The Truth About Burnout

If you’re reading this, there’s a good chance you know what burnout feels like.

My name is Rabih El Khodr and for more than twenty years, I’ve watched capable, caring people burn out. Mainly because they were stuck in unsustainable patterns of behavior.

Burnout often grows from the emotional scripts we follow to meet expectations, earn approval, or stay in control. The Way Out of Burnout offers a grounded path back to clarity, presence, and a success that preserves who you are.

This book was written so that you finally have words for things you may have carried quietly for years. Think of this book as both a mirror and a map: it reflects how burnout quietly forms and guides you out of survival mode.

The goal is not to do or care less, but to succeed without losing yourself. The Way Out of Burnout reveals how burnout actually takes shape, and how to interrupt it before it turns into complete and chronic collapse.

The book also helps you see:

• Why approval-seeking and control drain more energy than workload;
• How high performance slowly turns into emotional exhaustion; and
• Practical ways to restore agency, energy, and self-trust.

If Burnout Feels Familiar

The Way Out of Burnout is for leaders and high performers who look successful on the outside but feel depleted, and who are ready to redefine success in a sustainable way.

The book is structured in three parts:

• Part One looks at the burnout trap. We unpack how survival scripts create a false sense of safety. We explore composure as a script, and why holding everything in comes at a cost.

• Part Two focuses on the promise of breakthrough. I show you why praise and success can only carry us so far, and how breaking down can become a turning point.

• Part Three introduces the F.L.O.W. Framework, a four-step process to reclaim your energy, restore confidence, and redefine what true strength feels like at work and in life.

Why This Is Personal

Drawing on psychology, leadership practice, and lived experience, The Way Out of Burnout explores how emotional patterns and inherited definitions of success quietly erode energy and meaning both at home and in the office.

This book is the result of more than twenty years of work across Marketing Communications, Human Resources, and Organizational Learning, supporting leaders and teams in high-pressure environments around the world.

My perspective was also shaped by a period of profound personal loss I call my Nine Weeks of Sorrow. Losing my home, my father, and my first newborn son reshaped how I understand resilience and recovery.

My Publishing Journey: Where Your Support Goes

I’m publishing The Way Out of Burnout with the support of Manuscripts Press, an innovative publisher that provides me with a full publishing team to bring this book to life. Over the coming months I will work closely with:

• A revisions editor, copy editor, and proofreader to refine and elevate every story in the book
• A marketing strategist to help me connect with new audiences and make the book’s message reach those who need it most.
• A cover artist and layout editor who will ensure the final product is visually stunning and professionally produced.

If This Speaks to You

Help me bring The Way Out of Burnout to life!

You’re not simply preordering a book. Your support will get this book into the hands of people who need it the most, because burnout shouldn’t be an inevitable fact of life and one can be successful and feel whole at the same time.

Each support level reflects a different way of standing behind this work, whether as an individual reader or as a leader bringing these conversations into your team and organization.

Choose between being an Advocate, a Champion, a Strategic Ally, a Founding Partner, or a Legacy Sponsor for The Way Out of Burnout.

In addition to considering preordering the book, I’d greatly appreciate your support in:

• Sharing this presale campaign page on your social media profiles. Use #TheWayOutOfBurnout and tag me @rabihspeaks on Instagram and LinkedIn so we can amplify your support.

• Recommending this book to five (5x) friends, colleagues, or leaders you believe would benefit from it. A phone call or text message often makes the biggest difference in spreading the word.

Thank you for your belief in this work and for being part of bringing it into the world!

We’re in this together.

Sincerely,
Rabih El Khodr

About the Author

Rabih El Khodr helps L&D and people leaders build adaptable, self-regulated teams so they can thrive under pressure without burning out. Over the past twenty years, he has worked in Marketing Communications, Human Resources, and Organizational Learning, partnering with Fortune 500 companies, nonprofits, startups, and government organizations.

A keynote speaker and workshop facilitator, Rabih is also the author of The Way Out of Burnout, a book born from his own experience burning out multiple times. Drawing on research, professional practice, and lived experience, he shows how resilience can quietly turn into relentless performance that drains energy, clarity, and meaning at work and in life.

With a Master’s degree from the University of Leeds and an Adult Learning Certification from Box Hill Institute, Rabih blends expertise in leadership development, communication, and human behavior with humor, energy, and clarity. He has delivered keynotes and workshops in three languages and across three continents. He currently lives in Toronto with his family, which includes a very loud black cat.