# Workplace Burnout: Jesse Favre on the Signs Your Body Sends First Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-wellness-driven-life-show-6473421/workplace-burnout-jesse-favre-on-the-signs-your-body-sends-first Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-wellness-driven-life-show-6473421/workplace-burnout-jesse-favre-on-the-signs-your-body-sends-first.md Podcast: [The Wellness Driven Life Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-wellness-driven-life-show-6473421) Published: 2026-07-16T01:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/FPMN3787958746.mp3 Audio file: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/FPMN3787958746.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-wellness-driven-life-show-6473421/episodes/workplace-burnout-jesse-favre-on-the-signs-your-body-sends-first Duration seconds: 1737 ## Resource Workplace burnout can make you a stranger to yourself. Jesse Favre, leadership and well-being expert, on the burnout she felt in her body and the way back. ▶ Watch the full episode and SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss what's next: https://youtube.com/@thewellnessdrivenlifeshow?sub_confirmation=1 ⏱ EPISODE CHAPTERS 00:00 A stranger to yourself 02:24 From healthcare leadership to teaching burnout 02:43 Burnout in months, not years 05:37 Halos around the lights 06:14 The patient she turned away 06:47 Burnout as stress left unmanaged 08:18 Why asking for help is so hard 09:56 Humor as a doorway into hard topics 13:29 The circus performer under the hospital clothes 16:58 When work stress lands in the ER 17:38 Mental and physical health, two sides of one coin 19:16 Movement, nutrition, and connection 21:15 When you don't always live what you teach 24:24 Where to find Jesse WHAT YOU'LL TAKE AWAY 🧭 Why burnout can arrive in months, not years, and how to catch it early 💛 The moment exhaustion turned physical, and what it was trying to say 🧠 How mental and physical health show up as two sides of the same coin 🙋 Why asking for help is one of the hardest human things, and how to make it easier 🌿 The movement, nutrition, and connection practices Jesse leans on to stay whole ABOUT JESSE FAVRE Jesse Favre is a leadership and workplace well-being expert with a dual MSW and MBA from Washington University in St. Louis. A former healthcare leader (and, for years, a circus performer), she has led more than 1,000 workshops on burnout, mental health, and team performance, and hosts the show "Inside the Team." https://jessefavre.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/jesse-favre STAY CONNECTED Get the newsletter: https://drivenlivin.com/newsletter-sign-up Listen on your favorite platform: https://evergr… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-wellness-driven-life-show-6473421/episodes/workplace-burnout-jesse-favre-on-the-signs-your-body-sends-first/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-wellness-driven-life-show-6473421/workplace-burnout-jesse-favre-on-the-signs-your-body-sends-first.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.