{"podcast":{"title":"How I Work","slug":"how-i-work-960132","podcast_index_feed_id":960132,"rss_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/fa326977-3de5-4283-9b8b-af3500c58607/190bd54e-82e6-43fb-8f6a-af46001792de/71f0c47d-eac4-4e42-b713-af46001792ec/podcast.rss","website_url":"https://www.iheart.com/podcast/239-how-i-work-31072293/","image_url":"https://www.omnycontent.com/d/programs/fa326977-3de5-4283-9b8b-af3500c58607/190bd54e-82e6-43fb-8f6a-af46001792de/image.jpg?t=1759741460&size=Large","author":"Amantha Imber","episode_count":748,"summary":"You know those annoyingly successful people who seem to have it all figured out? Time to steal their playbook. Organisational psychologist Dr Amantha Imber gets world‑class achievers to spill their secrets - the daily strategies behind their success through to life hacks and productivity hacks they’d rather keep to themselves. We’re talking practical tips for boosting your output (including clever AI tools and shortcuts that’ll make you look like a genius), managing overwhelm without losing your mind, and optimising both work and wellbeing. No motivational fluff. Just battle‑tested tactics from people who’ve cracked the code.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-14T04:20:32.982842+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-i-work-960132"},"episode":{"title":"The warning signs of burnout I missed for nearly an entire year","slug":"the-warning-signs-of-burnout-i-missed-for-nearly-an-entire-year","published_at":"2026-07-08T20:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-i-work-960132/the-warning-signs-of-burnout-i-missed-for-nearly-an-entire-year","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-i-work-960132","url":"https://omny.fm/shows/how-i-work/tiw-crossover-2026-07-final","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/187/traffic.omny.fm/d/clips/fa326977-3de5-4283-9b8b-af3500c58607/190bd54e-82e6-43fb-8f6a-af46001792de/055c4863-6e18-48b8-8ec4-b481003c8d42/audio.mp3?utm_source=Podcast&in_playlist=71f0c47d-eac4-4e42-b713-af46001792ec","summary":"**  Grab tickets for The Energy Game Melbourne launch (29 July, 6:30pm)  here  and order The Energy Game book  here .**     What does it take to realise you've hit burnout? For me, it wasn't a dramatic collapse. It was a fantasy about being hospitalised just so no one could contact me, and the hardest decision I'd face would be lime or raspberry jelly.  When I shared that thought with a friend who is also a clinical psychologist, she told me she'd heard it so many times she had a name for it. That moment of recognition, equal parts relief and horror, was the beginning of understanding just how depleted I had become.  This is part one of a two-part crossover with the This Is Work podcast, hosted by Shelley Johnson. Shelley asked me all about my year of burnout, the early warning signs I missed, and what I found when I went looking for a way out that didn't require completely overhauling my life. We also get into The Energy Game, my new book, and the framework behind it, including the four energy types, the three energy accounts, and why the phrase \"I'm tired\" is actually making it harder to solve the problem.  Shelley and I discuss:  The \"getting hit by a bus\" fantasy: what it signals about how depleted you really are, and why a clinical psychologist says she hears this constantly in private practice  The three early warning signs of burnout that I missed for months, covering the physical, mental, and emotional dimensions  The push through paradox: why working 60 or 70 hours a week can make you progressively less productive until everything goes on strike  Why the four energy types (achievement addict, over-…","meta_description":"** Grab tickets for The Energy Game Melbourne launch (29 July, 6:30pm) here and order The Energy Game book here .** &n…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2448,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/how-i-work-960132/episodes/the-warning-signs-of-burnout-i-missed-for-nearly-an-entire-year/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-i-work-960132/the-warning-signs-of-burnout-i-missed-for-nearly-an-entire-year.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}