Burned Out But Still Functioning? The Stoic Way to Come Back to Life

Описание: Burned out but still functioning. That’s the phrase that perfectly describes where I was: showing up to work, completing tasks, looking successful on the outside. But on the inside? Completely dead. No energy, no engagement, no sense of purpose. Just going through the motions of a life that felt increasingly hollow.
In this video, I share my personal journey of discovering what the ancient Stoics knew about the difference between merely existing and truly living. Through the wisdom of Marcus Aurelius, Epictetus, and Seneca, I learned that coming back to life isn’t about changing your job or circumstances—it’s about transforming your relationship with the work and life you already have.
I’ll walk you through three interconnected shifts that the Stoic philosophers practiced two thousand years ago, and that brought me back from functional burnout to genuine aliveness. First, reframing work from transactional obligation to meaningful craft. Second, cultivating presence and attention to actually experience life instead of being lost in my head. Third, reigniting mental growth by challenging the limiting beliefs that kept me stuck in stagnant patterns.
Key moments:
0:00 The Emptiness Behind Success
2:00 First Shift: Transforming My Relationship With Work
4:45 Second Shift: Waking Up to Life Around Me
8:13 Third Shift: Reigniting Mental Growth
12:18 When the Three Stoic Practices Connected
13:59 What Changed (And What Didn’t)
16:11 The Stoic Way to Stay Alive
The Stoics understood that living fully—what they called living according to your nature—requires daily practice. This isn’t about achieving perfection or never feeling burned out again. It’s about noticing when you’ve drifted into autopilot numbness and having practices to come back to aliveness, moment by moment.
If you’re burned out but still functioning, if you’re successful but empty, if you’re checking boxes without feeling anything, this Stoic approach offers a way back to life. You don’t need a new career. You need to wake up to the one you have.
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