Tech Stress is More Common Than You Think (And What To Do About It)

Burnout Isn't Just About Being Busy at Work

Leadership coach and host Brittany Canaski finalizes this conversation about burnout by identifying personal demands and resources that are influencing or leading you to burnout.She reviews common burnout signs and revisits the Job Demands-Resources model: burnout arises when the demands on us outweigh our resources. She extends this framework to personal life, outlining personal demands such as home careworkload, finances, physical health, and more. Then, she shares personal resources that we need to increase like physical, emotional, and mental well-being, and more. She shares a free download to help you identify which of the factors we discussed this season are causing your burnout. Brittany invites listeners to join her newsletter to get support before the podcast returns for season four in September. Key takeaways: ✅ We need to manage or reduce the personal demands of our daily lives like home care workload, finances, physical health, and more. ✅ We need to also increase the personal resources or support we receive in areas such as community, emotional health, and joy. ✅ Use the Free Download: What's Causing Your Burnout? to identify which of the factors are most directly causing your current or potential burnout at https://www.hellovelocity.co/burnout ---------------------------------------------- ⏱️ What we covered in this video: 00:00 Welcome and Season Finale 01:36 Burnout Definition and Signs 03:44 Job Demands vs Resources 07:19 Personal Demands Draining You 15:05 Personal Resources That Fill Your Cup 22:03 Key Takeaways 23:50 Free Download and What's to Come ---------------------------------------------- 🎯 Resources to support you: What's Causing Your Burnout Free Guide: https://www.hellovelocity.co/burnout Subscribe to the Hello Velocity Newsletter: https://www.hellovelocity.co/newsletter [https://www.hellovelocity.co/newsletter] Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco?sub_confirmation=1 [https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco?sub_confirmation=1] Book a discovery call for individual support: https://www.hellovelocity.co/appointments [https://www.hellovelocity.co/appointments] Send me an email with your requests for future episodes: Brittany@HelloVelocity.co ---------------------------------------------- 🙋🏻‍♀️ About the host, Brittany Canaski Brittany Canaski is a highly-rated leadership coach and trainer who helps leaders build the skills and confidence they need to be their best.   Within her own business, Hello Velocity [https://www.hellovelocity.co/], Brittany provides coaching, trainings, and events to help teams and individualsbetter understand their performance habits so that they can work smarter, not harder to get where they want to be. Some of her favorite leadership topics are strategic planning, prioritization, and accountability. ----------------------------------------------   👋 Connect with Brittany:  * Instagram - @HelloVelocityCo  * LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-canaski/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-canaski/] * Website - https://www.hellovelocity.co/ [https://www.hellovelocity.co/] * YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco [https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco]

What Comes Next After Getting Laid Off (Manage Layoff Fears and Burnout)

Job Security & Burnout in 2026: Layoffs, AI Anxiety, and a Smarter Job Search with Career Coach Nicole Anderson   Host Brittany Canaski speaks with career coach and recruiting leader Nicole Anderson about how job insecurity contributes to burnout in 2026 amid layoffs, shifting federal funding, and AI fears. Nicole encourages listeners to stay empowered rather than fear-driven. She shares practical tactics to manage anxiety and gives step-by-step guidance for the first days and weeks after a layoff and for longer searches. Key takeaways: ✅ There's been a huge pendulum swing in the job market in the last few years that has many workers feeling job insecure. ✅ If you do get laid off, you can manage your post-layoff anxiety by avoiding doom-scrolling, recognizing and replacing catastrophic thoughts, and collecting compliments. ✅ Nicole emphasizes relationship-building over relying only on applications, and recommends limiting resume tailoring to a few versions to reduce job-search burnout. ----------------------------------------- ⏱️ What we covered in this video:   00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro 01:25 Burnout and Job Security 02:24 Why Layoffs Keep Happening 06:13 Fear Proofing Your Mindset 07:24 Stop Doomscrolling Stories 09:44 Replace Fear With Proof 13:31 AI Panic and Headlines 18:17 First Days After Layoff 19:30 Severance and Insurance Steps 23:09 What To Do Next 27:16 Long Search and Networking 34:55 Avoid Job Search Burnout 38:44 Wrap Up and Where to Find Nicole ----------------------------------------------- 👋 Connect with Nicole: * LinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/careercoachnicole/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/careercoachnicole/] * Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/careercoachnicole/ [https://www.instagram.com/careercoachnicole/] * For career coaching needs: CareerCoachNicole.com * For recruiting support: hello@GoodWorkSolutions.com ----------------------------------------------- 🤩 Ready to upgrade your leadership toolkit? Subscribe to the Hello Velocity Newsletter: https://www.hellovelocity.co/newsletter [https://www.hellovelocity.co/newsletter] -----------------------------------------------🙋🏻‍♀️ About the host, Brittany Canaski Brittany Canaski is a highly-rated leadership coach and trainer who helps leaders build the skills and confidence they need to be their best.   Within her own business, Hello Velocity [https://www.hellovelocity.co/], Brittany provides coaching, trainings, and events to help teams and individualsbetter understand their performance habits so that they can work smarter, not harder to get where they want to be. Some of her favorite leadership topics are strategic planning, prioritization, and accountability. ----------------------------------------------- 👋 Connect with Brittany:  * Instagram - @HelloVelocityCo  * LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-canaski/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-canaski/] * Website - https://www.hellovelocity.co/ [https://www.hellovelocity.co/] * YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco [https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco]

Staying Visible and Transparent During Stressful Transitions and Uncertainty

Navigating Change & Uncertainty at Work: Stress, Leadership Calm, and Strategic Visibility   Host Brittany Canaski interviews Leadership Visibility and Influence Expert Susan Barber about managing stress during workplace change and uncertainty. Sue shares how feedback that she wasn’t “visible enough” in corporate led her to focus oncommunicating value without bragging, and how leaders must strategically show impact, not just list tasks completed. Drawing on her experience during major organizational transitions at Kraft/Kraft Heinz, she discusses common stressors and encourages focusing on what you can control, stepping up during chaos, and seeking peer support. Key takeaways: ✅ Work stressors such as acquisitions, layoffs, increased workloads, and fears around AI are causing more and more stress on teams and leaders. ✅ For leaders, Sue emphasizes trust, transparency about what can and can’t be shared, and consistent support for teams. ✅ Sue also recommends quiet time, journaling, and meditation, and introduces her VALUE framework for intentional visibility. Resources mentioned: * Four phases we go through during change: https://www.hellovelocity.co/blog/adaptability-is-a-necessary-skill-for-leaders-to-handle-change [https://www.hellovelocity.co/blog/adaptability-is-a-necessary-skill-for-leaders-to-handle-change] * The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron: https://juliacameronlive.com/books-by-julia/ [https://juliacameronlive.com/books-by-julia/] * Calm app for meditation https://www.calm.com/ [https://www.calm.com/] * Headspace app for meditation https://www.headspace.com/ [https://www.headspace.com/] ----------------------------------------- ⏱️ What we covered in this video: 00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro 01:07 Why Visibility Matters 03:40 Leading Your Team 04:36 Leaving Corporate to Coach 07:24 Building Credibility Solo 08:48 Change Uncertainty at Work 11:29 Stress Responses and Control 15:14 Leading Through Change 16:57 Trust Transparency Reassurance 20:48 Leader Support Systems 22:36 Peer Support Circle 24:20 Calming Stress Rituals 27:36 Transparency After Firings 33:05 Visibility That Matters 37:29 Value Framework 40:19 Wrap Up And Links --------------------------------------------- 👋 Connect with Susan: * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanbarbercoaching/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanbarbercoaching/] * Website: https://susanmbarber.com [https://susanmbarber.com/] (you can sign up for her weekly newsletter, learn more about her books, podcast and the services she offers) -------------------------------------- 🤩 Ready to upgrade your leadership toolkit? Subscribe to the Hello Velocity Newsletter: https://www.hellovelocity.co/newsletter [https://www.hellovelocity.co/newsletter] ---------------------------------------------- 🙋🏻‍♀️ About the host, Brittany Canaski Brittany Canaski is a highly-rated leadership coach and trainer who helps leaders build the skills and confidence they need to be their best.   Within her own business, Hello Velocity [https://www.hellovelocity.co/], Brittany provides coaching, trainings, and events to help teams and individualsbetter understand their performance habits so that they can work smarter, not harder to get where they want to be. Some of her favorite leadership topics are strategic planning, prioritization, and accountability. ------------------------------------------ 👋 Connect with Brittany:  * Instagram - @HelloVelocityCo  * LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-canaski/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-canaski/] * Website - https://www.hellovelocity.co/ [https://www.hellovelocity.co/] * YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco [https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco]

Tech Stress is More Common Than You Think (And What To Do About It)

How Technology Fuels Stress & Burnout (and What to Do About It)   On the Hello Velocity podcast, host Brittany Canaski continues the stress and burnout conversation by doing a deep dive into how technology increases anxiety for corporate women, focusing on three areas: being constantly accessible,overwhelming workplace communication channels, and social media. She explains how nonstop notifications and always being “on” pull attention from the present moment and encourages setting tech boundaries. At work, she recommends defining what “urgent” actually means, communicating preferred channels, and limiting email and chat interruptions during meetings or focus time. For social media, she challenges listeners to compare what they want from it versus what theyget, and suggests limiting, moving, or deleting apps and replacing scrolling with screen-free, hands-on activities. Key takeaways: ✅ When you're always accessible, you're allowing other people to control your time, attention, and energy. ✅ Clear boundaries with work communications can allow you to be more productive when you're focused and reduce stress by removing the constant sense of (usually false) urgency. ✅ Reducing social media helped me reduce my anxiety and burnout, and now I feel more connected with friends and have more hands-on hobbies. ---------------------------------------------------------------- ⏱️ What we covered in this video: 00:00 Tech Stress Overview 01:34 Always On Anxiety 03:16 Bedtime Phone Boundaries 04:45 Notification Detox 07:22 Focus Tools And Tricks 09:19 Work Communication Overload 11:54 Social Media Reality Check 15:01 Break The Scroll Habit 16:03 Analog Hobbies And Bags 19:24 Commit To One Change ----------------------------------------------------------------- Resources mentioned: * Opal App to limit screen time: https://opalapp.com/ [https://opalapp.com/] * Brick to limit screen time: https://getbrick.com/ [https://getbrick.com/] ----------------------------------------------------------------- 🤩 Ready to upgrade your leadership toolkit? Subscribe to the Hello Velocity Newsletter: https://www.hellovelocity.co/newsletter [https://www.hellovelocity.co/newsletter] ------------------------------------------------------------------- 🙋🏻‍♀️ About the host, Brittany Canaski Brittany Canaski is a highly-rated leadership coach and trainer who helps leaders build the skills and confidence they need to be their best.   Within her own business, Hello Velocity [https://www.hellovelocity.co/], Brittany provides coaching, trainings, and events to help teams and individualsbetter understand their performance habits so that they can work smarter, not harder to get where they want to be. Some of her favorite leadership topics are strategic planning, prioritization, and accountability. ----------------------------------------------------------------- 👋 Connect with Brittany:  * Instagram - @HelloVelocityCo  * LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-canaski/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-canaski/] * Website - https://www.hellovelocity.co/ [https://www.hellovelocity.co/] * YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco [https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco]

How Your Posture Is Draining Your Energy (Techniques to Reduce Tension and Burnout)

Stress, Posture & Desk Work: Simple Somatic Techniques to Reduce Tension and Burnout   Host Brittany Canaski interviews Workstation Wellness Consultant Anne Asher about how stress and long hours at a desk affect physical wellbeing and contribute to burnout.Anne shares her background in movement and chronic pain work and explains why good equipment helps but movement and body awareness are essential. She gives practical desk-alignment guidance and emphasizes gentle habit-building over“perfect posture.” Anne leads two subtle techniques for desk workers: a slow, relaxed “hissing” exhale to calm the nervous system and an ear-finger cue with a small nod to reset head/neck alignment. She also recommends frequent shortmovement breaks to support energy, focus, and long-term health. Key takeaways: ✅ When we 'park' our bodies for 8 hours a day while working, we're not listening to what our body needs. ✅ Posture alignment is more than just having the right desk or chair, you need to consider your sitting bones, balanced weight, feet flat, supportive lumbar support, monitor at eye level, arms and elbows positioned comfortably, and separate your laptop screen from keyboard. ✅ Instead of trying to have 'perfect' posture all the time, start with small 10 second reminders and wins throughout the day. ----------------------------------------------------------------- ⏱️ What we covered in this video:   00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro 01:04 Anne’s Wellness Journey 04:32 Stress Burnout and Movement 09:37 Checking In With Your Body 12:12 Desk Alignment Basics 18:47 Upper Body Setup Tips 23:49 Common Tension Hotspots 26:48 Gentle Posture Rewiring 27:39 Hissing Breath Demo 32:37 Make It Work Anywhere 34:35 Movement Breaks Matter 38:53 Brittany's Couch Work Cautionary Tale 42:12 Posture And Productivity 45:14 Head and Neck Reset Demo 48:18 Build Daily Check Ins 50:07 Resources And Wrap Up ---------------------------------------- 👋 Connect with Anne: * Download the free e-book: Pain Free @ the Desk in 5Minutes  https://posturally.com/f/painfree-desk-5 [https://posturally.com/f/painfree-desk-5] * Posture Scan for Desk Workers:   https://posturally.com/courses/posture-scan [https://posturally.com/courses/posture-scan] * Connect with Anne on LinkedIn:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/anneasher/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/anneasher/] ------------------------------------------- 🤩 Ready to upgrade your leadership toolkit? Subscribe to the Hello Velocity Newsletter: https://www.hellovelocity.co/newsletter [https://www.hellovelocity.co/newsletter] -------------------------------------------- 🙋🏻‍♀️ About the host, Brittany Canaski Brittany Canaski is a highly-rated leadership coach and trainer who helps leaders build the skills and confidence they need to be their best.   Within her own business, Hello Velocity [https://www.hellovelocity.co/], Brittany provides coaching, trainings, and events to help teams and individualsbetter understand their performance habits so that they can work smarter, not harder to get where they want to be. Some of her favorite leadership topics are strategic planning, prioritization, and accountability. --------------------------------------------- 👋 Connect with Brittany:  * Instagram - @HelloVelocityCo  * LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-canaski/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brittany-canaski/] * Website - https://www.hellovelocity.co/ [https://www.hellovelocity.co/] * YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco [https://www.youtube.com/@hellovelocityco]