Conscious Pause 5min
Micro-recovery + express body scan. To break the autopilot when exhaustion is total.
Burnout does not heal with more rest — it heals with quality recovery. The difference is that rest is absence of work, and recovery is active presence in something different. This exercise is a 5-minute micro-recovery: you pause the autopilot, scan the body, and give yourself explicit permission not to produce for this moment.
Sources and references
- Sonnentag S. & Fritz C. (2007). The Recovery Experience Questionnaire. J. Occup. Health Psychol., 12(3). DOI: 10.1037/1076-8998.12.3.204
- Kabat-Zinn J. (1990). Full Catastrophe Living. Dell Publishing.
- Maslach C. & Leiter M.P. (1997). The Truth About Burnout. Jossey-Bass.
This exercise does not replace therapy or medical care. It is a support tool.