'It takes a toll' | Nicola Sturgeon's burnout admission reignites talks about wellbeing

Nicola Sturgeon stepped down as Scotland’s First Minister last week, admitting that eight years of leading the country had "takes its toll on you and all around you".

The SNP leader told a news conference that "Giving absolutely everything of yourself to this job is the only way to do it," Sturgeon said. "But in truth, that can only be done by anyone for so long. For me it is now in danger of becoming too long."

She added it was important to “know almost instinctively when the time is right" to step down, adding: "In my head and in my heart I know that time is now, that it is right for me and my party and for the country."

She is the latest high-profile leader to openly admit the impact of burnout this year, following Jacinda Arden’s announcement that she no longer had “enough in the tank” back in January.