Burnout is a serious, often overlooked, issue in the workplace. It affects our mood, our performance at work, but most importantly our relationships and overall mental health.

Joining me for this very important episode was Mr. Manny Hernandez, the VP of Community & Partnerships at Thrivable. With a Masters in Engineering, Manny has Led a storied career working for the likes of Procter and Gamble Full Sail and the Diabetes Hans Foundation earlier on his career and having helped build culture and teams at great companies like Livongo (now known to the market as Teledoc) and Tidepool.

He is passionate about the Diabetes community and regularly serves as an Advocate, Public Speaker, and Consultant in this space.

In 2021 Manny made the decision to take a Sabbatical until just recently when he began serving as the VP of Community & Partnerships for a company called Thrivable which is a real-time market research platform.

The organization helps patients and solution-makers work together to create the next generation of products and services.

During his Sabbatical he ready over 80 books and discovered a variety of things about life and about himself that I’m sure he will share insights into during our conversation!

Some highlights of what we discussed:

-What were some lessons learned during your time away?

-What would you say to those who would love to do the same, but can’t afford to financially? Alternatives for similar effect?

-If you had to do if over, would you do it again? Anything differently?

-How did you know it was time to come back to FT work?

....and so much more!