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How Career Burnout Reshapes Your Friendships
Season 2
Episode 86
Published 3 weeks, 3 days ago
Description
Lucas and Luna explore how chronic workplace exhaustion doesn't just stay at the office — it rewires your social life. They discuss a 2024 study from the Journal of Applied Psychology that found burned-out professionals lose an average of two close friendships per year, and the psychological mechanism called 'social withdrawal cascade' that explains why. Lucas shares a case from a Deloitte consultant who stopped seeing friends entirely after a 14-month project, and Luna talks about the 'friendship audit' method that helped her recover her social circle. The episode includes practical steps to identify friendship damage and rebuild connections without adding another task to your to-do list.