Exhausted and Exploding: Burnout in Real Life

About this episode

SallyAnn Gray and her husband Benjamin discuss the impact of burnout on their lives and relationship, sharing personal stories and healing strategies.

In this episode of Chin Hairs and F-Bombs, SallyAnn Gray invites her husband, Benjamin, for a raw and honest conversation about burnout. They open up about how it impacted their marriage, their work, and their sense of self - and how they each found their way back. Sally and Benjamin unpack the different ways burnout shows up for men and women, the weight of societal expectations, and the strategies that actually helped them heal. Along the way, they share practical advice, real-life stories, and one surprising truth: sometimes you’ve gotta get outside and play in the dirt. 00:00 – Welcome to Chin Hairs and F-Bombs 00:40 – Meet the guest: Benjamin 01:06 – Burnout: Let’s talk about it 01:49 – Who we are, what we’re about 04:35 – So what IS burnout, really? 06:34 – How burnout messes with your head and heart 13:02 – Men, women, and burnout: Different rules, same pressure 19:29 – What burnout did to our relationship 24:48 – Finding our way back 26:33 – Yard work is therapy now? Sure is. 28:01 – Getting out of our heads and into our bodies 29:21 – Our burnout stories (the messy kind) 32:17 – Learning to live within our limits 43:37 – “Ohhh… THAT was burnout”: Early signs 47:55 –…

People in this episode

Host: SallyAnn Gray

Guest: Benjamin

Topics covered

• burnout
• marriage
• mental health
• societal expectations
• healing strategies

Keywords

• burnout
• marriage
• mental health
• societal pressure
• healing
• personal stories
• therapy

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