Burnout in women: Looking like you’re coping when you’re not | Shena Lee-Anthony

Why aren’t we talking about this? · May 15, 2026 · 37m

Burnout in women can sit behind a very convincing “I’ve got this”. You’re keeping work moving, looking after other people and finding a reason for every sign that you’re struggling. When everyone knows you as capable and resilient, how do you admit that the load has become too much?

Rehabilitation physiotherapist and health and wellbeing coach Shena Lee-Anthony joins me to share the experience she now understands as severe burnout. While navigating divorce, a senior role and caring for a seriously unwell child, she kept telling herself she could manage, until she reached a point where she…