Dear Dr. Jo Advice Column

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Burnout & Balance: A High Achiever’s Dilemma

By Jo Ilfeld, PhD | April 22, 2025 |

Dear Dr. Jo, I’m a female entrepreneur who has achieved what some consider significant success, but for me it comes at too much personal cost. As a leader, I over-function. I work too much. I feel too much. The cost is that I’m nearly always either teetering on the edge of burnout or I’m burned…

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Dear Dr. Jo: My New Work Advice Column

By Jo Ilfeld, PhD | April 7, 2025 |

I have a secret confession. I’m a huge fan of advice columns. Ask Amy, Dear Miss Manners, Dear Abby, Carolyn Hax, Asking Eric—you name it, I read them all. But more than that, I’ve always harbored a deep desire to start my own advice column, giving out advice in the arena I know best: leadership and…

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