I never realised how isolating, reflective and transformational writing a book could be, and I wanted to take a quick moment to thank all of the people who supported me during the process.

Firstly, my deepest thanks to Kila and the girls for putting up with me constantly talking about ‘the book' and giving me the space to indulge in the many hours of writing it.

A heartfelt thank you to my parents and all of my family (including my in-laws) for believing in me.

A big thank you to all of my clients and contributors who I interviewed while researching burnout and the other concepts in the book. Your unique stories, insights and perspectives are an invaluable part of this book and I'm eternally grateful for your contributions.

Thanks to all who have contributed to this book, knowingly or unknowingly, such as Scott Chapman, John Rowland, Nick Bracks, Tony Bongiorno (and team), Michael Waycott, Margaret Mote, Matt H, Dr Chrys Hensman, Abhay Khot, Karsten Horne, Josh Bronstein, Tess Lloyd, JR, Chris Garnaut, Paul Knapp, Maarten Kila, Nicola Catalano, Hilmar and Svava, Adriarna Nunn, Ben B, Jennifer, and anybody I have missed — you know who you are.

Gratitude to all of my Internal Arts teachers past and present: Master Wong, Chris Milanko, Master Liu Deming, Sifu B Fong and the long lineage of monks, sages and masters that I learned from during my travels.

Thanks to Kelly Irving for her expert guidance and the awesome community in the Expert Authors Academy for their continued support.

Thanks to Lucy, Leigh, Chris, Renee and the whole Wiley team. A big thank you to Sandra, who edited my words and gave them more life.

And a warm thanks to Koda (the dog) and Pepe (the cat) for cuddling up on the sofa with me on those long, lonely writing days.

And finally, a huge thanks to you for picking up this book.

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