Running on Low Battery: A Practical Guide to Brain Fatigue, Burnout and Mental Exhaustion

If everyday tasks feel overwhelming, your concentration disappears by lunchtime, and even small decisions drain you, you may be running on low battery.You might still be functioning on the outside—working, parenting, replying to messages, getting through the day—but privately feeling exhausted, overloaded, and unlike yourself.In Running on Low Battery, occupational therapist Emelie Kullman explains how brain fatigue, burnout, chronic stress, and mental overload affect the nervous system, energy, concentration, and daily life.This practical, compassionate guide is written specifically for tired brains, with realistic strategies that help you:understand your warning signs before a crashreduce cognitive overload and energy drainmanage brain fog, stress, and overwhelmpace yourself without giving up your lifeset boundaries without guiltrecover more sustainably after burnout or exhaustionbuild routines and goals that work with your real capacityWith humor, low-pressure support, and occupational therapy-informed tools, this book helps you stop fighting your battery and start building a more sustainable way forward.Perfect for readers experiencing:burnoutbrain fogmental exhaustionchronic stresscognitive fatigueoverwhelmlong COVID fatigueADHD/autistic burnoutinvisible fatigueA book about brain fatigue written for tired brains. Read more