Recognizing Belonging Was Neglected

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Are you burned out and lonely? That stops today! We know that burnout takes a different shape when the life you worked hard to build no longer feels like it belongs to you and you’re pushed to rebuild meaning from the inside out.

Cait welcomes back author and coach Hailey Paige Magee, whose work has supported thousands of burned out and lonely folks who are recovering people-pleasers and high achievers as they redefine their relationship with success. Their conversation focuses on the moment burnout stops looking like exhaustion and starts revealing a deeper misalignment. Hailey speaks candidly about the quiet collapse that happens when your identity no longer fits the life around you and the grief that rises when you can no longer pretend everything is fine.

The heart of the episode centers on stopping you feeling burned out and lonely by finding reconnection with community.

How do you return to community after a long stretch of self-protection? How do you stay rooted in yourself without slipping into performance or old habits? And what becomes possible when belonging has nothing to do with achievement? Cait and Hailey explore these questions and offer a grounded reminder that meaning grows through honest relationships, not algorithms or accolades.

#communitywellbeing, #burntoutandalone, #lonelieness

Episode Breakdown:

00:00 Burnout, Misalignment, and Identity Collapse

06:02 Social Media, Success, and Loss of Purpose

12:02 Grief as a Turning Point in Burnout Recovery

14:56 Rebuilding Connection and Community

37:08 Evolving Identity and Rediscovering Meaning

42:06 From Me to We in the Next Phase of Recovery

Links

Previous episode with Hailey: https://redcircle.com/shows/e4c0db0a-98a4-47e6-a2b0-6a291469e1d6/ep/d8fec203-3b47-4c8a-9a30-edaf876d1316

Burnout Coaching

The right support changes everything. Our Director of Coaching, Sarah Vosen, combines expertise and compassion to walk beside you: https://caitdonovan.com/coaching

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