(You can also listen to this piece as podcast - either through the link above or via Spotify or Apple Podcasts, as well as the Substack app)
Hello there!
It’s been a little while…I’ve been away celebrating my 10th wedding anniversary in beautiful Greece.
I’m back with a new episode of The Burnout Revolution - sharing a important truth about burnout:
As painful and messy as it can be, burnout often reveals what we can no longer ignore - and can create the possibility for real and meaningful change.
Of course, it rarely feels like an “opportunity” when you’re in it. You’re not sleeping well. You’re second-guessing everything. You feel irritable, stretched thin, like you’re holding everything together with caffeine.
And yet… there’s something really transformative about burnout (if you choose to listen to it)
Something that doesn’t let you keep overriding your body.
Something that quietly says: this isn’t working anymore.
When you’ve spent years pushing through, proving yourself, holding it all together, it’s hard to slow down, let alone stop. It’s even harder to admit that something you’ve worked so hard to build - a career, a life, a version of success that might not actually be serving you.
There’s grief in that. Resistance, too - because it’s not something you probably ever expected to happen to you.
But both in my own life, and in my coaching clients, I’ve come to understand this:
Burnout isn’t the end. It’s an opportunity to question - and an opportunity to realign.
Not in a big, dramatic way — but in the small shifts that change everything.
Boundaries. Rest. Letting go of perfectionism. Being honest about what matters. Reconnecting with yourself… I could go on!
It’s not an overnight transformation. And it’s not always clear at first what needs to change. But the questions burnout raises, the ones you can’t ignore anymore, are often the very ones that lead you back to yourself.
So if you’re in the thick of it right now, or just beginning to ask, is this really how I want to live, then I hope this episode offers you an opportunity to look at burnout differently - and see a positive future for yourself.
🎧 You can listen to the episode here
Or search The Burnout Revolution wherever you get your podcasts.
And if what I’m talking about resonates with you, then I invite you reflect or journal on the following questions:
What is burnout making visible in your life that you can’t unsee?
Deep down, what needs to change?
Until next time,
Rachael
PS. We can often move further and faster with professional support. If you’d like to find out more about my Shine Bright 1-1 coaching programme, you can find out more here.
I have space for 2 more new clients to start in July - If you’d like to discuss working together 1-1 you can book in for an enquiry call here.
How else I can support you:
Dive into the archives and read all the previous pieces here
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