Well Done: The Burnout Podcast

Sometimes we drive ourselves to burn out, but other times burn out is thrust upon us. How do you cope when life just won't cut you a break?

What is the relationship between creativity and time, and how can we harness the flow state to tap into inspiration? Mary shares her favorite tool for helping writers break through resistance, and she and Meadow uncover and uncanny connection between writing and coaching. 

Do you feel like you might be teetering toward burnout?  How on earth do you avoid it when you're holding down a job, caring for a family, and just trying be a human being? Meadow shares five mistakes you might be making right now. (They aren't what you think.) Learn the secrets for avoiding burnout and maintaining life at a sustainable simmer. If you want to follow along, get the worksheet at meadowdevor.com/welldone

Is a your work "good" just because someone wants to pay for it, publish it, reward it? And if that's not it—what does make something good? Mary and Meadow discuss how their standards of "good" have evolved and how they think of good as it applies to writing, coaching, and working now. 

We often believe that we are the ones solely responsible for our successes and our failures. If a book doesn't sell, or a project doesn't hit the mark, we often shoulder the blame, thinking we didn't work hard enough or do the "right" stuff. But there's a different way to think about the success of our creative projects. Mary and Meadow discuss a different way to look at the creative process and the unexpected power in surrendering a project to the universe. 

If you drop out of hustle culture, what happens to your motivation? Will you suddenly turn into a vegetable on your couch who doesn't want to do anything? Well, maybe, sometimes! Or you just get pickier about what you choose to do. Meadow shares her powerful tool for making a decision—the Four Voices—and they apply the tool to Mary's decision to publish her own memoir. 

If you don't write for financial security and you don't write to see your name in lights, why write at all? After debunking the myths that motivated them for years (in Episode 1), Mary and Meadow dive into how they think about writing now, from the other side of burn out. 

Will being a successful author bring you financial security? How about the admiration you crave? Meadow and Mary unpack the lies they told themselves about what it means to succeed as an author...and how those lies led to burn out.