarah focus on a different Videobook and identify insights and ideas that everyone can put into action to support their career development.


In this episode, Sarah talks to one of the authors Amelia Nagoski about the stress cycle and why we need to find new ways to release the stress in our bodies to prevent burnout.


The Squiggly Careers Videobook Club is brought to you in partnership with LIT Videobooks, who have given the Squiggly Careers Community access to their library of videobooks for free in January and February 2025. Use this link (before the end of Jan 2025) to sign-up and get free access: https://amazingif.typeform.com/videobookclub


(00:00) Introduction

(01:08) The stress cycle

(12:58) Struggling to rest

(15:20) Final thoughts


For more information on Squiggly Careers, email helenandsarah@squigglycareers.com


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