Diagnostics That Actually Work: Your Personal Burnout Scan

Burnout self test and personal burnout scan guide: a practical burnout symptoms checklist you can actually use today. Real-world diagnostics that actually work, including evidence-based burnout diagnosis guide, burnout assessment tools, and a burnout quiz–style self review for adults. Learn how to know if you’re burned out, catch the early signs of burnout, and map out realistic burnout recovery steps based on your own data. What You'll Learn: • How to run a quick, evidence-based personal burnout scan using four core domains: physiological, cognitive, emotional, and behavioral. • The difference between normal stress vs burnout so you don’t ignore early warning signs or over-pathologize a tough week. • How to turn vague feelings of being “tired” into concrete data using a simple burnout symptoms checklist. • Which easy-to-track objective markers (like sleep debt and resting HRV) can make your burnout self test more accurate. • How to combine subjective self-report with simple metrics to create your own burnout diagnosis guide at home. • A step-by-step way to rank your scores across domains so you can pinpoint where burnout is hitting you hardest. • How to spot early signs of burnout before they become full collapse—and what tiny burnout recovery steps to start with. • A 3-part reflection exercise to capture key insights, apply them to your current situation, and choose one small action this week.

What You'll Learn:

• How to run a simple, four-domain personal burnout scan (physiological, cognitive, emotional, behavioral) in under 10 minutes.
• How to distinguish everyday stress vs burnout so you don’t miss early warning signs or overreact to a hard week.
• How to translate vague exhaustion into a concrete burnout symptoms checklist you can track over time.
• Which low-effort objective markers (like sleep debt and resting HRV) make your burnout self test more reliable.
• How to combine self-report scores with basic metrics to build your own at-home burnout diagnosis guide.
• How to rank and read your domain scores so you can see exactly where burnout is hitting you hardest right now.
• How to spot early signs of burnout and choose realistic, low-friction burnout recovery steps that fit your energy level.
• How to use a 3-step reflection (write, apply, act) so you remember what you learned and actually implement one small change this week.

Episode Content:

• 00:00 - Why your old burnout checklist isn’t enough anymore
• 04:12 - The four-domain model of a reliable personal burnout scan
• 10:30 - Physiological markers: sleep, HRV, and energy “tells”
• 17:45 - Cognitive overload: concentration, errors, and mental fog
• 23:20 - Emotional red flags: numbness, irritability, and loss of joy
• 29:05 - Behavioral signals: withdrawal, productivity swings, and coping habits
• 35:40 - Building your own burnout self test at home (subjective + objective)
• 42:10 - Interpreting your results without catastrophizing
• 49:00 - Stress vs burnout: how to tell the crucial difference
• 55:25 - Choosing one tiny burnout recovery step for this week
• 01:01:10 - Guided reflection: write it down, apply it, act on it