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Burnout

The secret to solving the stress cycle

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Burnout

By: Emily Nagoski, Amelia Nagoski
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Burnout by Amelia Nagoski and Emily Nagoski, read by Emily Nagoski.

Discover why women experience burnout differently than men – and the empowering, science-backed guide to minimize stress, end the cycle of overwhelm, and live a more joyful life.

The gap between what it’s really like to be a woman and what the world expects women to be is overwhelming and, so often, we exhaust ourselves trying to close that gap.

How can you love your body when everything around you tells you you’re inadequate?

How do you ‘lean in’ at work when you’re already giving 110% and still not recognised?

How can you live happily and healthily in a world that constantly tells you you’re too much - or not enough?


In their ground-breaking book Burnout, sisters Emily Nagoski, PhD, bestselling author of Come as You Are, and Amelia Nagoski, DMA, offer an accessible, science-based approach to stress management and women’s wellbeing. They explain why burnout happens, and how to recover, reset, and prevent it.

With insights from the latest research, practical advice, and simple exercises, Burnout reveals:

  • How to complete the biological stress cycle and return your body to a state of calm
  • How to manage the ‘monitor’ in your brain that regulates frustration and emotional stress
  • How the Bikini Industrial Complex undermines body image, and how to resist it
  • Why rest, connection, and working with your inner critic are essential for recovery and long-term wellbeing


Eye-opening and compassionate, Burnout transforms the way we understand stress, mental health, and self-care for women. It offers a clear, practical path to feeling better, building resilience, and creating a more balanced, joyful life.

All women will find something transformative in these pages - and be empowered to create positive and lasting change.

Praise for Burnout:

'A total game-changer.' Brené Brown, PhD, bestselling author of Dare to Lead and Rising Strong

‘The gold standard of self-help books, delivering cutting-edge science with energy, empathy, and wit.’ Sarah Knight, bestselling author of Calm the F*** Down

‘Groundbreaking and practical and, unlike most books on the subject, grounded in thorough research.’ Sunday Times Style

‘Not just another self help book… turns our struggle with stress on its head’ Sarah Wilson, bestselling author of First, We Make the Beast Beautiful

‘Their compassionate, science-based advice on how to release it made me cry with gratitude and relief. The book is that revolutionary’ Peggy Orenstein, author of Girls & Sex

© Amelia Nagoski 2019 (P) Penguin Audio 2019

Mental Health Awareness Personal Development Personal Success Self-Esteem Stress Management Inspiring Emotions Health Human Brain

Critic reviews

Burnout is mind-blowing and so helpful if you want to stop and reboot the way you live to feel much less stressed ... it is groundbreaking and practical and, unlike most books on the subject, grounded in thorough research.
Burnout is the gold standard of self-help books, delivering cutting-edge science with energy, empathy, and wit. The authors know exactly what’s going on inside of your frazzled brain and body, and exactly what you can do to fix it. Truly life-changing.
Reading Burnout I knew this was not ‘just another self-help book’ that keeps us trapped by the idea of female inadequacy. It turns our struggle with stress on its head, and paves a meaningful path to what the authors call ‘growing mighty’ by bravely dropping in thoroughly contemporary and refreshing truth bombs, like, yeah, the patriarchal system is the issue, and goddamn it’s time we play by our own rules!
Emily and Amelia Nagoski deconstruct the stress we experience as women, and their compassionate, science-based advice on how to release it made me cry with gratitude and relief. The book is that revolutionary.
Uncovers scientific ways to stay calm all year long ... they are tools that work, whether you're in the middle of a shitstorm at work or a passport queue ... the Nagoskis dig deep into what drives stress, unpicking the science of the mental and bodily processes that contribute to it and eventually lead to burnout. What makes this book unique is that it puts stress (specifically female stress) in a cultural context.
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Absolutely loved this book and read it in 2 days. For someone who suffered from years of stress and ended up burnout to the point where it has affected me in all aspects of my life, I cannot recommend this book highly enough. I wish I had read this 4- 5 years earlier.

LOVED this book

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Very insightful and thought provoking. Even if you, like me, have listened to a long list of self-help books, this one stands out from the crowd, and makes you not only listen, and feel, but also act, immediately, on what Emily and Amelia explains and recommends. Any woman suffering from a feeling of inferiority should read/listen to this book!

Thought provoking and insightful

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I loved it. The insights- the framing of the challenges and the responses to stress, why and what you do about it. It is not a book that will necessarily tell you how to face ‘burnout’ but as a woman, mid career I found it really helpful and affirming.

For me this book ticked a lot of boxes……

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This is one of the best books I have ever listened to! And for sure I'm going to re-listen it again❤️

The audiobook that could be literally your friend!

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I wish I’d been able to read or listen to this book when I was younger - but it’s come along at a vital time for me and I’m so grateful it’s been written. I highly recommend it to everyone, especially women, but everyone!!

A wonderful and important book

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