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How Workplace Loneliness Worsens Burnout and What to Do
Episode 72 of The Burnout Podcast explores how chronic workplace loneliness accelerates emotional exhaustion and burnout, even when your workload is manageable. Lucas and Luna dig into the 2025 Cigna loneliness study showing that 62% of remote and hybrid workers report feeling isolated at least weekly — and how that isolation amplifies cortisol, reduces recovery quality, and makes it harder to disengage from work. They walk through specific, low-commitment strategies: the two-minute hallway check-in, the shared-recovery ritual, and the lithium-ion battery pattern of social microrecharges. No…
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