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Burnout · 1 min read · September 26, 2026

The commute as the first part of recovery

Aiko Tanaka
Clinical psychologist · ACT

Burnout recovery rarely starts with a holiday. It starts with the twenty minutes between work and home.

A boundary you can see

Change one thing about the way home: a different route, no phone for the first ten minutes, a stop that is just yours. It tells your body the work day has ended.

Written byAiko Tanaka

Clinical psychologist · ACT and TF-CBT · 20 years in practice · video

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