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When teams can't discuss burnout without making it worse

Our startup team of four has been working together for two years and we're all burning out, but every time we try to address it as a group someone gets defensive about their workload or contribution and we end up more fractured than before.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The very stress that requires collective address often makes the group conversation feel like another threat to defend against.

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