Burnout at 66%: What This Shocking 2025 Statistic Means for High-Achieving Women
And how to reclaim your energy, clarity, and sense of self through ACT
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According to a recent Forbes report, 66% of professionals in 2025 report experiencing job burnout the highest number ever recorded.
Let that sink in: Two out of every three people are running on empty, barely staying afloat under the weight of expectations, demands, and distractions.
And if you're a high-achieving woman juggling work, motherhood, relationships, and the invisible labor of life? Chances are, you're not just in that 66%. You’re leading it.
Burnout Isn’t Just a Buzzword — It’s the New Normal in our Country
The rise in burnout isn’t surprising. What is surprising is how easily it's dismissed especially in successful, high-functioning women.
You might be:
Meeting every deadline
Showing up for your family
Checking off personal development goals...and still feel like you're drowning inside.
Burnout in women often wears a mask of competence. That’s why it’s overlooked and why so many women are left to suffer silently.
6 Signs You're in the 66%
You don’t have to be in crisis to be burned out. Here are six signs to watch for:
You feel emotionally numb but keep pushing forward.
Rest feels unproductive, so you avoid it
You swing between perfectionism and paralysis
You’re short-tempered, and mostly with yourself
Even joyful things feel like obligations
You fantasize about picking up your family and moving. It’s not that you want to disappear, you just want this version of life to stop: the overstretched, over-scheduled, emotionally maxed-out version that keeps asking more of you than you can give.
If these hit home, you’re not broken. You’re burned out and that’s something we can change.
Why "Self-Care" Isn’t Enough Anymore
You're told to “take a bath,” “take a day off,” or “take a vacation.” But if your brain won’t stop spinning, even rest becomes another task to fail. Traditional stress relief often treats the symptoms, not the system.
At Actualize Wellness, we approach burnout through a science-backed framework called Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) a practical, behavior-based method for building true mental strength.
ACT: The Human Superpower for Burnout Recovery
Unlike mindset hacks or pop-psychology affirmations, ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy) doesn’t try to “fix” your feelings or make stress disappear.
Instead, it teaches you psychological flexibility which focuses on how to change your relationship with stress so it no longer runs your life.
At its core, ACT is built on three powerful pillars that help you move from surviving to actually living:
Open: Be willing to feel what you feel
Burnout thrives when we resist our emotions — pushing them down, numbing out, or powering through. ACT helps you become more open to your inner experience without letting it define or derail you.
“I realized I didn’t have to like how I felt — I just had to be willing to feel it.”
Aware: Get present, get unstuck
When you’re burned out, life happens on autopilot — and you lose touch with what’s happening here and now.
ACT builds the skill of awareness, helping you step out of mental loops and tune into what really needs your attention.
“I was saying yes before I even asked myself if I wanted to.”
Engaged: Take values-based action
This is where real change begins. Instead of reacting to pressure or chasing productivity, ACT helps you anchor your behavior in what actually matters to you, your values.
It’s about living intentionally, not perfectly.
“I stopped asking what I should do. I started asking: What matters right now?”
Ready to Reclaim Your Life from Burnout?
Burnout may be the norm, but it doesn't have to be your story.
At Actualize Wellness, I help ambitious women stop surviving their lives and start actually living them — with powerful, practical tools rooted in behavioral science.