Tackling life, mad as a bag of badgers.
Rebuilding and reclaiming my life after burnout.
Gathering mental health wisdom from my bag of badgers.
What the heck is a bag of badgers?
Call it life or just plain comedy gold, I’m the mental health writer who lost her own mental health for a while.
Yup, true story. Thanks to extreme burnout I felt like the British saying…mad as a bag of badgers.
Think about it. A bag fit to burst with badgers. Absolutely bonkers.
You see, one minute my badgers were sound asleep and life was going tickety-boo. The next minute everything had gone tits up and the badgers were wide awake—cue chaos, carnage, and some crazy life hurdles to jump over.
Follow me as I write about mental health, rebuilding myself after burnout, and the lessons that hide at the bottom of the bag of badgers.
My Year On The Road To Burnout Recovery
I can’t believe it’s been a year since I quit working and paid attention to my burnout symptoms! So what better time to share what I've learnt from my year on the road to burnout recovery. One of my biggest lessons was that you can't just self-care your way out of burnout. Learn why I had to unpack and address some other important factors too.
Watch Out For Those Burnout Blisters
Help, I’m now feeling burnt out from my burnout.
In this post, I examine burnout blisters along with learning a lesson or two on why healing and recovery takes practice.
Burn, Baby, Burn
Ever heard of the mental health writer who felt as mad as a bag of badgers? This is the story of how I lost my own mental health to extreme burnout and how I began my journey to burnout recovery.