[elthor89]

I do not think there is one way how to recover because there are a few reasons why you burned out in the first place. Perhaps that is the key to recovery too. What caused the burn out?

- take time off, 3 months to a year. I took me a year before I was back to full capacity.

- use the time to find out what caused the burn out. Lack of autonomy, workload, own expectations or unable to say no. I learned that it is alright to ask others for help in this.

- realize that you are a human being, a person. In other words you are not your profession.

- this sounds soft but write down what are your values in life. Ask your self have you lived your life up until now according to those values?

- exercise. This can be short walks, bike ride, gym or CrossFit. The brain is complex but simple enough that exercise seems to reboot the system and help you to manage any stress. For me at least.

- take it slow and don’t set expectations too high. Depending on how burned out you are recovery might take a long time. Just like a burnout has been building up over the years, recovery doesn’t happen overnight.

Finally, if you do need to get back to work go from 1 hour a day to 1 day a week and build it up from there.