015: How To Avoid Burning Out While Recovering From AuDHD Burnout

In this episode of UnShaming AuDHD, hosts Jes Diverges and Javelin Laurence explore how neurodivergent individuals can avoid burning out while attempting to recover from or prevent AuDHD burnout. They unpack how traditional self-care or recovery practices often turn into rigid expectations that compound exhaustion and prolong recovery. The hosts define AuDHD burnout as a deep mismatch between demands and capacity, contrasting it with standard career burnout and highlighting severe impacts like skill regression. To catch approaching burnout early, Jes and Javelin share personal yellow and red flags, including apathy toward favorite hobbies, difficulty cooking, and heightened irritability. They discuss practical, low-demand strategies such as "no expectation days" and "task tiering" to safely lower life's difficulty volume and dismantle all-or-nothing thinking. Finally, the hosts emphasize radical acceptance, releasing artificial urgency, and honoring one's individual capacity without guilt or shame.

Autistic Burnout Scale: https://www.instagram.com/p/DDPwf42uNwl/

Jes’s AuDHD Allowed & Out Loud program: https://www.jesdiverges.com/allowedandoutloud

Jav’s Coaching For Queer Artists In Alberta, CA: https://www.alchemycoaching.ca/free-coaching-program

Other Links & Resources:

Javelin’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/javelinlaurence

Javelin’s Coaching Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alchemydivergencecoaching

Javelin's Website: https://www.alchemycoaching.ca/

Jes’s Website: ⁠https://www.jesdiverges.com⁠

Jes’s Email: ⁠⁠jes@jesdiverges.com⁠⁠

Join Jes’s Combo Platter Community: ⁠https://www.patreon.com/jesdiverges

Jes’s Instagram: ⁠https://www.instagram.com/jesdiverges⁠

Jes’s TikTok: ⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@jesdiverges⁠

Jes’s Substack: ⁠https://substack.com/@jesdiverges⁠

Transcript Document: ⁠https://tinyurl.com/UnshamingAuDHDTranscripts⁠

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