About this Event
When: Tuesday , November 24, 2026 from 12:00pm - 1:00pm AST
Where: Volta, 1800 Argyle St., Unit 801, Halifax, NS, B3J 3N8 or Virtual via Zoom (log in details will be included in your confirmation email)
Burn Out Before You Cash Out? How Founders Can Build the Company Without Breaking Themselves
Description:
The startup playbook says to outwork everyone, sleep later, and treat exhaustion as proof of commitment. Then the burnout arrives, usually right when things start working. Founders who burn out do not just lose their health. They lose judgment, relationships, and sometimes the company they were sacrificing everything to build.
In this 30 minute talk, registered psychologist Dr. Dayna Lee-Baggley shows founders and early stage leaders how to stay in the game long enough to win it. Burnout is not a personal weakness or a time management problem. It is a predictable result of chronic stress, constant uncertainty, and a gap between what you value and how you are actually spending your days.
This talk is for founders, startup teams, and anyone building something big with limited resources and no guarantee it will work.
About the Facilitator:
Dr. Dayna Lee-Baggley, PhD, Registered Psychologist
Dr. Lee-Baggley has over 20 years of experience in clinical psychology, health psychology, and workplace psychology. Her expertise includes psychological safety, behaviour change, organizational change, team functioning, trauma-informed workplaces, and wellness leadership. She is the Director of the Psychological Health and Safety Lab in the Department of Psychology at Saint Mary’s University and the former Director of the Behaviour Change Research Institute at Dalhousie University. She has led numerous research projects totaling over $2 million and has authored more than 60 peer-reviewed publications and multiple national research reports. She currently serves as Vice-Chair of the Canadian Standards Association Technical Committee on Home and Community Care. She is the author of “Healthy Habits Suck: How to get off the couch and live a healthy life even if you don’t want to”.
Dr. Dayna is an internationally recognized expert in behaviour change. She has been featured in prominent media outlets such as the Globe and Mail, Psychology Today, and Real Simple, and major broadcasting networks like CTV, CBC, and Global News. Additionally, she has been a guest on over 50 podcasts, reaching a global audience. Dr. Dayna is frequently invited to present across Canada, the US, and Europe. Her collaborations extend to national organizations such as the Mental Health Commission of Canada, Health Canada, the Canadian Medical Association, and the Canadian Standards Association, as well as private enterprises, non-profits, health authorities, the Canadian Armed Forces and other government entities.
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