Burnout Isn't Always Loud: How I Reclaimed My Peace by Reconnecting to My Purpose

 

Burnout doesn’t always look like a breakdown. Sometimes, it looks like showing up, smiling, and secretly resenting every yes. If you're a high-achieving, heart-centered woman who gives her all to everyone else, this post is for you.

You Don’t Have to Be Falling Apart to Be Burned Out

Burnout can creep in quietly. One "yes" too many. One skipped meal. One night of sleep lost to anxiety. It builds slowly, especially for the strong friends, the overachievers, and the healers who pour into others without stopping to pour into themselves.

I know, because I’ve lived it more than once.

Why I Took July Off From My Business

In July, I paused.

I paused my newsletter. I stopped posting on Instagram. I pulled back from LinkedIn.

Not because I was giving up, but because I needed a sacred pause. I had recently rebranded Journaling is Self-Care to focus on guided journals and self-healing workbooks for women who give too much. But somewhere in the process, I got too in my head. I felt disconnected from the soul of my work, the very mission that made me start this business in the first place.

If I were a marketing pro, I’d say I needed to "reconnect with my ideal customer." But the truth is, I needed to reconnect with my soul sisters—the women I came here to help heal, guide, and nourish.

And I needed to fall back in love with this platform, this community, this mission. So I took time to recalibrate. To remember. To rest.

Burnout Nearly Broke Me Years Ago—And It Taught Me Everything

Burnout didn’t hit me all at once.

It snuck in when I was the strong, self-sacrificing friend who always had it together. The one people leaned on. The one who gave too much. I was overperforming at work, hitting goals, wearing the best outfit in the room. But I was collapsing inside.

At night, I drank. I cried. I ignored my own needs to be available for everyone else's crises.

Eventually, I couldn’t eat. I couldn’t sleep. I couldn’t get out of bed.

That was my wake-up call.

Journaling Saved Me

I didn’t start journaling to be productive or to build a brand.

I started journaling because I needed somewhere to put my pain.

It gave me space to:

• Name what I was carrying.
• Rewrite the beliefs that were breaking me.
• Begin loving myself again.

Journaling reminded me that I mattered too. It became my mirror, my refuge, and my reset. It helped me build boundaries—with myself and with others.

Why I Named My Brand Journaling is Self-Care

Before I ever created a product, I was on a two-year journey of healing, self-discovery, and spiritual transformation. I knew that self-care wasn’t just bubble baths and sugar scrubs.

To me, self-care means:

• Reclaiming your energy after heartbreak.
• Releasing beliefs that tell you you're not enough.
• Nourishing yourself because you deserve it—not because you've earned it through exhaustion.
• Filling your own cup so that you give from a place of overflow, not depletion.

This is the heart of Journaling is Self-Care LLC. And it’s why I created my most transformative offering yet:

The Bold Boundaries Blueprint: A Healing Experience for Women Who Give Too Much

If you’ve ever:

• Been the strong friend who never gets checked on
• Said yes when your whole body was screaming no
• Felt exhausted from giving, but unsure how to stop

This journal workbook and course was made for you.

Shop The Bold Boundaries Blueprint Here

You don’t need to fix yourself. You just need to feel yourself again.

A Journal Prompt to Help You Reconnect:

What are three things I keep saying yes to, even though they drain me? And what would it look like to choose myself instead?

Final Thoughts: Healing isn’t a one-and-done journey. There’s no perfect formula. But if I can find balance, joy, and peace after hitting rock bottom, you can too.

And I promise—you don’t have to wait until you’re falling apart to begin.