Burnout & Overwhelm
Depth therapy in Vancouver for capable, responsible people who have pushed through for so long that rest alone no longer seems to help.
Sound familiar?
On the outside, you're handling it. On the inside, you're exhausted.
You're the dependable one — at work, at home, for your friends. Things get done because you do them, and people lean on you. But lately the tank is empty: you're tired in a way sleep doesn't touch, stretched thin, maybe quietly resentful that you show up for everyone while no one quite shows up for you. Stopping feels dangerous, like the whole thing might collapse if you do. So you keep going.
You've tried the usual fixes, too — the productivity systems, the podcasts, the better morning routine. They work for a week, and then you're back where you started. Because burnout isn't really a scheduling problem.
What's underneath
Exhaustion this deep is rarely just about doing too much. Underneath it there's often a quiet belief that your worth is tied to your output — that you have to keep earning your place, that needs are something other people are allowed to have but you are not. So you override your own limits and call it being responsible.
I treat burnout as a signal, not a flaw to power through. We get curious about where the "I can't stop" comes from, what you're afraid would happen if you did, and the parts of you that have gone unheard while you've been holding everything up.
How I work
This isn't about adding one more optimization to your list. We slow things down enough to actually feel what's going on — which, if you've spent years living in your head, is often the harder and more important work. I'll respect how capable you are, and I'll also gently name the cost it's quietly carried.
From there, we make room for the parts of you that have been running the show from underneath, and for something that can feel almost foreign at first: permission to simply be, rather than perform.
Where this leads
Over time, clients tell me things start to loosen. They can rest without guilt, hear their own gut again, and notice there's more to life than proving themselves. You can still love working hard — but with an actual life around it: room for the people you care about, for play, maybe for something creative that has no point beyond the fact that you enjoy it.
Mostly, being present stops feeling out of reach.
Book a free 20-minute consult and we'll talk about what's actually draining you — no pressure either way.
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