🪩 HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!! 💃 In this episode, Colleen pulls back the curtain on what overwhelm actually looks like from the inside — not as a failure, not as burnout drama, but as a nervous system hitting its limit after years of living in survival mode.

What began as growth, ambition, and "doing what needed to be done" quietly turned into a chronic stress response that her body could no longer sustain. Colleen shares how stress doesn't disappear just because it's fueled by passion or positive goals, why rest alone didn't bring her back online, and how ignoring the need to complete the stress response kept her cycling between overdrive and collapse.

She walks through the moment she realized overwhelm wasn't something to push through… it was an invitation. An invitation to slow down, restructure her life and business, challenge long-held beliefs about success, and create enough space for her nervous system to actually recover. What followed wasn't stagnation — it was clarity, momentum, and a deep sense of having reached her next level.

This episode is for anyone who feels capable, driven, and committed… but secretly exhausted. And for anyone wondering if it's possible to work less reactively, feel more powerful, and still move forward in meaningful ways.

🔑 Key Takeaways

• Why stress isn't a mindset problem — it's a physiological state • How positive growth can still keep you trapped in survival mode • The difference between resting and actually completing the stress response • Signs you've crossed from stress into overwhelm — before your body shuts you down • Why overwhelm is an invitation, not a failure • How creating space restores clarity, creativity, and capacity • What it really means to reach your "next level" without burning everything down

This is a reminder that healing overwhelm doesn't require doing less forever — it requires doing things differently. And when you listen to your body instead of fighting it, breakthroughs happen faster than you think.

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