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My healing journey through burnout and into compassion and self-awareness 

 

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How I'm Healing, Part 4: Manipulative Communication acceptance authenticity boundaries burnout recovery communication fears healing human giver syndrome journey lessons learned manipulative people pleaser self-awareness stress substack tolerance transformation values Jun 01, 2025

[Note: this post was originally published on Substack April 1, 2025]

Learning about Communication Types is a key to Healing

 PUBLICATION NOTE: I am moving this blog over to my website. Substack has been fun, but now it feels like it’s way too big for the kinds of things I want to discuss. If you...

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How I'm Healing, Part 3: Aggressive Communication acceptance aggressive authenticity boundaries burnout recovery communication fears healing human giver syndrome journey lessons learned people pleaser self-awareness stress substack tolerance transformation values Jun 01, 2025

[Note: this post was originally published on Substack March 18, 2025] 

Learning about Communication Types is a key to Healing

The third type of unsuccessful communication is Aggressive Communication. This is where someone is attacking another person with harsh, pushy, or demanding words and behavi...

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How I'm Healing, Part 2: Passive Communication acceptance authenticity boundaries burnout recovery communication control fears healing human giver syndrome journey lessons learned passive people pleaser self-awareness stress substack tolerance transformation values Jun 01, 2025

[Note: this post was originally published on Substack March 4, 2025] 

Learning about Communication Types is a key to Healing

Returning to my previous post about Communication Types, the next unsuccessful communication type I wanted to share with you was the Passive type.

If you have ever just let...

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How I’m Healing, Part 1: Passive Aggressive Communication acceptance authenticity boundaries burnout recovery codependency communication fears healing human giver syndrome journey lessons learned passive aggressive people pleaser self-awareness stress substack tolerance transformation values Jun 01, 2025

[Note: this post was originally published on Substack February 3, 2025] 

Learning about Communication Types is a key to Healing

In my last post, I talked about realizing that my people-pleasing and codependent behaviors are still hanging around, waiting for me to get stressed out, then come out of...

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I expand my circle of discomfort slowly... acceptance anxiety balance boundaries burnout recovery control courage curiosity fears healing journey lessons learned lifelong learner safety self-awareness substack tolerance trust Jun 01, 2025

[Note: this post was originally published on Substack September 3, 2024] 

...to allow myself to grow into it a little bit at a time

Part 9 of 10 in the series, “How do I launch a business while on my burnout recovery journey?”

It may seem crazy to launch a business after going through burnout. Wh...

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I believe that I am truly safe right now anxiety authenticity burnout recovery control courage fears healing journey lessons learned lifelong learner safety self-awareness substack trust vulnerability Jun 01, 2025

[Note: this post was originally published on Substack August 29, 2024] 

Part 8 of 10 in the series, “How do I launch a business while on my burnout recovery journey?”

It may seem crazy to launch a business after going through burnout. Where does all the energy come from? How do you manage the stre...

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I acknowledge my fears and anxiety acceptance anxiety authenticity burnout recovery fears forgiveness grief healing lessons learned letting go numbing self-awareness substack trust Jun 01, 2025

[Note: this post was originally published on Substack August 6, 2024] 

Part 3 of 10 in the series, “How do I launch a business while on my burnout recovery journey?”

It may seem crazy to launch a business after going through burnout. Where does all the energy come from? How do you manage the stres...

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Let it go acceptance burnout recovery challenge courage fears grief home journey letting go moving substack May 19, 2025

[Note: this post was originally published on June 28, 2024 date] 

Letting go of things I love to allow myself to move on 

As I mentioned in my last post from late April, my little family, me and my husband, our dog, and our cat had to find a new place to live at the same time as I was about to lau...

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Holding everything in one hand acceptance balance burnout recovery challenge courage fears grief home journey moving substack May 19, 2025

 

[Note: this post was originally published on April 23, 2024 date] 

Finding balance in the chaos

 I have been remiss in posting to Substack for a while now. About as long as it took me to build this creation I’ve been working on for my business. It’s a product + service I’ve been pouring my hear...

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Old comfortable fears or new courageous purpose? acceptance burnout recovery choices courage fears healing purpose self-awareness substack Apr 27, 2025

[Note: this post was originally published on Substack August 25, 2023] 

You get to choose, every single day

Is there a time you can recall when you were taught about choosing? If you’re like me, it was probably about something related to food as a young child. You could have “this yummy thing” or ...

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