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About this episode:

Your calendar might look fine—but it’s lying to you.

In the second episode of the Structured Rest series, I walk through what I call calendar rehab—an honest look at how therapist schedules often ignore emotional labor, fragment our attention, and push us toward depletion.

This isn’t about productivity. It’s about nervous system care.

In this episode:

• Why “light days” can still be exhausting

• What your calendar leaves out (and why it matters)

• Emotional weight from client work, consults, billing, and late-night emails

• How even your renewing time gets hijacked by time confetti

• A deeper, more honest way to track depletion

• My story of how one email can spin me into hypervigilance

Reflection prompt:

Referenced:

• Ashley Whillans on “Time Confetti” → Behavioral Scientist article

• Ep 75: Cognitive Burnout

• Ep 77 (coming next): Clinical Pruning—How to Stop Carrying What’s Too Heavy

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