Are We Becoming Zombies? On Balance, Burnout, Boundaries, and the Fight to Stay Human
The Clarity Shift · Miriam Raquel Sands and Sarah Liljegren
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Show Notes
Zombies, Balance, and the Fight to Stay Human
In this episode, Raquel and Sarah explore the surprising connection between zombification, burnout, balance, and the millennial search for meaning. Starting with the Haitian origins of the word zombie, they trace how a concept rooted in soul‑loss and forced servitude evolved into a modern metaphor for exhaustion, numbness, and the extraction economy we’re all navigating.
Together, they unpack:
The erasure of humanity in modern work and culture
Why millennials feel like they’re “alive but not living”
How environment shapes mindset more than mindset shapes environment
COVID as a portal that revealed how disconnected we were from ourselves
The difference between humans and humanity
Political polarization, propaganda fatigue, and the grief of losing nuance
Vampires vs. zombies — and why some archetypes feel safer than others
The Five Survival Skills for staying human in a draining world
Rewilding vs. becoming feral
Boundaries as the antidote to numbness and soul‑loss
This episode is a deep, nonlinear, emotionally intelligent exploration of what it means to stay human in a world designed to drain us — and how to reclaim capacity, clarity, and connection.
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