“Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away”
- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
THE QUITTER’S CLUB blog
People pleasing, perfectionism, booze, skinny jeans, crappy cheese - everyone’s quitting something. Join me here in a quest for less of what’s holding you back from a life of sustainable, authentic joy.
Stop Believing These 5 Burnout Recovery Myths: The Realistic Guide for Exhausted Professionals
Think burnout makes you less productive? Think again. 44% of burned-out workers actually work HARDER. These 5 myths about recovery are keeping you stuck in cycles that make burnout worse. Here's what actually works.
The 5 Hidden Faces of Burnout: Why You're Not Just "Tired" (And How to Finally Break Free)
You nod along when someone says they’re burned out — but secretly think to yourself “actually I’m fine, I’m just…” because what you're experiencing doesn't match the picture in your head. Turns out, burnout isn’t binary. It has 5 different faces—and recognizing yours is the key to finally breaking free.
Why 72% of Entrepreneurs Are Making Decisions Like They're Legally Drunk (And How to Fix It)
72% of entrepreneurs make decisions like they're legally drunk. It's not about working harder—it's about protecting your most valuable business asset: your brain. Learn the Glass Ball Method to optimize cognitive performance without sacrificing your mission.
The Burnout-Proof Body: How to Eat and Move According to Your Stress Level
Are your "healthy" habits secretly making you more exhausted? Discover why cutting calories and crushing HIIT workouts might be deepening your burnout. Learn how to match your nutrition and movement to your actual stress level—the science-backed approach for sustainable energy and the body you want.
Stress Blindness: The Surprising Science of Why You Can't See Your Own Burnout
Your stressed brain physically loses the ability to recognize exhaustion—like carbon monoxide poisoning, the danger is invisible to its victim. Research shows burnout shrinks your prefrontal cortex by up to 20%, fundamentally altering decision-making. Learn the counter-intuitive boundary strategies that the most productive people use to protect cognitive function.
The 'If I Just...' Trap: Escaping Workplace Burnout in Layoff Season
Trapped in the "If I just worked harder" cycle while drowning in impossible workloads? Your exhaustion isn't weakness—it's a predictable response to a broken system. Discover how to protect yourself during layoff season, set boundaries that stick, and recognize when burnout is organizational gaslighting, not your personal failing. Freedom starts here.
7 Hidden Ways Layoff Culture is Burning Out Working Parents (And What to Do About It)
Working parents and sandwich gen caregiver: feeling trapped between layoff anxiety and family demands? Discover how workplace stress invisibly infiltrates home life—and learn practical, bite-sized strategies to break the cycle. Transform overwhelm into thriving with small shifts that protect your wellbeing and show your children what self-respect truly looks like.
Tiny Career Experiments for Parents with Limited Time and Energy
Tired of career advice that ignores your parenting reality? Discover the 'tiny experiments' approach—career exploration designed for parents with minimal time and maximum constraints. Trade overwhelming career changes for 15-minute experiments that fit between soccer practice and bedtime stories, finally making professional growth possible for busy parents."
Glass Balls and Plastic Balls: A Framework for Working Parents in Career Transition
Feeling like one dropped ball might shatter everything? Discover which responsibilities truly need your attention during career transition—and which ones can bounce. This framework helps overwhelmed parents protect what matters while giving yourself permission to be gloriously imperfect in everything else. Your family doesn't need your perfection; they need your presence.
When the Bottom Falls Out: My Journey from Layoff to Unexpected Purpose
After being blindsided by a layoff that shattered my professional identity, I discovered that career rock bottom wasn't the end—it was the beginning. My story reveals how stepping off the hamster wheel of frantic job hunting led me to discover who I truly am, what I'm actually meant to do, and the unexpected gifts waiting on the other side of professional trauma.
The Working Parent's Guide to Layoff Recovery: Finding Your Power Again
Juggling kids and job loss? This isn't just about updating your resume. Discover why taking a strategic pause might actually land you a better job faster (with science to back it up). Learn how to handle the panic, parent through chaos, and find your power again without losing your mind. Because career recovery with kids is an entirely different game.
The Time Debt Trap: How Busyness Becomes a Vicious Cycle
Are you working through lunch to "save time" yet still perpetually behind? Your brain on busyness functions exactly like a payday loan trap—borrowing from tomorrow at unsustainable rates. Discover the science behind why your time-debt keeps growing and how to finally break free from the cycle.
SOS —Save Our Summer: How to Actually Enjoy Your Kids (And Yourself) This Summer
Summer dread setting in? Discover how to break free from the burnout cycle that turns parents into popsicle-dispensing zombies. This honest guide offers practical tools for neurodivergent families to create a summer where everyone thrives—including you. Because when you matter equally in the family equation, everything changes.
5 Sanity-Saving Experiments for Parents Dropping Too Many Balls
Overwhelmed parent? You're juggling glass and plastic balls—and you're supposed to drop some. These five experiments will help you identify which balls bounce and which shatter, so you can focus your energy where it matters most. Ditch the guilt, embrace strategic neglect, and rediscover joy in the parenting circus.
The Glass Ball Method: How Overwhelmed Parents Can Finally Stop Dropping What Matters
Drowning in demands, dropping balls, and desperate for relief? Discover the Glass Ball Method—the game-changing approach that shows overwhelmed parents which responsibilities truly matter and which ones can bounce. Stop the guilt cycle and reclaim your time, energy, and joy with this practical framework for sustainable parenting.
Bonus Content: Designing Experiments to Say No with Love
Feeling overwhelmed and unable to add one more thing to your plate? Discover how tiny, reversible experiments can help you say "no" with love without adding to your burden. These micro-shifts don't require extra energy—they simply redirect what you're already using, creating immediate space in your burnout-filled life.
The Art of Saying No with Love: How Boundaries Fuel Your Energy and Deepen Connection
Discover how saying "no" can actually deepen your relationships while preventing burnout. Learn three powerful phrases that protect your energy without guilt, free your mind from people-pleasing, and help you set loving boundaries. Reclaim your joy by mastering the art of the compassionate "no."
Finding Your Flow After a Layoff: The 60-Minute Framework for A Better Next Thing
Laid off and feeling the pressure to jump into another job? Pause. This forced interruption might be your chance to discover sustainable joy instead of recycling burnout. Learn a powerful 60-minute exercise that transforms career crisis into clarity and helps you find work that energizes rather than depletes.
9 Unconventional Ways to Beat Parent Burnout When You're Exhausted, Trapped, and Overwhelmed
If you don’t have time for my big ol’ guide to the parent burnout rebellion, here are my best 9 tips for crawling out from under the impossibly heavy weighted blanked of parent burnout.
If you're feeling trapped in an endless cycle of demands, questioning your sanity, and wondering how everyone else seems to manage, you're not alone. I've been there—twins, no maternity leave, and a brain that felt like it was dissolving into a puddle of forgotten appointments and half-finished thoughts.
Traditional burnout advice often misses the mark. Here are nine unconventional approaches that actually helped me escape burnout when nothing else worked.
The Exhausted Parent's Rebellion: Unconventional Secrets to Reclaiming Your Adult Life Without Abandoning Your Kids
Drowning in parenthood? You're not failing—you're surviving an impossible system with emotions you were taught to suppress. Discover how to reclaim your adult identity and thrive despite a society that offers Instagram-perfect standards but zero practical support.
