NOTES FROM THE POWERS PRACTICE
Writing on burnout, anxiety, and the cost of holding everything together
Why You Feel Responsible for Everything (The Trap of Over-Functioning and False Guilt)
Over-functioning looks like competence from the outside. From the inside, it feels like never being allowed to set anything down.
Read the articleHow to Stop People-Pleasing (When Saying No Feels Impossible)
People-pleasing is rarely about being nice. It is usually about managing anxiety, which is why better scripts never fix it.
Read the articleHow to Recover From Burnout (Without Quitting Your Job)
Why rest alone rarely works, and what the three phases of burnout recovery actually look like when quitting is not the answer.
Read the articleHigh-Functioning Burnout: The Signs Nobody Warns You About
Burnout in capable people rarely looks like falling apart. It looks like still functioning while quietly running on empty.
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