It's time to start feeling better

14 days of steady progress towards a burnout-free life. Taught by Dr. Dan, autistic psychologist.

  • $100

How To Build A Burnout-Free Life: Dr. Dan's Burnout Recovery Course

  • Course
  • 15 Lessons

Get the support you need to finally start getting out of burnout. Two weeks of daily encouragement, practical video lessons, and approachable guided activities.

You won't get out of burnout in two weeks. But you'll get started.

Frequently asked questions

What do I get, exactly?

When you sign up for the course, you'll get access to 14 lessons. Each lesson has a video from me and an activity worksheet. The full course content is over 20k words. It'll probably take you 3 to 5 hours total to complete, depending on how much time you spend on the daily activities.

You'll get a daily email inviting you to do that day's lesson, although you can also go directly to the course page and do the course at your own pace.

Can I see a sample?

Sure! You can access three full lessons for free (including the video and the activity worksheet):

Who is this course for?

This course is for anyone who feels burnt out, exhausted, or like life is just too hard right now.

I designed this course to be universally applicable, so you can find something helpful no matter your identity or the cause of your burnout. If you have chronic illness, a stressful job, caregiver fatigue, or any number of ongoing challenges, this guide is for you.

However, because I’m autistic, and I know autistic burnout is a particular challenge for many people in my audience, I’ve also included examples and other information specific to autistic people woven throughout the lessons. I also have an extra-large lesson near the end that is specific to autistic burnout. I wrote that lesson so you can apply the concepts from them to your life even if you’re not autistic, but of course I hope they’ll be especially useful if you are autistic.

I also designed this course to be helpful for you regardless of your starting point. Whether you’re just starting to feel burned out, or you’ve been deep in burnout for months, you’ll be able to adapt this course to your needs.

Who teaches the course?

Me! Dr. Daniel Wendler.

I wrote every lesson and activity in the course myself (not AI, ghostwriters, or a cat walking across my keyboard). I'm an autistic licensed clinical psychologist, the author of several books about autism and relationships, and the creator of hundreds of social media videos sharing encouragement and evidence-based insights.

Please note: While I'm a psychologist, I'm not YOUR psychologist. This course is educational, not therapy, and you do not get any 1-on-1 or live access to me. I encourage you to consider seeking out therapy in addition to taking this course to make sure you get all the support you need.

How is this different than your free burnout recovery guide?

The video course uses the concepts from the free guide as a foundation, but has significantly more content, and a structure that makes it much easier for you pace yourself and apply what you're learning to your life (especially if you're burned out!)

Specifically, the video course has more than twice as much content as the free guide (23,000 words vs 10,000). You're getting four all-new lessons, all-new daily activity worksheets, as well as updates and refinement throughout.

Of course, you're also getting the content delivered via daily emails so it's easier to pace yourself, and video lessons from me to make it easier to engage with.

If you've already found the free guide helpful, this course will deepen your learning. And if you struggled to apply the free guide to your life, this course will make it much easier to get results from what you learn.

Can I give this to someone else?

Yes! During the checkout process, just enter your email address. You will then see an option to send the course to someone else as a gift. It's a great way to support someone who needs help to get out of burnout.

What is your refund policy?

I don't offer refunds because I make it easy to determine if this course is worth your money before making a purchase.

I encourage everyone to view the three full lessons that are available for free, read my free burnout guide, or watch some of my 200+ videos on social media before buying this guide. You'll get a clear sense of what I offer and whether it will help you.

What if I can't afford the course?

If full price would be a hardship, you can use coupon PAYITFORWARD to get 50% off. (Yes, really.)

No hoops to jump through. All I ask is:

1) You only use the code if you need it

This course was a LOT of work. I spent dozens of hours writing and recording, and I think the price fairly reflects the value. I'm only able to spend that much time creating because of folks who pay fairly for the work I do.

So if you can swing full price, I hope you leave the coupon for someone else. But if you need it, I hope you use it.

2) You commit to "pay it forward" by doing an act of kindness for someone else.

Choose something specific, and make a commitment to yourself that you'll follow through.

Maybe text a friend who is going through a rough time and encourage them.

Maybe give up a Saturday to volunteer for a worthy charity

You can choose whatever you like, as long as it helps someone.

In other words, pay me half, then pay it forward :)

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If even 50% off would be a true hardship for you, and you would be choosing between this course and something you really need - you can make the pay it forward commitment and use coupon PAYITFORWARD90 to get 90% off instead.

My ability to put so much time into creating these courses depends on people choosing to pay fairly, so I'm counting on my audience to only use this coupon when they truly need it. But I recognize that many people who are burnt out are also struggling financially, and I would never want finances to block someone from getting the help they need.

If you truly need the 90% off coupon, use it! It's there for you.

Contents

Part 1: Understanding Burnout

Day 1: Welcome to the Course
Day 2: Why Burnout Happens
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Day 3: Living With Burnout
Day 4: How to Tell If You’re Burnt Out

Part 2: Recovering From Burnout

Day 5: Reducing Your Demands
Day 6: How to Say No
Day 7: Rest Day
Day 8: Reducing Strain Part 1: Helping Yourself
Day 9: Reducing Strain Part 2: Asking for Help
Day 10: Building Capacity Part 1: Recovery
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Day 11: Building Capacity Part 2: Nourishment

Part 3: Adapting Burnout Recovery to Your Life

Day 12: Autistic Burnout
Day 13: When Your Burnout Feels Too Big
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Day 14: Building a Burnout-Free Life

100 day follow up

Day 100: Hello Again!