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Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

How To Recover From Burnout (It’s Not What You Expect) with Pippa Grange #656

Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Dr Rangan Chatterjee

Alternative Health, Medicine, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.711.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2026

⏱️ 104 minutes

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Summary

What if burnout isn't a sign that something is broken in you, but a sign that something needs to change? That's the question at the heart of this conversation – and it’ll shift the way you think about your energy, your career, and how you’re spending your one life. My guest is Pippa Grange, the renowned psychologist, performance coach, and author of Life Reclaimed. Pippa spent 25 years working with the highest performers in the world of business and sport (including her famous stint with the England football team). But her wisdom today is for all of us – particularly anyone who feels like they’re running on empty, or that the way they’re living isn’t working for them anymore. We begin by talking about why overperformance is so prevalent these days, and why it’s not a personal failing but a cultural shift. Pippa describes burnout as something that happens when life’s pace and pressure outweighs our ability to cope. We overperform at work, at home, even socially – and we’ve forgotten what balance looks like. The solution? Her framework of ‘regenerative performance’, built around a simple but powerful cycle: perform, rest, renew. And if that sounds familiar, it’s because it’s happening right in front of us every day – in nature. For Pippa, nature is the most intelligent model we have for sustainable human performance. After all, we’re a part of the natural world – and it’s moving away from these instinctive, biological cycles that has led to our collective burnout. Fortunately, she’s developed four core principles to guide us from overperformance into regenerative performance. They’re all about listening to the intelligence of the body rather than overriding it; tuning into our natural selves to develop sustainable patterns. And she brings the principles to life with practical tools you can use straight away, including a simple midday check-in that takes under a minute – and that I’ll definitely be incorporating into my day. This is a really important conversation, which offers a valuable, viable alternative to giving up. Follow Pippa’s advice and you can reconnect with your natural cycles. You can make meaningful change from within your life, rather than trying to escape it. It’s time to stop pushing through and start reclaiming the life you were meant to lead. The Thrive Tour: Transform Your Health and Happiness, a live show: Book Your Tickets https://drchatterjee.com/live   Thanks to our sponsors: https://dohealth.co/livemore https://thewayapp.com/livemore https://boncharge.com/livemore   Show notes https://drchatterjee.com/656 DISCLAIMER: The content in the podcast and on this webpage is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Always seek the advice of your doctor or qualified healthcare provider. Never disregard professional medical advice or delay in seeking it because of something you have heard on the podcast or on my website.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Burnout doesn't happen overnight.

0:03.0

It is a very uncomfortable involuntary process of transitioning away from what's not working for you anymore.

0:09.0

Your body and your mind just say, hey, we've been throwing up warning lights for months and months here.

0:16.0

You're not listening, so you're handing over the keys and we're crashing.

0:19.0

What I really want to do is change people's method

0:23.0

so that you don't actually get to that point

0:25.5

where you are straining so much

0:27.8

that you're on the cusp of a crash.

0:30.5

Hey guys, how you doing?

0:32.6

I hope you're having a good week so far.

0:34.7

My name is Dr. Rongan Chatterjee

0:36.7

and this is my podcast. Feel Better, Live More.

0:43.2

What if burnout isn't a sign that something is broken within you, but simply a sign that something

0:50.5

needs to change? That's the question at the heart of this week's conversation,

0:56.2

and it will shift the way you think about your energy,

0:59.6

your career, and how you're spending your life.

1:03.6

Piper Grange is a performance coach and author

1:06.0

of a brilliant new book, Life Re-Claimed.

1:10.4

Now, you might know Pippa from her previous appearance on my podcast,

1:13.8

or as a psychologist who transforms the England football team. You see, she spent 25 years

1:21.0

helping the world's highest performers understand not just how to succeed, but how to do so without losing themselves in the process.

1:31.5

And increasingly, that message is relevant not just in elite sports and business, but in every

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