Bulletproof: Be fearless and resilient, no matter what

chapter 5

Freedom from stress, anxiety and burnout

‘The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell and a hell of heaven.’

John Milton

‘I decided the only sensible thing to do was go to the doctor. I literally couldn’t see how I could do another day . . . ’

For Zoe, this was the beginning of burnout, an experience shared by millions across the UK and globally. The World Health Organisation recognised burnout as being caused by chronic workplace stress, which they described as the ‘health epidemic of the twenty-first century’.1

At the time of writing this, stress, anxiety or depression accounts for around half of all work-related ...