You’re not burnt out, you’re just abandoning yourself (again).

Before you book that 10k+ holiday, let me tell you something. (LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING!)

When most of my clients come to me, they think they’re burnt out. They went on the big holiday, had weeks off, felt better… then came back to life as they knew it.

Instead of being lit-up, excited, on-mission.. they feel excited for a bit but then they’re back to the same old patterns and energy drains that are sucking the life-force from them.

It turns out, they’re not burnt out at all. It’s exhaustion from self-abandonment. Let me explain.

They’re exhausted because they haven’t IDENTIFIED & INTEGRATED the parts of their lives and business that feel inauthentic.

These parts are linked to outdated identities and beliefs from conditioning and expectations—here are some examples:

Religious Conditioning:

  • My purpose is to help others or “be Jesus to people” (even if it burns me out)
  • My needs come second; I find all my fulfilment in helping others (hello codependence)
  • The Self is “all bad”; my feelings & desires can’t be trusted
  • Women should be silent & submissive

Familial Conditioning:

  • I have to work hard to earn everything, to please my parent/s
  • I must protect the family image & stay in line
  • I can’t be different from my family

Societal Conditioning:

  • Women must do everything for everyone
  • Women should be young, flawless, perfect
  • If I cook for my husband, I’m “weak”; if I run a business, I’m an “independent woman who hates authority”

This scratches the surface of what I’ve seen in high-achieving women over 1.5 decades, helping them become unapologetically themselves.

Conditioning like this leads to subconscious Self-Abandonment—perfectionism, people-pleasing, feeling disconnected from yourself and God.

It feels like burnout because your system is putting the handbrake on to stop you from moving where you don’t actually want to go.

If you’re done escaping, and ready to invest in YOU (not just your business and marketing—because I see you, high achievers), and do the deeper work to unlock internal transformation that frees you to be YOU—in your business, brand, life, relationships, and connection to God—what’s coming NEXT is FOR YOU.

For when it’s YOUR time:

LS x

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