If you’re constantly exhausted, questioning your career, or wondering “Is this all there is?” -you’re not alone. But here’s the hard truth: What you’re calling burnout might actually be a deeper misalignment—of power, purpose, and personal truth.

What’s Really Happening (from a brain-based lens):

Burnout is not just about overwork. It’s what happens when:

• You’re operating in environments that don’t reflect your values.
• You’re giving more than you’re receiving – in recognition, growth, or meaning.
• You’re suppressing your real voice to “fit in” instead of showing up fully.

When your prefrontal cortex (decision-making) is constantly overridden by survival-mode stress, your sense of clarity, confidence, and even identity begins to blur.

What This Looks Like for Mid-Career Women:

I see this pattern often in coaching:

• Women leaders who are high-achieving but feel invisible.
• Mothers juggling performance at work and perfection at home.
• Women who “have it all on paper” but feel disconnected from themselves.

They’re not broken. They’re misaligned.

The Reset You Actually Need:

Instead of pushing through, try pausing with intention. Ask yourself:

1. What parts of my role drain me vs energize me?
2. Where am I over-functioning to prove worth?
3. What values of mine are being violated or sidelined?
4. What kind of leadership feels authentic, not just impressive?

Burnout is a signal. It’s your nervous system’s SOS to return to power, purpose, and presence.

Your Rise Starts Here:

This is what I help mid-career women do every day in my coaching practice. We don’t just “cope” with burnout, we realign with your inner clarity, rebuild confidence, and reclaim leadership on your terms.

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