Running On Empty: Overcoming Burnout, Exhaustion, & Weariness

by Heather Lindsey

You just picked up this book because you feel like you’re running on empty. As you read the back of it, you wonder if you will even have time to finish it because you are just so busy. You wish that you had more than 24 hours in the day and you don’t feel like you can remove anything out of your schedule. You are tired, worn out and drained. You wonder if things will ever get better. If you feel like this, then you’ve picked up the right book. In this book, she will show you the following: You are not alone. You don’t have to run on empty. You can be successful in business and still have healthy relationships. You can be successful in managing your time. You can have joy even if you don’t like your circumstances. You still have a purpose in where God has placed you. You need times of refreshing. You need a break. You don’t have to say “yes” to everyone.
Heather believes that this book is the Lord’s wake-up call for you to walk boldly in what He has called you to do in a healthy way. You can help so many more people when your cup is full and you are walking closely with the Lord.

Best-selling author, Heather Lindsey, will take you through the process of overcoming weariness, exhaustion, and burnout. Heather is a wife, a mother of three children, the founder of a worldwide organization called Pinky Promise, a boutique owner, an entrepreneur, she travels the world to speak at various places at least 70% of the year, she’s written 9 books, she is the Co-CEO of Lincross Publishing and she runs several other businesses. She and her husband, Cornelius Lindsey, also planted The Gathering Oasis – Church in Atlanta, Georgia, which has now grown to three locations. It’s safe to say that Heather is pretty busy. She has learned that you can manage everything on your plate in a healthy way with her practical tips and stories of how Heather has overcome “Running on Empty.”

96 pages, Kindle Edition

Published July 12, 2019

Reviews

[Queen Rosalind · Rating 5 out of 5]

I did this with 2 friends as a book club / discussion. This was soooo good! I learned so much about what the true cause and effect of situations in my life.

[Beckett Nelson · Rating 1 out of 5]

If I wanted a sermon, I would’ve gone to church or picked up a religious book. As I was looking for a book about burnout and how to replenish spoons, it would’ve been better if this book was that, and not god and different passages being pushed at me. Couldn’t even finish it, and I finish all books no matter how bad

[Meredith Muthoni · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every mom needs to read this book. Helped me learn to be deliberate about resting and taking myself to sleep.

[Rita · Rating 1 out of 5]

Nothing could have prepared me for how much eye-rolling I did during this read, so much so, that I believe I could count it as cardio.

Admittedly, I should have done a Google search on the author before buying the audiobook, as I was searching for resources on burnout, but I purchased it based on the reviews. Overall, this book was a superficial solution by an out-of-touch author with unlimited resources for travel, shopping, child care, and spa days.

It was a short listen at just under three hours, and yet the number of mispronunciations and grammatical errors made me conclude that either there was not a good publisher or producer on this audiobook or that the author just did not listen to them.

I would reverse the audio to hear her words again to ensure I was hearing her correctly. I was. From inserting an additional syllable in "palpatations" to become her version of "palapatations," to speaking "stubble" instead of the intended "subtle," to saying "a hour" instead of "an hour," to pronouncing "perseverance" as "preserverance." One or two mispeaks are easily overlooked, but there were numerous. Not to mention the lack of a sound engineer to mask all the lip smacks, swallows, and tongue clicks that made listening irritating.

Still, the shallow "advice" of selling clothes to pay for a girl's weekend away or opening an Etsy shop to pay for spa treatments proves how out of touch the author is with real people in the real world who have real problems. Her periodic nervous laugh made me think even she didn't believe this fluff.

This is a Christian-based book, of which I have no problem. However, in my experience, if someone has to tell me how Christian they are, they probably aren't. A Google search after I finished this book showed that about a year after publication, that last sentence was proven correct.

[Alex Zarycka · Rating 5 out of 5]

I love this book. I love all the practical tips and all the reminders to draw near to God. I will definitely read this again and also pass it along to a friend