The April Burnout: Why Your Stress Needs a Strategy, Not a Sledgehammer

April is a month of grand illusions. We look out the window at the budding trees and think of renewal, but then we look at our desks and see a mountain of tax documents, a social calendar that suddenly exploded after the winter thaw, and the looming pressure of "summer body" marketing.

If you feel like you’re running on a treadmill that someone else is controlling the speed of, you’re not alone. But before you head to the Studio with the intention of "punishing" yourself into a better mood with a high-intensity soul-crushing workout, we need to have a little chat.

Because sometimes, the harder you push, the further back your body retreats.