Body-Led By Design
Body-Led By Design
Melissa Eich
158: Running on Empty: The 4 Stages of Burnout for Female Founders (and My 2025 Depletion Audit)
35 minutes Posted Dec 16, 2025 at 11:00 am.
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In this raw conversation, I walk you through my own 2025 depletion audit and the four stages of burnout I see high-achieving women normalize every day. You’ll hear how I spent most of the year oscillating between stage two and three burnout while still “doing the work,” and what finally forced me to stop pushing from pressure and start rebuilding true capacity. We’ll look at how busy work, misaligned strategies, and ignoring your body’s whispers slowly drain your business, your creativity, an...