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How Burnout Reshapes Your Relationship with Your Lunch Break
In this episode of The Burnout Podcast, Lucas and Luna explore how burnout changes the way we experience the midday pause. They dive into the psychology of the 'working lunch' and the rise of 'walking meetings' as a coping mechanism, referencing a 2025 survey that found 68 percent of remote workers skip lunch entirely. They discuss the difference between restorative breaks and performative rest, and why the lunch break has become a battleground for boundary-setting in hybrid work. With a mix of personal anecdotes and research from the Journal of Applied Psychology, the…
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