Episode Details
Back to Episodes
How Career Burnout Reshapes Your Relationship with Failure
Season 3
Episode 123
Published 6 days, 12 hours ago
Description
Lucas and Luna explore how career burnout rewires our perception of failure, turning ordinary setbacks into catastrophic evidence of inadequacy. They dive into the psychology of 'failure dysmorphia' — a term coined by organizational psychologist Dr. Emily Park — and how it distorts risk assessment, decision-making, and recovery. Using the example of a mid-career project manager who froze after a minor budget miss, they discuss why burned-out professionals over-punish themselves and how to recalibrate. Practical reframes from cognitive behavioral coaching and a counterintuitive insight about failure exposure therapy. No platitudes, just a specific lens on a familiar but misunderstood symptom of exhaustion.