Seeing the deep, often unspoken toll of chronic stress and burnout across every sector—from classrooms and clinics to cafes and corporate cubicles—led me to create Burnout Support Society. Again and again, I witnessed people blaming themselves for their exhaustion and disconnection without recognizing the systems, pressures, and cultural habits contributing to their daily dis-ease.

As a student of biology and psychology at Auburn University, I became fascinated with the relationship between brain function, emotional regulation, and resilience. I conducted undergraduate research in the university’s Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience (CAN) lab, using 7T-fMRI to explore how emotions interact with memory. Later, I earned a master’s degree in Industrial and Organizational Psychology and began to connect the dots between neurobiology, organizational health, and real-world stress responses.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, I studied the changing nature of digital work, leading survey-based research into how boundaries shape well-being in remote environments. As burnout rates surged worldwide, I realized I had not only a personal commitment—but a professional responsibility—to step in. Burnout Support Society became the platform where I could offer others the tools and insight to decode their stress, protect their energy, and reclaim agency in systems that often obscure it.