From burnout loops to breakthroughs
What's actually leading you?
There was a time in my early 20s when I was focused on running for fitness. It began as a challenge to myself—can I actually accomplish this goal I set?
Backstory: as a teenager, I was active and athletic, but I had been diagnosed with exercise-induced asthma. That, along with growing anxiety, made running feel nearly impossible.
We’re taught that it's the action alone that creates results—just do the thing.
But that misses a critical component: our nervous system and emotional state.
When I started pushing myself to overcome this “obstacle,” it felt like no matter what I did, the outcome was the same: a measly mile, panting and exhausted.
Ever felt that way? In your career, your healing, your relationships, parenting... where you keep hitting the same wall despite trying your best?
Things shifted when I started understanding how my nervous system was influencing everything.
The nervous system is our processing system. What it can’t process in real time builds up—until we meet it later.
So each time I challenged myself to run, my body was replaying old thoughts ("this is going to be hard") and emotions ("will I be okay?"), pushing me into protection mode and sabotaging my efforts—without me even realizing it.
If we only try to change our behavior without addressing the root—our wiring—we often keep recreating the same result.
When I began nervous system healing, I didn’t have much bandwidth for challenge.
I had to start with patience, compassion, and rebuilding from the inside out.
But slowly, capacity returned. I reintroduced running. And this time, it felt freeing.
I eventually trained for and completed a half marathon.
That moment—running 6 miles for the first time, then 13.1—was the most beautiful reminder that capacity is available.
Don’t give up on where you are right now.
Where in your life do you feel stuck in a loop or hitting the same ceiling?
Bring that into your session this week.
Let’s gently unwire and rewire from the inside out.