What’s the difference between burnout and stress?
Burnout is more than just stress. There’s a difference between the two. Like stress, it causes physical damage, and over time, it leads to anxiety disorders and job burnout. Stress is a normal part of life, and it’s something we deal with on a day-to-day basis. Burnout is what happens when it’s all too much. […]
What Does Burnout Feel Like?
I’m by nature a giver and an overachiever. I give, achieve, and do because it feels good. I love to pump energy, light, and encouragement towards people who need them, and it makes me happy to see people find their joy again. And, I get the reward of gratitude and a job well done, and […]
How To Know When You Are Burnt Out
Burnout is a bone-tired, soul-tired, heart-tired kind of exhaustion. Burnout is real, and even though I teach schools, businesses, and organizations all across the country how to overcome it, I can tell you that I, too, have been experiencing it lately. For me, it looks like this. The inability to shut work off An incessant […]
Royal Self Care: Being Mental Health Aware
When I think about princesses, I think about Cinderella. She worked so hard to do what was expected of her, she went to the party everyone wanted her to attend, and she left when a Prince thought she should stay. I have found my sneakers are much better to run in than glass slippers, and […]
It’s okay to put yourself first
Recently, Oakwood Nursing Home (where my gram lives) had a door contest. Every resident decorated their door, and the nursing home staff thought it would be fun to turn it into a light-hearted competition. They posted this picture of the winning door, and I noticed it was Gram’s door. Mary Cayte Blocker, Director of the […]
If you feel burnout, you are not alone.
I know my purpose is to inspire you, but I also feel like it is important to be real and vulnerable, something we don’t feel like we are allowed to do much. That’s why, as I propped my feet up on my desk just now and felt myself get emotional, I decided to stop while […]
It’s Okay to Not Feel Okay
Anyone else have random days where you just feel down? Where you just don’t feel like yourself? You ask yourself a million questions: Who am I? What am I supposed to be doing? Should I do this or that? Why do I feel sad for no reason? Is this the beginning of depression? You wonder […]
Where There’s a Dream, There’s a Way
I have a story to tell you and it’s about a stray beach dog that I met earlier this year in Cancun while my hubby and I were on vacation. I want to tell you this story because: It warms the heart (and we could all use a feel good story about right now). When […]
Learning the Law of Attraction
Learning the Law of Attraction and how to manifest my life is one of the best educations I’ve given myself. Every thought vibrates, every thought creates a signal, and every thought attracts a matching signal back. This is called the Law of Attraction. It states, “That which is like unto itself is drawn.” Think of […]
Have You Ever Been Told “You’re Too Much”?
I am a “too much” woman. I was told for a long time that I was “too much” of everything: Too confident Too loud Too ambitious Too extroverted Too emotional Too talkative I love hard and I feel deeply, and yes, I want to have it all. Every single bit of it. I have kickass […]