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Burnout quietly hijacks your focus, your memory, your sleep, and eventually, your sense of self.

In this #straightfromcait episode, Cait Donovan unpacks the results of a burnout symptoms survey answered by over 150 listeners. What shows up again and again? Brain fog. Forgetfulness. Sleep issues. That heavy, unshakable sense of dread. She walks through the patterns in these responses with honesty and insight, weaving in what we know about how burnout affects the brain and what it feels like to lose your ability to think clearly or remember what used to bring you joy.

Have you ever found yourself feeling disconnected from who you are? Struggling to rest even when you finally have time? Wondering why everything feels harder than it used to? Cait gets it. She’s been there, and she knows how isolating it can feel. This episode offers language for what you’ve been living through and a reminder that self-abandonment doesn’t have to be your default setting. Healing starts when you begin listening to yourself again.

Episode Breakdown:

00:00 Introduction

01:30 How the Burnout Survey Was Conducted

02:33 Why Burnout Impacts Your Brain

07:26 The Emotional Weight of Dread

10:39 When You Can’t Think, Plan, or Remember

13:50 How Burnout Disrupts Sleep and Fuels Anxiety

16:22 Shame, Guilt, and the Struggle to Rest

18:29 Burnout and the Loss of Self

21:02 Reclaiming Compassion in the Healing Process

Links

Connect with Cait:

Initial Call with Cait: bit.ly/callcait

Initial Call with Sarah: bit.ly/callsarahv

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