Digest # 1: Welcome to unBurnt™

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From the Founder

Welcome! Whether you subscribed or joined the Community, I’m so glad you found your way here.

You may be here because, well…it’s impossible to unplug. We’re overwhelmed, overloaded and often we don’t have time to implement the change we need or take the rest we deserve.

As a result it’s extremely difficult to interrupt the burnout cycle.

We’re living in hustle culture, with what feels like a universal ‘growth at all costs’ mindset and always-on technology.

With unBurnt™, I’m on a mission to change to the way the world perceives burnout and provide you with the tools for real change.

  • Enable streamlined access to resources and micro-tips.

  • Bring awareness to this difficult topic, and facilitate conversations to destigmatize burnout.

  • Provide tools and programming to individuals and to companies to build a burnout-proof world.

With this newsletter, my goal is to bring you quick tips, recommendations and the latest insights in burnout and workplace research.

For questions or topic suggestions, email hello@getunburnt.com.

Together, we can heal and redefine what it means to be successful.

Thank you for being on this journey!

Alison | Founder & CEO, unBurnt

Upcoming Free Webinar

Sage Haus | Featuring Kelly Hubbell | October 23rd at 12pm ET

Discussing the Mental Load

Kelly built Sage Haus based on personal, lived experience as a busy working mom of three kids. Now, she’s helping others find relief from the mental load through Home Systems & Outsourcing.

Join our conversation to learn more about Kelly’s journey going from overwhelm and "surviving" to setting up systems and the right support, to thriving in her household and career.

In this session we’ll cover:

  • Practical solutions to reduce the mental load

  • Overview of the Home Systems Kelly created and now teaches

  • How to delegate and ask what for what you need

Have it all without doing it all. Learn more about Sage Haus.

Preventing Burnout in 15 minutes or less.

Recovery looks different for everyone. As you start your journey toward a more sustainable life, simplifying and slowing down is critical.

Here are 5 ways to get started.

  1. Clear Space: Find a small space to tidy up. Set a timer for 15-minutes, play music while you tidy and you’ll be amazed at how accomplished you feel when its done.

  2. Get early natural light: Spend 5-10 minutes outside during your morning routine, without technology. Take deep breaths and face the sun to wake up all of your senses.

  3. Swap caffeine for hot water: Savor a nice cup of hot water in the afternoon or early evening while taking a 10 minute screen break. It’s calming, and without caffeine, won’t affect your sleep.

  4. Reflect: Take 5-15 minutes a day for a gratitude practice. My favorite is looking at family pictures to relish in the memories of simple activities or big milestones and reflect on how grateful I am for my family.

  5. Create mantras: In times of uncertainty or extreme exhaustion, its very easy to fall into a cycle of negative thinking. Break the pattern by repeating an affirming mantra or keeping a sticky note near your workspace with whatever affirmations resonate for you.

    For more resources, check out the Free Guides at unBurnt.

Cultural Moment: “Hushed Hybrid”

With so much recent press about return to office mandates, (again) there’s a new set of buzzwords on the block - hushed hybrid. This new term describes managers creating secret work arrangements with their teams to provide more flexibility, in opposition to the official policy being set by executives.

The problem? According to HR Brew:

  1. This can create inequity with some teams being allowed more flexibility than others, and lack of alignment across teams.

  2. Employees at companies with strict top-down mandates are more unhappy than environments where policies are set by team leaders, taking the work and team dynamics into consideration.

  3. It’s not getting at the root issue - which is employees begging for more flexibility. When looking at the goals of RTO, are these mandates making the most of in-person time, or is it simply to drive everyone back?

What’s your take? Should companies set policies top-down or enable managers to set schedules that work team-wide?

Hybrid work and figuring out the balance of flexibility is a tricky subject.. certainly one we’ll continue to be talking about in the months (and likely, years) ahead.

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