134. From Burnout To Values: A Guide For Gen X

About this episode

The episode discusses midlife reinvention for Gen X professionals and empty nesters, focusing on using values to address burnout and misalignment.

Send Jay comments via text Tired of treating boredom and busyness as “just the way it is”? Join us as we sit down with coach Shelley McIntyre, host of Burn the Map, to explore midlife reinvention. Shelly guides Gen X professionals and empty nesters in trading status shorthand for true identity, using values as the foundation for lasting change. We identify real signals of misalignment: workplace resentment, fatigue, and the feeling that you’re not yourself. Shelley shares techniques to slow d...

People in this episode

Host: Jay Ramsden

Guest: Shelley McIntyre

Topics covered

• midlife reinvention
• Gen X
• values
• identity
• burnout
• workplace resentment

Keywords

• burnout
• values
• Gen X
• midlife
• identity
• workplace resentment
• coaching

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Burn the Map

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