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Jacqui Meyer - Burnout coach for women

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My clients don’t reach out for coaching because th My clients don’t reach out for coaching because they want to become better at resting. Women reach out because their bodies are stuck in survival mode. Because slowing down feels unsafe. Because even when they stop, they don’t actually feel rested. In my work, rest isn’t treated as a reward. It’s treated as repair. We look at why rest feels loaded. Where the guilt comes from. What your nervous system learned about being useful, productive, or available. And how to slowly create safety around doing less without spiralling. When rest stops feeling like a threat, everything changes. Energy returns. Clarity comes back. And life starts to feel more spacious again, without needing to escape it. DM to connect / Link in bio for resources and info x J
I hosted a few classes at the awaken yoga festival I hosted a few classes at the awaken yoga festival recently and in one of my classes I was sitting chatting to a woman who had said to me she thinks that she might be on the brink of burnout. But, how does she know? So I went through the usual physical, emotional and mental signs to look for... and the poor woman ended up in tears. I checked in with her the day afterwards as well and I realized her reaction was because she was being seen. It also made me realize how incredibly important awareness and conversations around what burnout is and how to recognize if you’re in it, is. So I wonder if you know the signs? I'll be sharing more around this and I invite you to join the conversation, to break your silence and help other women in your life feel seen, and comfortable enough to do the same. We're here to support each other. That means having the courage to face these difficult moments and sharing our experiences to normalize it, and to break the stigma! Are you in? ❤️ #burnout #burnoutcoach #womensupportingwomen #healingjourney #community @awakenyogafestival
We live in a culture that praises women for runnin We live in a culture that praises women for running on empty. Being busy is admired. Being exhausted is normalised. Being unavailable to yourself but endlessly available to others is rewarded. So when a woman slows down, it doesn’t look neutral. It looks suspicious. Lazy. Selfish. Indulgent. Rest as repair challenges all of that. It says your body isn’t a machine. It says nervous system safety matters more than output. It says you don’t need to burn yourself out to deserve peace. That perspective isn’t radical. It’s corrective. I'd love to hear your thoughts x J
One of the biggest lies around burnout is that the One of the biggest lies around burnout is that the goal is to get back to who you were before. Back to being available. Back to being impressive. Back to being endlessly capable. Back to being the one who never drops the ball. That version of you didn’t break by accident. She was built under pressure. Shaped by expectation. Rewarded for self-abandonment and called “strong” for it. Burnout isn’t a malfunction in that system. It’s the system collapsing under its own weight. What comes after burnout isn’t a weaker version of you. It’s a woman who no longer measures her worth by how much she can carry. A woman who pauses before saying yes. A woman who notices when something feels off instead of pushing through it. This is why going “back to normal” feels wrong. Normal was the problem. The work now is not recovery. It’s recalibration. And it changes how you lead yourself, how you relate to others, and what you’re willing to tolerate. x J
The remembering. The anticipating. The planning. T The remembering. The anticipating. The planning. The emotional management. The constant background monitoring of what needs to happen next. This invisible load keeps your nervous system switched on even when you’re sitting still. It’s why rest doesn’t feel restful. It’s why your body struggles to relax. When women tell me they don’t understand why they’re so tired, this is often the missing piece. You’re not just doing tasks. You’re holding an entire system together in your head. Let me know if this resonates x J
If rest fixed burnout, weekends and holidays would If rest fixed burnout, weekends and holidays would be enough. But for high-functioning women, rest feels like a pause, not a repair. You sleep more, take a break, maybe even feel slightly better. And then you step straight back into the same patterns, the same expectations, the same internal pressure. Burnout doesn’t come from a lack of rest alone. It comes from the way you relate to responsibility, worth, and effort. It comes from years of pushing through without questioning why everything depends on you. Until that changes, rest will always feel temporary.

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