The Truth About Burnout No One Wants to Hear | Laura Mayer
About this episode
Laura Mayer discusses her views on burnout and the pressures of work culture in a candid conversation with Maryam Banikarim.
"I don't believe in burnout." That's Laura Mayer, podcast industry veteran and author of Tryhard, explaining why she's never really taken a break: not after a complicated pregnancy, not after quitting a stable executive job at ABC News, not ever. In this candid conversation with Maryam, Laura traces her try-hard tendencies back to a childhood spent tracking her mother's alcoholism, unpacks the false choice between "lean in" hustle and burnout culture, and explains why she walked away from a s...
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