The Burnout Recovery Podcast

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Ferocious Warmth: Why Great Leadership Needs Both Results and Relationships (with Tracey Ezard)

August 04, 2026

What if the thing standing between good results and a thriving team is just one letter?This week I'm joined by Tracey Ezard — author, facilitator, and creator of Ferocious Warmth — who I met on faculty at a Women in Leadership course in Prato, Italy. Tracey has spent two decades studying what separates great teams from ones that just get by, working across health, education and hospitality. We talk about: The "drop one letter" shift — why "I'd like to challenge our thinking"...

Industry Blind Spots: How Your Sector's Success Culture Fuels Burnout

July 28, 2026

Same burnout. Completely different costumes. Why the pressures driving a librarian, a trainee, and an entrepreneur toward burnout look nothing alike on the surface, and what leaders miss when they assume their own experience is the template. Signal: → Burnout shows up differently by role even within the same institution (physicians, nurses, residents, researchers all differ) → ED trainee burnout risk climbs with seniority, not away from it → Boundary-setting entrepreneurs: 45% ...

The Stress Spiral: When 'Sleep and Exercise' Isn't Enough

July 21, 2026

You're sleeping. You're exercising. You're doing all the things. So why do you still feel like you're white-knuckling through the week? In this episode, Dr Jo Braid explores why standard wellness advice can fall short for high performers — and what the science says is actually driving the stress spiral underneath. In this episode:— Why tracking recovery can make the stress response worse (Stanford research)— What allostatic load means and why sleep alone can't clear the debt...