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Herman Veitch

Herman Veitch

South African burnout recovery coach and founder of Full Spectrum Coaching, author of "Thinking About Thinking," focusing on the neuroscience of burnout and capacity management for professionals.

Jul 31, 2026

2:51
So it was like, so, so can you like, let's start with what is burnout and what is it not?
2:57
Yeah, so it's very real.
3:01
Burnout is a chronic stress response to a work demand.
3:10
So it's a very, that definition is, we can break it down into all its words.
3:17
So it's chronic and it's a stress demand and response and it's around work demand.
3:23
So first of all, I'd like to build that out a bit and then explain maybe sometimes you understand it better when you say what it is not.
3:33
So I'll talk about what is, it's not depression, it's not anxiety, and it's not just being tired.

9 MINS LATER

12:49
So then... does that then leading to us like thinking like we just got to be resilient or thinking that I'm just not resilient because I feel like this, like, I

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