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You're listening to Women at Work from Harvard Business Review.

I'm Amy Bernstein.

I'm Emily Kaulfield.

And I'm Amy Gallo.

2020 has been a year of uncertainty.

We probably don't need to remind you,

but we're living through a pandemic,

working under stressful, often unsustainable circumstances.

We've been worried about the outcome of the election

here in the US and all of this has meant sleepless nights and anxious days for many women.

We're wiped out and finding it tough to stay focused, present, and optimistic. So we decided to revisit conversations that explore how and why we get

worn out and that have advice for building ourselves back up.

These conversations are from episodes where Nicole Torres was still a co-host,

so you'll hear her voice instead of mine. I'll be back later in the show to talk with the

Amy's about how we're managing burnout and taking care of ourselves.

First up, exhaustion is one of the signs of burnout.

Mandy O'Neill explains what about work tends to break women down and how to protect ourselves

from physical or mental collapse. Mandy is a professor at the George Mason University School of Business.

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