A quiet place to work out the kind of rest you actually need.
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A quiet place to work out the kind of rest you actually need.
Which of these feels most true right now?
Tap the one that fits best. There is no wrong answer, and you can change it after. It points you towards the kind of rest you might be most short of.
Want Burnout Buddy to remember?
Burnout Buddy can keep a wee record of your check-ins, which feeling you tapped and which kind of rest it pointed to, so you can spot your own patterns over time on the My Pattern page. It is your data, stored securely, never sold, never used to train AI and never shared for marketing, and deleted if you ever leave. The app's reflections and summaries are written by a secure AI service that reads your entries to create an accurate summary, and keeps nothing. Saying no changes nothing, the app works just the same without memory, and you can switch it on any time from the My Pattern page.
Remembering is off, so this check-in has not been saved.
Rest
What this kind of rest is, and why you run low on it
Below are three rest ideas, one for each size of gap you might have. Tap the one that matches what you have actually got in you right now, and the idea will appear. Start with two minutes if that is all there is. It still counts.
Still carrying something?
Here is a place to put down what your brain is still holding while it is meant to be resting. This is a right now thing. It does not go in your diary and nothing is saved. It clears when you close the app. Getting it out of your head is the rest. There is no list to manage later.
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Keep it for a rough day, or send it to someone who needs to see it.
One last gentle thing. Rest helps burnout, but burnout and depression can look almost identical from the inside, and depression does not lift with rest the way burnout does. So if the flatness has been there a long time and nothing you try seems to touch it, that is worth saying out loud to a real person. Your GP is a good place to start. This little tool cannot tell the difference between the two, and you deserve the kind of help that can. You are worth the appointment.
You've done something really kind for yourself today.
My Pattern
Diary
Glimmer
Glimmers you kept
The Bigger Picture
What you have noticed, over months rather than weeks. Take it with you to appointments, or show anyone who needs to understand.
This page is written for you to hand to a professional, so it describes you as ‘they’.
This is printed only. It is never saved, and it clears when you leave this page.
Brian
Things you kept
Me
Support
If things feel heavy beyond what rest can touch, real people can help. Your GP is a good first door, and in the UK, Samaritans are on 116 123, free, any hour.
Call Samaritans on 116 123Not in the UK right now, or want a different language, text or chat? Find a free helpline anywhere in the world.
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Notifications
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Burnout Buddy can send you a small nudge on days you choose, at a time you choose, in words you choose. It is off unless you turn it on, it never sends more than one a day, and ignoring it costs nothing.
Which days
What time
Somewhere between and . It changes each day, and it is still never more than one a day.
What it says
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If you cancel, you keep access until the end of the period you have paid for. After that, your diary, check-ins and glimmers are deleted within 30 days. That deletion is permanent, so if you would like to keep anything, now is the moment. If you change your mind within those 30 days, everything will still be here.
How to save a copy first
Open Pattern, then The Bigger Picture, choose your time period and press Save or print. On an iPhone, if nothing opens when you press it, tap the share icon at the bottom of the screen, choose Print, then pinch outwards on the preview to save it as a PDF. On Android, choose Print then Save as PDF. Your diary entries can be copied out the same way from the Diary tab, or screenshot the days that matter to you.
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About this appWhat it is, how to use it, privacy and terms
Burnout Buddy is a quiet companion for noticing what kind of rest you need. It treats nothing and diagnoses nothing. It helps you lay your own days out where you can see them, and what they mean stays yours to decide.
Burnout Buddy is included in the Reclaim YourSELF Hub. Hub members have it as part of their membership, so nobody ever pays for both.
The seven types of rest in this app come from the work of Dr Saundra Dalton-Smith.
How to use it
Seven short videos on YouTube, about a minute each. Or tap a part of the app below.
The check-inPicking how you feel, and rest ideas
- If none of the lines fits, tap I'm not sure for ideas from different kinds of rest.
- Each idea comes in three sizes: two minutes, a lunch break, or an hour or more. Something else? swaps it for another.
- Tap the bookmark on an idea to keep it. It goes in Things you kept, at the top of the Diary page.
- Write more about it in my diary takes you to the diary with your check-in already mentioned.
- Still carrying something? is a place to put down what your head is holding. Nothing there is saved.
- The permission slip at the bottom can be saved or sent to someone.
- Picked the wrong line? Pick a different answer changes it.
The diaryWriting, glimmers and things you kept
- Write, voice note, or just tap the feelings and body signals that fit. Taps on their own count as an entry.
- Fancy a different prompt? gives you another way in.
- Save a glimmer for a good moment, typed or spoken.
- Things you kept, at the top, holds the rest ideas and replies from Brian you chose to keep.
My PatternWhat your days have in common
- Shows the rest you needed most, how you felt and what tended to go together.
- Tap a heading to open it.
- Tap your glimmer count to read every glimmer you have kept.
- It needs remembering on, in Settings on the Me tab.
The Bigger PictureA summary for an appointment
- Choose the last month, the last three months or since you started.
- Add anything it missed in your own words, typed or spoken.
- Print it or save it as a PDF. You read it before anyone else does.
BrianTalking it through
- Type, or voice note him and watch it turn into text.
- Tap the bookmark beside a reply to keep it. Things you kept is at the top of Brian's page.
- If something sounds like it matters, he may offer to put it in your diary. Nothing else is saved.
MeSupport, settings and Tell Jenny
- Support is always at the top: a helpline for the country you are in, and anywhere else in the world.
- Remembering on keeps your check-ins and diary. Off, nothing new is kept.
- Notifications in your own words, on the days you choose, at a set time or a surprise time. Never more than one a day.
- Light or dark, and Tell Jenny for anything you love, anything broken or anything you wish it did.
On your home screenSo it opens like any other app
- iPhone: open the app in Safari, tap Share, then Add to Home Screen.
- Android: tap the three dots, then Add to Home screen or Install app.
What this app is and is not
This app is not a medical device, not therapy and not a crisis service. It cannot tell you what is wrong and it never will.
© 2026 Jenny Lucas trading as Audhdistically Me. All rights reserved. No part of this app, including its imagery, wording and design, may be reproduced without permission.
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