Hi, I'm Meytal.
I’m an occupational psychologist and a freelancer. And in the last few years - I burned out.
Ironically, despite my profession, it took me a long time to understand that what I was experiencing was burnout.
Freelancer burnout looks different from employee burnout inside organizations.
It behaves differently. It demands a different kind of attention.
When I searched for research and real knowledge about freelancer burnout, I found almost nothing. It was strange: endless information about employee burnout inside organizations - but for freelancers? Almost no data, no shared language, no real guidance.
In a world that feels saturated with research and frameworks, almost nobody was really talking about this. And the more I explored, the clearer it became why:
Freelancer burnout comes wrapped in guilt, shame, and silence.
Most people don’t speak openly about it. (And honestly, neither did I.)
Once I finally named what was happening, one thing became very clear to me: This needs to change.
Freelancers shouldn’t have to hide.
They shouldn’t have to feel ashamed. They deserve language, tools, and a space where burnout can be understood - not judged.
Today, I live in Madrid with my husband, our two daughters, and our Labrador puppy, Ziggy.
Like many freelancers juggling family life with work that never fully “turns off,” I had to learn how to rebuild myself slowly, honestly, and with a lot of compassion.
My work now is grounded in two things: Psychological science and real lived experience.
I’m deeply curious, endlessly research-driven, and committed to giving freelancers what I wish I had when I burned out: clarity, language, community, and tools that actually help.
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