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How Climate Grief Is Fueling a New Kind of Career Burnout
Episode 78 of The Burnout Podcast explores a growing but often overlooked driver of workplace exhaustion: climate grief. Lucas and Luna examine how constant exposure to environmental crisis news — from wildfires to extinction reports — is creating a low-grade, persistent stress that accelerates burnout, especially among younger workers and those in sustainability-adjacent roles. They discuss a 2025 American Psychological Association survey finding that 62 percent of Americans under 35 say climate distress affects their daily functioning, and connect it to career fatigue through the lens of…
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