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Skye van Heyzen discusses burnout and self-preservation strategies for ambitious women in the workplace.

In this episode of How to Get Ahead with Millennial Life Coaches, host Lorna Taylor sits down with Skye van Heyzen, founder of Adaptive Apex, for a powerful conversation about burnout, boundaries, stress, confidence, productivity, and what it really takes to get ahead without losing yourself in the process. Skye works with ambitious women in mid and senior roles, especially in male-dominated sectors, helping them lower stress, rebuild confidence, protect their time, and progress in their careers without sacrificing who they are. Adaptive Apex describes this work as practical coaching for women carrying responsibility, pressure, workplace politics, and the invisible load that often comes with leadership. In this honest conversation, Skye opens up about experiencing burnout multiple times, including the physical and emotional consequences of pushing too hard for too long. Together, Lorna and Skye explore why burnout is not simply about working long hours — it is also about conditioning, saying yes too often, carrying responsibility that is not yours, ignoring your non-negotiables, and failing to metabolize stress before the next stressor arrives. In this episode, we discuss: • What…

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