Burnout Recovery While Working

You don’t have to quit your job to manage burnout. If you’re exhausted, overwhelmed, or running on empty (but still showing up to work) you’re in the right place.

Start your recovery today with the Balancing Bluebells Anti-Burnout Plan and sign up to my newsletter for ongoing support.

How This Site Helps Working Women With Burnout

Burnout doesn’t look the same when you can’t take time off. You’re still meeting deadlines, juggling responsibilities, and carrying on, even when your energy feels long gone.

Here at Balancing Bluebells, you’ll find real-world, work-compatible burnout recovery and prevention strategies, not holiday-only advice or vague self-care tips.

You’ll learn how to:

recognise burnout before it collapses your week
recover in ways that fit into your workday
set boundaries that protect you without risking your job
build daily habits that rebuild your energy and resilience

Practical Steps You Can Use Today

1. Find out more about my Ultimate Anti-burnout Plan for Working Women and the Anti-burnout Mindset. A practical, step-by-step overview of burnout recovery that works without leaving work.

2. Explore my Anti-burnout Blog for helpful articles including:

High-Functioning Burnout at Work
People-Pleasing and Burnout at Work
Stress vs Burnout When You’re Still Performing

3. Join the Anti-Burnout Newsletter for ongoing support and monthly tips. Get teaser audios, micro strategies, and practical tools straight to your inbox.

I get it, you want to get better without giving your whole life up. That’s exactly what this site is here for.

I’m walking this road too, juggling work, responsibilities, and recovery day by day. What you’ll find here are tools that fit your real life, not just your ideal life.

Featured Burnout Resources For Working Women

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Early Signs of Burnout in Working Women

What To Notice Before It Takes Hold Written by Mairi Joyce What Early Signs of Burnout Can Look Like In Working Women Burnout doesn’t always arrive with a clear breaking point. For many working women, it builds slowly in the background, while life and work continue as normal and you keep pushing through. You might still be managing your job, your responsibilities, and other people’s needs, yet feeling more exhausted, irritable, or disconnected than you used to. These quieter

Dec 10, 20259 min read

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The 12 Stages of Burnout in Women: From Early Warning To Recovery

Written by Mairi Joyce What the Stages of Burnout Can Look Like For Working Women Burnout is often described as something that happens suddenly, a breaking point, a collapse, or a moment where everything finally becomes too much. In reality, burnout usually develops slowly, in stages. One of the most widely recognised frameworks for understanding this process is the 12 stages of burnout, originally described by psychologists Herbert Freudenberger and Gail North . The model ma

Dec 10, 202518 min read

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The Ultimate Anti-Burnout Plan for Working Women (7 Steps to Recover & Prevent Burnout)

Why Working Women Need an Anti-Burnout Plan Burnout can feel overwhelming, especially for working women juggling careers, home life, emotional labour and constant expectations but recovery is possible with the right structure and support. This 7-step anti-burnout plan for working women is designed to help you recognise the symptoms of burnout , understand what’s driving your exhaustion, and rebuild your energy in a sustainable, compassionate way. Whether you’re in the early s

Sep 13, 202510 min read