Burnout Series: Clare Brown

Burnout Series: Clare Brown

From A Bit Of A Boost by George Anderson

January 7, 2026 · 19 min

About this episode

Clare Brown shares her personal experience with burnout and the changes she made after an intervention from her family.

Welcome to the A Bit Of A Boost Burnout Series! This is a topic I've explored on the podcast before, and one that comes up regularly in coaching sessions, workshops and conversations with high performing professionals. What's become clear is that it doesn't just suddenly hit you. It creeps up, gets normalised and isn't always easy to spot until it's too late. In this series I'm sharing real conversations with people who've experienced burnout firsthand. Not the theories or frameworks, but the personal stories of what happened. How it felt, what was going on at the time, the contributing factors, and the signs that were missed, that in hindsight seem so obvious. We also explore what people learned from the experience, and the changes they made to avoid ending up in the same place again. You may recognise yourself in parts of these stories. Either because they echo your own experience, or reflect something you're going through right now. My second guest in this series is Clare Brown, director at Microsoft. In this conversation, Clare shares her personal experience of burnout - what was happening at the time, and how it took an intervention from her family to finally make some…

People in this episode

Host: George Anderson

Guest: Clare Brown

Topics covered

  • burnout
  • mental health
  • personal stories
  • high performance
  • intervention

Keywords

  • burnout
  • mental health
  • Clare Brown
  • high performance
  • intervention
  • personal stories
  • coaching

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Organizations: Microsoft

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