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Burnout Diaries

By: Janna Donovan
Narrated by: Janna Donovan
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Publisher's Summary

Burnout Diaries is the gritty personal account of Janna Donovan, a marketing manager who found herself battling burnout in a foreign country. It details the distrust, shame, secrecy, and overwork that eventually led to panic events, depression, and plans for suicide.

The story presents itself more like a novel than a business book. It’s funny, tragic, and “did she really go there?” rolled into one fascinating, true story, making the pain at once recognizable and the advice actionable.

The wisdom and lessons are wrapped in an explosive package of honesty and secret-busting revelations. One minute, it presents itself like a travel guide, with up-close-and-personal memories of exotic places. The next minute, it is intimate and tender, letting the listener in on every thought and anxious emotion at home and at the office. Finally, when the dust settles and the danger has passed, the advice is smart, realistic, and based in a sincere understanding of human development and brain science.

This book is based on Janna Donovan’s personal diaries, so it is different from other business stress books. Empathy and compassion jump out of the book as the author outs herself, broken heart and all.

Janna is a successful business manager who has worked for a multinational company, a dot-com start-up, and an established retailer. She now works in her own counseling practice, helping individuals with high amounts of work stress and worry. She left business to become a licensed counselor and work stress therapist, after seeing firsthand what anxiety disorders, depression, and burnout do to people.

She shares what she went through and works to answer the question, “Why am like this?” Learn how she developed more confidence, courage, and clearer thinking. See how she kicked her work stress habits for good.

Her experience can help you break up with anger, resentment, anxiety, and guilt.

Listeners who would benefit from this book:

  • Tired professionals who feel like what they do is never enough
  • Power contributors who take on twice the workload of their peers
  • People who experience unhealthy work stress in any job worked
  • Managers who don’t understand why delegation feels impossible
  • Anyone who loves a workaholic

Buy now, and challenge the lies and secrecy of burnout, depression, and workplace stress. Get back to living your life.

©2021 Wydie Press LLC (P)2022 Wydie Press LLC

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