During a small online music and poetry event yesterday, we were asked to reflect on the past year. Funny thing is, despite all the...

Your job, your art, your brand, your people, your organization... telling your own story is always harder than telling somebody else's....

If I had a penny for every time a businessman or woman asked me why corporate stories need emotion, I'd probably be fishing on my private...

Recently, I visited one of my best friends who had a bit of a fallback in her burnout cycle. Although she's been doing all the right...

After a burnout, a creative depression or in stressful times all together, your body's alarm bells can be a little too sensitive. In...

How does it feel to be 'in the zone' creatively? Most people feel or imagine it to be a state of great confidence. And yes, sometimes...

A well known and often used technique to fight anxiety, depression and burnout is keeping a diary. There is no doubt in my mind about its...

Art and culture sectors are suffering deeply. That's not only terrible for them, it's devastating for the entire world economy. What so...

Today, I'd like to share with my readers a personal approach of mine in storytelling: being a stoic. Stoicism is a life philosophy made...

“Everywhere? No way!” Her eyes big, mouth open in astonishment, while she stared at her grandfather. “It’s true. Cross my heart.”...

In a creative career, criticism is the one big constant you'll always face. On the one hand, you'll have to follow your own gut feeling....

Apart from a general lack in energy many burnout victims also suffer from anxiety issues. This happens for a reason: your feelings and...

He called his screens his ‘eyes’. There were hundreds of them. Black and white, CRT, LCD and plasma. Old and new, thick and thin, small,...

When we are stuck creatively, becoming more depressed, or even already in a burned out state, we tend to overthink. The trick to getting...

So, there is no cure for burnout. Why? Because you are not sick, nor broken. You feel terrible yes. But you don't have a disease. You...

Of course, I make a point in the book of saying your recovery should be highly personal. So I don’t know if this will work for you… but...

Very often burnout victims have not paid attention to the signals their body gave them. Heck, I even ignored an episode when I landed in...

A special mention in your personal road to recovery is friends and family. They are the ones who stand by you in your time of need....

A lot of the reactions I get are from the people who support burnout victims, help people with creative anxieties or step up to the plate...

Thank you so much for the fantastic interview by Watersedge Counseling on Restart - Burnout Recovery. It is an honor to tell the story...