Rest does not help anymore
A weekend off and you feel exactly the same on Monday.
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Recover from burnout while still working.
A course for people who suspect they are burnt out and cannot simply stop. It covers what burnout actually is and is not, what recovery requires, and how to rebuild capacity in a life that continues.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.
Type this when Cadence asks what you want to learn
I think I am burnt out and I cannot take three months off. Help me understand what burnout actually is, what recovery requires, and how to rebuild while still working.
Change any word so it fits your situation. The course is built from what you type and a few setup questions.
- Best for
- Wellbeing
- Prerequisites
- None. Bring the situation you have.
- Course length
- 7 to 30 lessons, sized to your goal
- Lesson pace
- About 10 minutes a day
- Format
- Read it, or play the audio
- Access
- Available on the App Store, with early features and Android testing access
Before the course is built
Setup asks about your situation first.
Lesson 1 opens on the moment you describe, and the examples use your role. For this request, expect questions like these.
- What does it look like for you: exhaustion, cynicism, feeling useless, or all three?
- Is the cause mostly work, or a mix of everything?
- Can you change anything about your workload, or only how you meet it?
Right for now
If any of this sounds familiar, start here.
You have stopped caring about work you used to love
Cynicism arrived and it frightens you.
You cannot take months off
The advice assumes a sabbatical you do not have.
Course arc
Where the course goes, in order.
Cadence writes the lessons for you, so the exact path follows your answers. This is the ground a course built from this sentence covers.
01 / 06What burnout is
Exhaustion, cynicism and inefficacy, and how it differs from stress and depression.
What causes it
Load, control, reward, fairness, community and values, and which of these is yours.
Stopping the bleeding
Immediate changes that reduce the drain.
Recovery
What restores capacity, and why it takes longer than a holiday.
Renegotiating work
Conversations about load and conditions that actually change something.
Preventing the next one
Early signals and the boundaries that keep you well.
What changes
What you will be able to do, and what you will stop believing.
You will be able to
Understand burnout
Know what it is, how it differs from tiredness, and what drives it.
Address the causes you can
Change the demands and conditions within your reach.
Rebuild gradually
Recover capacity through a realistic plan, not a single break.
Ideas this course corrects
Burnout is just being tired
Tiredness responds to rest. Burnout does not, which is how you tell them apart.
You need to quit to recover
Some do. Many recover by changing conditions and rebuilding gradually while working.
Course questions
What to know before you start.
Is this a fixed course?
No. Cadence builds the course when you type the sentence and answer a few setup questions, so the lessons follow your situation. This page describes what a course built from this request covers. You see the whole path before Lesson 1.
Who is this course for?
A course for people who suspect they are burnt out and cannot simply stop. It covers what burnout actually is and is not, what recovery requires, and how to rebuild capacity in a life that continues. It sits under Wellbeing in the Life & growth part of the library.
Do I need any prior experience?
No. Setup asks what you already know and where you want to use it, and the course starts from there. Bring a real situation if you have one; the examples are built around it.
How long does it take?
Courses run 7 to 30 lessons of about 10 minutes, sized to what you asked for. One lesson a day is the intended pace, and you can go faster. Lessons can be read or played as audio.
Does this course award a certificate or degree?
No. Cadence is for practical self-learning and does not award accredited degrees or professional certification.
Start today
Type it, answer a few questions, open Lesson 1.
The sentence to type
I think I am burnt out and I cannot take three months off. Help me understand what burnout actually is, what recovery requires, and how to rebuild while still working.
Open Cadence on the App Store, type the sentence when it asks what you want to learn, and answer a few setup questions. Free to start. Android testers can request early access.