Untangle Burnout Recovery Tools: Reduce Stress and Build More Joy In Your Life. With Amy Leneker.
Mar 24, 2026
Amy Leneker, author and leadership coach who created the Unstressing Method, shares her burnout wake-up call and the simple See, Sort, Solve framework. She explains why common workplace fixes can backfire and how to sort stress into actionable types. Conversation highlights making space for joy, authentic connection over forced fun, and practical choices to reduce overwhelm and build resilience.
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Panic Attacks Forced A Career Reassessment
- Amy Leneker experienced over a hundred stress-induced panic attacks that forced her to stop and reevaluate her life.
- The physical shutdown in her doctor's office was the turning point that ended years of ignoring warning signs.
See Sort Solve Turns Overwhelm Into Action
- The Unstressing Method uses See, Sort, Solve to convert vague overwhelm into clear next steps.
- Write down stressors, sort them into five actionable categories, then use a matrix to choose the next guiding action.
Values Can Hide Self Neglect
- Values shape every stress decision but can be externally focused and exclude self-care.
- Amy burned out while aligned to family and service because she defined those values through others, not herself.
