I’m joined by Dayna Byfield, a burnout prevention strategist and keynote speaker, to talk about the kind of burnout that hides in plain sight. The “I’m fine” burnout, where you keep performing, adapting, and carrying everyone else until there’s nothing left.

Dayna shares how being visibly different as a kid shaped her drive, her resilience, and her default setting of becoming whoever the room needed.

We also dig into what makes her work different, she’s trained in interdisciplinary problem-solving and behaviour change, with 20 years across entrepreneurship, connection, biology, and cultural change.

Dayna brings sporting performance principles (yes, including Formula 1) into leadership and well-being, pushing for supportive structures, not just louder “self-care” messaging.

Highlights:

(02:25) - “Little Dayna was always big Dayna”, and why being visibly different shaped everything

(04:58) - The bullying moment that taught her to shapeshift to feel safe

(07:58) - “I got two and a half A levels”, and how General Studies hinted at her real strengths

(13:51) - The burnout that literally stole her voice, and the wake up call from the chairman

(21:32) - When the good stuff (love, marriage, a baby) becomes the pressure cooker

(30:33) - Back to uni, polymath energy, and her mission to redefine power as quiet and gentle

www.daynabyfield.com (launching soon)

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