Brian O Loughlin on The Hidden Cost of Always Pushing, Burnout & Identity

Shake The Ground Podcast | S02EP02

This week on Shake The Ground we are joined by Brian O’Loughlin for a conversation about burnout, identity, nervous system regulation and learning how to actually live the life we’ve worked so hard to build. What if the very things that make us successful; ambition, hard work, responsibility and always pushing forward, are also the things keeping us stuck? We talk about Brian’s experience of burnout and the uncomfortable realisation that so much of his ambition had become tied to worth, safety and constantly needing to move forward. We explore what fight-or-flight can look like in a highly functioning person, the limits of “mindset” work, our obsession with self-improvement, and whether we can stay ambitious without constantly being at war with ourselves. We also chat about fatherhood, presence, why rest can feel so uncomfortable, what Brian calls “midlife reorganisation”, and how we can become so good at managing our lives that we forget how to actually live them. This is a conversation for anyone who has ever looked at their life and thought: everything is good… so why don’t I feel okay?

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