Father and Joe E469: When Life Wears You Down — How to Step Back, Reset, and Make Room for God

Father and Joe E469: When Life Wears You Down — How to Step Back, Reset, and Make Room for God

July 7, 2026 · 18 min

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Joe Rockey and Father Boniface Hicks discuss the challenges of burnout and the importance of stepping back to regain a sense of meaning and purpose.

Something can begin with excitement—a job, project, relationship, or even a vacation—and gradually become exhausting. When the initial energy disappears, we may begin asking why we are doing it at all. In this episode, Joe Rockey and Father Boniface Hicks explore burnout, overstimulation, and the need to step away long enough to recover our sense of meaning and purpose. Rest is not simply escaping, numbing ourselves, or replacing one form of stimulation with another. A genuine reset creates ...

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