🗞️ The Wellness Briefing – Edition No. 05: “Wellness ≠ Weakness” | July 29, 2025
Quick, high-impact wellness insights for ambitious professionals. Delivered Tuesdays.
Welcome Back to The Wellness Briefing
Somewhere along the way, wellness got branded as “soft.” But high performance doesn’t come from pushing harder—it comes from knowing when to pause, recover, and protect your capacity like any other strategic asset.
Let’s begin.
Preview of this week’s newsletter:
🧠 1 Insight Worth Reading: "Why High Performers Burn Out Faster and What to Do About It" – A recent Forbes article explains 76% of employees experience burnout at least sometimes, with high performers being particularly vulnerable. These individuals often set extraordinarily high expectations for themselves, but without proper recovery, even their greatest strengths can lead to exhaustion.
What to do about it? This insightful article also provides three realistic and actionable tips to help balance engagement and burnout prevention. Read on Forbes
✅ Try This: This week, ask one direct report: “What would make this team feel more sustainable?” Then listen without defending or problem-solving.
💡 Coaching Tip: Strong leadership includes modeling rest, not just pushing through. If you want your team to believe boundaries are okay, you have to show them it’s safe.
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