Burnout Isn’t Personal: How to Rebuild When Work Breaks You Down

A Career Architecture guide to diagnosing misalignment, restoring capacity, and designing work that doesn’t deplete you.

Nov 29, 2025

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Black-and-white woodcut-style illustration of a person focused on assembling a puzzle at a table. The figure leans in with calm concentration, placing pieces into an incomplete grid. Bold carved lines create texture and movement, suggesting the process of rebuilding clarity and structure. Used for Career Communiqué’s article on career burnout recovery.

In 1974, psychologist Herbert Freudenberger coined the term “burnout” after observing the exhaustion, cynicism, and detachment spreading through his colleagues at a free clinic in New York. What stru…

Burnout Isn’t Personal: How to Rebuild When Work Breaks You Down

A Career Architecture guide to diagnosing misalignment, restoring capacity, and designing work that doesn’t deplete you.

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