“Burnout Isn’t Strength” — A Midweek Reset with Dr Anney V
For anyone feeling the mid-year slump, this is my prescription to pause.
As a doctor and psychiatrist, I get asked this question a lot— what is burnout?
I say it is “when your mind looks like your desk — post-it thoughts everywhere, with no room to breathe!”
A few hours earlier, I left a short comment on LinkedIn:
“Strength isn’t burnout. The mid-year slump is real.”
It quietly reached over 850+ impressions in just a matter of hours.
Why?
Because it’s true.
And so many of us are exhausted — but still calling it “resilience.”
I’ve seen this in hospital corridors.
In executive inboxes.
In calendar blocks that don’t allow breath.
In start-up founder Slack channels, and even my own calendar.
As a psychiatrist, I’m trained to spot the signs.
But more and more, I see people struggling in silence — way before it becomes clinical burnout.
💡 I’m a British Consultant Psychiatrist (FRCPsych) with 25 years of clinical experience, trained to diagnose and treat mental health problems. And I have usually seen people when they’ve had a breakdown.
But this time, I’m offering something different but real, before Burnout becomes a Breakdown:
🧠 Burnout Reset Sessions
40 mins · Zoom · 1:1 Private Coaching
✔ Spot what’s quietly draining you
✔ Build micro-boundaries that hold
✔ Reset your energy, clarity & recovery strategy
✨ This week I’m opening:
5 free sessions (in exchange for honest feedback/testimonials)
5 at £59 (>80% off my normal rates)
This isn’t therapy. It’s a pause. A time to say Yes to Yourself. A recalibration. A reset.
📩 DM me “RESET” or reply here if this speaks to you.
🔴 Substack Live — Tomorrow at 12PM BST
I’ll be going live on Wednesday at 12PM BST for a short 15-min reset chat.
I’ll share:
3 early signs of invisible burnout
3 practical ways to recover without quitting
A gentle Q&A (or just space to listen)
You can drop a question by DM or comment below.
You don’t have to earn rest. You can come exactly as you are!
We don’t talk about this enough.
Let’s change that.
Dr Anney V
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I love this because so many people wear hustle as some sort of prize around their neck and it’s not
Some of my clients call me from the parking lots of doctor’s offices because they pushed burnout so far that their bodies shut them down. “Burnout is not strength” absolutely resonates because those folks finally felt where so much pushing got them.