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Why High Achievers Ignore Pain Longer than Anyone Else
When you’re a high achiever, your job isn’t just a task — it becomes part of your identity.Your career feels like a pedestal you must uphold, day in and day out. So collapsing is not an option.Feeling less motivated doesn’t compute.Losing momentum feels like losing yourself. You are expected to
Anxiety From the World’s Madness
Every day the news breaks and a little piece of your mental health breaks with it. Let’s be honest. We are saturated with anxiety-inducing news. We know we should unplug… and yet, we can’t. Because underneath it all, there is fear. Fear for: • our children • our safety •
When It’s Not “Just” Burnout
The invisible combo: burnout, depression, and misalignment that lead to career transition. We talk a lot about burnout nowadays. It’s the word most often used to describe exhaustion, overload, stress, and/or pressure at work. And that’s a good thing. For a long time, workplace suffering was seen as part of
When Your Job Looks Perfect But Something Feels Wrong
“Well, looks like I have it all” There comes a point when a job stops being intellectually nourishing, even though nothing appears to be wrong on the surface.You still learn things from time to time. An unexpected situation arises, a process needs adjusting. But overall, tasks become repetitive, predictable, almost
The Lie of ‘Resilience’ at Work in Corporate Culture
Since the COVID pandemic, the word resilience has been everywhere.In corporate culture, it has become a mantra — endlessly repeated by leaders and elevated to the status of a core value. Companies must be resilient.Employees too. In the face of adversity — first sanitary, then geopolitical, economic, and technological —
About the redactor
Geraldine is a former executive who left a senior position to refocus on her health and well-being.
With Just Plug Off, she helps ambitious women become aware of the hidden cost of success on their energy, body, and mind, and gently guides them to take a break, recharge, protect what really matters, and flourish.
