Arianna Huffington has lived the high-achievement treadmill, and she crashed hard. Now she’s built Thrive Global to help people stop treating burnout like a status symbol.

We talk about what that looks like for writers, especially when writing has to happen alongside a job, school, family, and nonstop news cycles.

Arianna shares:

Why she doesn’t believe in “balance,” and what she believes in instead

How she creates first drafts, including why she started dictating books

The focus habits she uses (music, candles, and zero notifications)

The one thing writers can’t afford in the pandemic era, constant interruption

Why raw vulnerability matters if your book includes your own story

If you’re writing a book while managing life, this episode is a reset.