Recovering from Burnout

About this episode

Matt Blackburn discusses his personal recovery from burnout and shares insights on nutrition and mental health.

In our fast paced world it is easier than ever to be burned out. High testosterone and motivated individuals like myself are more susceptible to burning the candle at both ends and wearing ourselves thin. In this episode I share what I am doing to recover from three years of unrelenting nonstop stressors. I don't talk about the details of my personal life because people use that as ammunition against me, but you can read between the lines when I talk about my experiences. For the first half of the show I focus on the scientific studies regarding ascorbic acid (vitamin C), magnesium, zinc, melatonin, and sodium chloride for recovering from burnout and staving off depression, anxiety, and other mental states that can manifest from burnout. I skim over the foundational stuff like going outside and getting sunlight because thats all most people are talking about. I do share why its important to get in enough calories and the liquid meal that I'm consuming when I don't have an appetite. I talk a little about traditional chinese medicine, why its crucial to restore your Yin energy, and the chinese herbs I'm taking everyday to assist with that. I pay respect to Ray Peat and appreciation…

People in this episode

Host: Matt Blackburn

Topics covered

• burnout recovery
• mental health
• nutrition
• bioenergetics
• traditional medicine

Keywords

• burnout
• stress recovery
• vitamin C
• mental health
• traditional chinese medicine

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Mitolife, Apollo Neuro

Products: ascorbic acid, magnesium, zinc, melatonin, sodium chloride, traditional chinese medicine, chinese herbs, peptides

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