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Burnout Is Not Normal: Rebuilding Self-Worth and Confidence After Collapse with Deidre Gestrin
Burnout doesn’t happen because you’re weak.
It happens because you’ve been strong for too long without support, boundaries, or permission to pause.
In this episode of My Healing Is Your Healing, I sit down with burnout and wellness specialist Deidre Gestrin, who shares her lived experience of burning out not once—but three times. We talk about what burnout actually looks like in real life (not the Instagram version), why so many women don’t recognize it until they hit a wall, and how our culture continues to normalize chronic exhaustion as success.
This is an honest, grounded conversation about:
- The difference between stress, chronic stress, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress
- Why pushing through is often a survival strategy—not resilience
- How identity, self-worth, and work become dangerously intertwined
- What finally forces change when your body says “enough”
- How healing actually begins (hint: it’s smaller, slower, and gentler than you think)
- Redefining success without sacrificing your health, nervous system, or life
We also talk about rebuilding after burnout—how to listen to your body again, restore self-trust, create sustainable boundaries, and shift from hustle to wholeness without abandoning ambition or purpose.
If you’ve ever felt exhausted but unable to stop…
If rest feels unsafe or undeserved…
If your worth feels tied to productivity…
This episode is for you.
🎧 Listen now on Spotify & YouTube
🤍 Connect with Deidre & explore her work:
Website: https://www.abundantwellnessessentials.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@deidregestrin
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dgestrin
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dgestrin/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deidregestrin/
✨ Healing doesn’t require collapse.
✨ Rest is not weakness.
✨ You are allowed to stop.
Support the show
Ready to Walk This Path With More Support?Free Resources
▸ Becoming the Radiant Woman Workbook (PDF Guide)
▸ Future Self Visualization
▸ Core Values & Identity Clarity Map
▸ Daily Energy Tracker
Work With Me
Book a 1:1 Self-Discovery Coaching Call or explore how we can work together.
Subscribe & Listen Anywhere
▸ Apple Podcasts
▸ Spotify
▸ YouTube
Connect With Me
Instagram → @myhealingyourhealing
TikTok → @myhealingisyourhealing
Website → www.myhealingisyourhealing.com
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By Celeste Case-RuchalaBurnout doesn’t happen because you’re weak.
It happens because you’ve been strong for too long without support, boundaries, or permission to pause.
In this episode of My Healing Is Your Healing, I sit down with burnout and wellness specialist Deidre Gestrin, who shares her lived experience of burning out not once—but three times. We talk about what burnout actually looks like in real life (not the Instagram version), why so many women don’t recognize it until they hit a wall, and how our culture continues to normalize chronic exhaustion as success.
This is an honest, grounded conversation about:
- The difference between stress, chronic stress, burnout, and secondary traumatic stress
- Why pushing through is often a survival strategy—not resilience
- How identity, self-worth, and work become dangerously intertwined
- What finally forces change when your body says “enough”
- How healing actually begins (hint: it’s smaller, slower, and gentler than you think)
- Redefining success without sacrificing your health, nervous system, or life
We also talk about rebuilding after burnout—how to listen to your body again, restore self-trust, create sustainable boundaries, and shift from hustle to wholeness without abandoning ambition or purpose.
If you’ve ever felt exhausted but unable to stop…
If rest feels unsafe or undeserved…
If your worth feels tied to productivity…
This episode is for you.
🎧 Listen now on Spotify & YouTube
🤍 Connect with Deidre & explore her work:
Website: https://www.abundantwellnessessentials.com
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@deidregestrin
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@dgestrin
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dgestrin/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/deidregestrin/
✨ Healing doesn’t require collapse.
✨ Rest is not weakness.
✨ You are allowed to stop.
Support the show
Ready to Walk This Path With More Support?Free Resources
▸ Becoming the Radiant Woman Workbook (PDF Guide)
▸ Future Self Visualization
▸ Core Values & Identity Clarity Map
▸ Daily Energy Tracker
Work With Me
Book a 1:1 Self-Discovery Coaching Call or explore how we can work together.
Subscribe & Listen Anywhere
▸ Apple Podcasts
▸ Spotify
▸ YouTube
Connect With Me
Instagram → @myhealingyourhealing
TikTok → @myhealingisyourhealing
Website → www.myhealingisyourhealing.com