WHERE AMBITION MEETS WELL-BEING
The Busyness & Burnout Podcast
Build meaningful work without burning out.
This is where we tell the truth about ambition, burnout, and building work that lasts.
Inspiring Conversations
Actionable Insights
Creative Strategies
Mindful Living
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If you’re just discovering Busyness & Burnout, begin with these conversations.
They capture the heart of this work — sustainable ambition, honest reflection, and practical tools for building a meaningful career without losing yourself in the process.
These episodes will give you language, perspective, and a new way to think about success.
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Real conversations about work, burnout, ambition, boundaries, systems, and the messy middle of building something meaningful.
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Meet the Host
I’m Sydnea Lewis — your host, educator, and strategist for building meaningful work without burnout.
I created Busyness & Burnout because I’ve lived the tension between ambition and exhaustion.
As a professor, creative entrepreneur, and mindfulness-informed strategist, I’ve spent years studying — and experiencing — what happens when driven people try to build meaningful work inside systems that reward overwork.
On this podcast, I bring together research, lived experience, and practical strategy to help you build a career that is ambitious and sustainable.
Whether I’m teaching in the classroom, working with clients, or recording from the studio, my goal is the same:
To help you design work that supports your life — not consumes it.
Interested in Being a Guest?
The Busyness & Burnout Podcast features thoughtful, honest conversations about what it really takes to build sustainable success.
This isn’t about polished highlight reels.
It’s about lived experience, growth, recalibration, and redefining ambition on your own terms.
I'm especially interested in conversations with:
- Creatives and entrepreneurs
- Educators and academic professionals
- Community builders and organizers
- People navigating career transitions
- Those actively unlearning hustle culture
If that sounds like you — let’s talk.
This podcast values real stories over perfect ones.
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This is where the deeper work continues.