On a scale of one to 10, how overwhelmed are you feeling right now? You’re definitely not alone if your answer is on the higher end of the scale.

While the pandemic forced us all to slow down, the lifting of restrictions – and the pressure to ‘make up’ for the time we ‘lost’ during lockdown – has sped things up once again. Indeed, despite the renewed focus on the power of setting boundaries and establishing a work-life balance working from home provided, many of us are still on the go 24/7. Stress has, for many people, become a default way of being; these days, you’d be hard pressed to find someone whose answer to “how are you feeling?” isn’t “stressed”, “overwhelmed” or “tired”. 

While some of our stressors – such as the news cycle, the climate emergency and the cost of living crisis – may be unavoidable, it’s long been clear that something needs to change when it comes to our relationships with our jobs. But despite this, things only seem to be getting worse. So, what gives?