Burnout Nearly Broke Me - Here’s What Healed Me
Six months before my breast cancer diagnosis, I was quietly falling apart. From the outside, my life looked fine - juggling responsibilities, showing up where I was needed aka a nine month old baby boy—but inside, I was unraveling.
My body kept whispering: slow down, breathe, find clarity. But between the lingering postpartum and a then unknown diagnosis, the tools I’d been teaching for years seemed out of reacch.
It reminded me of when I first stumbled upon the Enneagram 20 years prior. I didn’t think it could help. A personality framework? Really? But then I read the description of my type—Type Four—and something in me broke open.
I wept.
Not because the words were painful, but because for the first time, I felt seen. I wasn’t broken. I wasn’t too much. I was simply human, and one desperately trying to also feel understood.
Leave it to human suffering to point us in lovely direction of a wake-up call! That moment planted the seeds of healing. Slowly, I began to choose self-compassion over self-criticism. Therapy helped me untangle old patterns. Writing gave me words for feelings I’d buried. Movement reminded me I had a body, not just a brain. Bit by bit, I started to build a life rooted in who I really was—instead of who I thought I was supposed to be.
And that’s why I created the Self Care Workshop.
I can honestly say that a dedicated self care practice helped me beat cancer. My oncologist will vouch for me!
So, I wanted to build the kind of experience I wish I had back then:
A place to breathe deeply.
A place to connect without pressure or performance.
A place to let your body rest and be heard.
A place where your heart has space to speak—through the wisdom of the Enneagram, through guided writing, through movement and stillness.
Because healing doesn’t happen in isolation. It happens in the presence of others, when our stories are witnessed and honored.
If you feel like you’ve lost yourself, if you’re standing at a crossroads, or if you simply need space to reset, this day was created for you.
You’re not too much. You’re not alone. You’re right on time.
Join us for the Self Care Workshop on October 11.
Click here to register now and take your next step home.
Love & Gratitude,
Katie
