Most of my clients know intimately which eating, movement, and emotional patterns are helping or harming them. But that’s part of the problem.

The horrors of these last few weeks have tilted our collective energy towards the heaviness of grief, anger, and frustration. It is important to feel these feelings and to not become desensitized to them. It is also equally important to know when and how to bring yourself back to center to protect your own mental health.

It was this time last year that I realized I hit burnout. Here are some reflections on why some of us reach this point.

As we all reckon with this widespread crisis of burnout, I wanted to share my own experience with burnout, mental health leave, and finding my way back to balance.