When we are stuck creatively, becoming more depressed, or even already in a burned out state, we tend to overthink. The trick to getting...

So, there is no cure for burnout. Why? Because you are not sick, nor broken. You feel terrible yes. But you don't have a disease. You...

Of course, I make a point in the book of saying your recovery should be highly personal. So I don’t know if this will work for you… but I...

Very often burnout victims have not paid attention to the signals their body gave them. Heck, I even ignored an episode when I landed in...

A special mention in your personal road to recovery is friends and family. They are the ones who stand by you in your time of need....

A lot of the reactions I get are from the people who support burnout victims, help people with creative anxieties or step up to the plate...

Thank you so much for the fantastic interview by Watersedge Counseling on Restart - Burnout Recovery. It is an honor to tell the story...

Check out the podcast we did, thanks to Wouter van Ewijk from Whaka Wellbeing! http://whaka.media/rogier-van-kralingen-burnout-recovery

Should social media companies edit content? Some say no and cite freedom of speech. Others say yes and cite hate speech. What is the way...

What we wish for when we are in a negative emotional state is to come out of it. Yet, it's a cycle: the more we want to be out of the...

The tendency of psychologists and psychiatrists is to focus deeply on the cause of your burnout, depression, grief, and mental breakdown...

There are plenty of causes to burnout and you will have to give a lot of attention to all of them. But if there is anything that my...

“Good morning,” said God. “Hey, good morning,” said The Devil, refilling the coffee machine with water. “Coffee?” “Yeah, thanks,” The...

Once, I had a Swedish girlfriend. She was (and still is) fantastic. So, on my first Saturday night out in Stockholm, when I was going to...

Society is a contract. The contract states that we live and let live, through equality and freedom, whatever your view of life. This...

For those of us in a creative job (and who isn't these days) anxiety is part of the work. Creative expression always comes with...

A few years back I was at this art exhibition that had attracted hundreds of people. The main artwork was a big block of simple perplex...

Storytelling is always about the journey, never about the destination Storytelling is about enbracing friction, not avoiding it...

When you're at the beginning of your storytelling practice you can often feel like it's not your place to tell your story. You compare...

It’s one of the great questions of art: do I make art for myself or for my audience? The answer is both. Art without an audience is like...