Rethinking Burnout, Imposter Syndrome & Leadership w. Shannon Weber

Burnout might not be what you think it is.

In this episode of the Yes, And Podcast, Bunny invites Executive Coach and Author Shannon Weber, for what feels like a behind-the-scenes conversation about imposter syndrome, leadership, and community. 

What starts as a conversation about burnout quickly shifts into something deeper. Shannon introduces a powerful reframe: what if burnout isn’t an individual failure, but a systemic issue? What if we’ve been putting the responsibility on ourselves when the structure itself needs to change?

From there, they explore:

• Why “burnout” might actually be moral injury

• How self-care has been commercialized and what real resilience investments look like

• The connection between presence and imposter syndrome

• Why exhaustion and busyness are not the same thing

• How small systemic tweaks can create real organizational change

• The power of modeling self-love for the next generation

This episode moves between leadership, mental health, motherhood, identity, and generational healing. There’s honesty. There’s laughter. There’s a pink vibrator story. And there’s a reminder that loving yourself is foundational.

Shannon also shares the heart behind her global Love Note Project, inspired by the loss of her brother, and how small, tangible expressions of love can shift culture one note at a time.

Timestamps

00:00 Yes, and! Introduction

00:30 Welcome to the bougie hotel lobby conversation

02:00 Burnout vs. moral injury: shifting the narrative

05:30 Why systemic problems can’t be solved with individual self-care

09:00 Resilience investments instead of reactive self-care

11:00 The “massage barometer” and what presence really looks like

13:00 Imposter syndrome thrives in the shadows

17:00 Making friends with the parts of yourself you’ve avoided

21:00 The Love Note Project and writing love while we’re alive

24:00 Modeling self-love for your children

27:00 What a “Yes, And” life means to Shannon

Connect with Bunny Young:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bunnysumneryoung/

Website: https://www.abetterplaceconsulting.com/

Instagram: @thebunnyyoung

Connect with Shannon Weber:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannonweber/

Instagram: @xoshannonweber

Love Note Project + downloadable notes: https://www.loveyou2.org/

TED Talk: https://www.loveyou2.org/about-me