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Adult Child

188 - It's Okay To Not Be Okay: Confronting Emotional Exhaustion and Burnout

Adult Child

Andrea

Relationships, Health & Fitness, Education, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Mental Health

4.91.8K Ratings

🗓️ 4 December 2024

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

🚨CYCLE BREAKER SUMMIT: REPARENTING OURSELVES - GET YOUR FREE TICKET HERE🚨

I’m pulling back the curtain on a deeply personal moment from last week—one that left me emotionally drained but ultimately led to a powerful breakthrough.

We’re diving into:

✨ What emotional exhaustion and burnout really feel like (and why they’re so common for those of us healing from dysfunctional families).

✨ How unresolved grief amplifies burnout and keeps us stuck in cycles of overthinking and self-doubt.

✨ The connection between burnout and functional freeze—and why procrastination and feeling stuck are not failures.

✨ The importance of pausing, resting, and giving yourself permission to step back.

If you’ve been feeling drained, overwhelmed, or like you’re treading water but not moving forward, this episode is for you. Let’s talk about why rest isn’t just necessary—it’s revolutionary.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

All right, shit shows. I think this goes without saying, but breaking free from a dysfunctional family

0:06.1

cycle isn't as simple as just setting boundaries. But wouldn't it be nice if it was, though? It is about

0:12.0

reparenting yourself and unlearning patterns that were ingrained in you before you could even

0:18.0

question them. You know, on the outside, we might look like we have our shit together, but on the inside,

0:22.8

we are fighting to believe we're worthy to trust ourselves and to silence that relentless

0:27.5

inner critical parent.

0:29.0

And I sure as hell relate to that, and I know you do too, which is why I'm really excited

0:33.2

to tell you about the cycle breakers summit, reparenting ourselves.

0:36.6

This is an online summit,

0:38.6

December 9th through 12th,

0:40.0

with the mission to help you reparent yourself

0:42.9

so that you can become who the hell you were meant to be.

0:46.3

You're going to get to hear from over 20 speakers,

0:48.4

including yours truly.

0:50.2

And here's the best part, folks.

0:51.4

It's free.

0:52.0

Yes, it's free.

0:52.8

So see the link in the show notes. And if you don't

0:55.4

see a link, you can go to adult childpodcast.com slash workshops because I have to individually add that

1:00.9

link to every single episode. There isn't some sort of like bulk feature that I can use. So if you don't

1:05.8

see it there, head to adult child podcast.com slash workshops to get your free ticket to this summit. Okay, just do it.

1:13.2

Almost everything will work again if you unplug it for a few minutes, including you. My name is

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