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141| Insights: The Early Signs of Burnout aka the ‘Mystery Sickness’

141| Insights: The Early Signs of Burnout aka the ‘Mystery Sickness’

FromRemove the Guesswork: Health, Fitness and Wellbeing for Busy Professionals


141| Insights: The Early Signs of Burnout aka the ‘Mystery Sickness’

FromRemove the Guesswork: Health, Fitness and Wellbeing for Busy Professionals

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Jul 20, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Have you ever experienced being fatigued and weak but could not understand why? In this week’s Insights episodes, I talked about the early signs of burnout aka the ‘mystery sickness’ and how to recover and turn it around.
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Topics Discussed in this Episode:


The early signs of burnout that your body sends


How to recover from the symptoms of burnout



Key Takeaways:


What happened was, Monday morning, I woke up and felt very fatigued and my limbs were heavy. I had a slight aversion to light, a slight headache, and real apathy. I did not want to get out of bed, felt I was pressed down into the mattress. I had no appetite and spent the rest of the day in bed. It was a very, very odd feeling and it lasted for about three days.


On the fourth day, I went out. I had to sit down a lot. I was really weak and very low in energy. That was the first time it happened. I could not understand what was going on. In hindsight, it was because I was doing a lot.


I just looked at my schedule and thought, ‘What am I going to take out from this and do less of?’, because it was very clear that I had been doing too much


All of that requires discipline. It requires acceptance that we are not supermen/superwomen. That is not relatable and not sustainable. I started to train more intelligently and work intelligently as well, delegate when I could, outsource when I could.


Action Steps:


Do less but with more intention.


Remove distractions.


Outsource and learn to delegate to have more focus on the things you need to do by yourself.



Leanne said:

“If you are experiencing any of those types of symptoms, please take note. Take a step back. Reevaluate what you are doing, and put the brakes on, because it is actually vital if you do so.”

Links to things mentioned in the show:



Rise and Shine: Recovery from Burnout and Get Back to Your Best


The DNA Test for Optimal Diet and Fitness



More from Leanne Spencer:
Bodyshot Performance
Bodyshot Performance Limited Facebook page
Remove the Guesswork BOOK by Leanne SpencerLeanne’s Email
Released:
Jul 20, 2019
Format:
Podcast episode

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The Remove the Guesswork podcast is for busy professionals who want to improve their health, fitness and wellbeing using the latest science and technology to cut through the noise and get better results, faster. In each 30 minute episode I’ll talk with some of the leading names in the health and wellbeing industry about the latest innovations, interview people who have transformed their health to find out how they did it, and share my own personal story of chronic stress, burnout, career change and subsequent lifestyle transformation. Other popular topics include personalisation; optimizing human performance; work/life blend; the importance of recovery; finding consistency; thriving not surviving; becoming a health warrior; biohacking and intelligent training. Leanne Spencer is an expert in health, fitness and wellbeing. She is the author of two bestselling books, Rise and Shine and Remove the Guesswork and TEDx speaker on why fitness is more important than weight. Visit our website www.bodyshotperformance.com for more information.