E42 High Achieving and Running on Empty: The Burnout Conversation Women Leaders Need to Have

Episode notes

You are motivated. You are driven. You genuinely love what you do. And you are absolutely exhausted. And here's what nobody is telling you: those two things are not supposed to coexist. In this episode, host and business coach Lynsey Mulder tackles the most searched topic for professional women in 2026 - burnout. Not the "take a bath" conversation. The real one. The one about why high-achieving women are the most vulnerable to burnout, what is actually causing it, and what recovering from it looks like when you are someone who cares too much to quit. Backed by brand new Gallup data showing that professional women are reporting simultaneously higher engagement AND higher burnout than their male counterparts, this episode names what is really happening and gives you three concrete places to start.

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