You took the screen. Here is what it means.
Your stress and your burnout are two different signals. This report reads them together, finds where the load actually sits, and gives you a four-week recovery plan built around your pattern.
Stress and burnout are not the same thing.
A high-stress, low-burnout week is a completely different situation from low-stress, high-burnout depletion — and they call for different moves. Reading the two against each other is the whole point.
The present press
- How unpredictable, uncontrollable, and overloading things feel right now
- Spikes and settles relatively quickly
- Moves when you change the demand or the appraisal
The cumulative drain
- Exhaustion across all of life, not just work
- Builds slowly, over weeks and months
- In its later stages, the warning signal goes quiet
A reading, a map, and a plan.
Six parts, all written from your exact results — not a template with your name dropped in.
Your two scores, read together
A close interpretation of what your stress and burnout mean in combination, where you sit, and what that pattern tends to feel like day to day.
Where the weight sits
Which of the six facets are driving each score, with the load-bearing facet named — so you know the single lever that would move the most.
Four ways of reading the load
Your pattern seen through stress physiology, the appraisal model, burnout-and-role research, and recovery science.
Four weeks, sequenced to you
Concrete, low-effort recovery moves, week by week, each with a signal — and a built-in recheck-and-escalate at the end.
Five questions worth your honesty
Non-leading prompts about your relationship to load, rest, and limits — the kind worth sitting with rather than answering fast.
A standing note on support
When to involve a professional, what sustained high scores can signal, and a reminder that seeking help is ordinary and wise.
Grounded in the science of strain.
Each lens surfaces something the others cannot.
Stress physiology
Allostatic load and the stress-response system (McEwen; Lupien). Why recovery is a physiological requirement, not an indulgence.
Appraisal & coping
The transactional model (Lazarus & Folkman). The two honest levers — changing the demand, or changing the appraisal — and which one your pattern points to.
Burnout & role context
Burnout as a mismatch between demands and resources (Maslach; Job Demands-Resources), not a personal deficit.
Recovery science
What actually restores (Sonnentag on psychological detachment; sleep regularity). The difference between rest that recovers and rest that does not.
This is an educational screening interpretation, not a diagnosis, and not a productivity tool. It is built to help you recover, not to optimize you.
If your responses suggest you are carrying more than you can safely hold, the report foregrounds professional support — and the free Index routes you to resources rather than a checkout. If the load feels like too much right now, please reach a primary-care or mental-health professional, or call or text 988 in the US at any time.
From screen to plan in minutes.
Take the free Index
The LBL Stress and Burnout Inventory takes about 6 minutes. Your results save to your browser.
Check out
One-time $24.99. No account to create, nothing to remember.
Get your report
Generated from your saved results the moment checkout completes, delivered as a PDF.
Good to know.
Is the report actually personalized?
Yes. Every section is written from your specific stress and burnout scores, your six facet scores, and your archetype — not a generic ebook with your name on it.
Is this a diagnosis?
No. It is an educational screening interpretation, not a clinical assessment. If your scores are high or persistent, the report says plainly that a primary-care or mental-health professional is the right next step.
Do I need to retake the inventory?
No. Your results from the free Index are saved in your browser and carry straight over. If you have not taken it yet, it takes about 6 minutes.
How do I get the report after I pay?
It is generated from your saved results the moment your checkout completes. There is no waiting and no account to create.
Is my data private?
Yes. The report is built from results already stored on your own device. Your individual responses are never sold or shared.