Your brain’s like a sponge—ready to grow and change—but only if you give it what it needs. 🧠💪
Here’s the basics:
✅ Move your body
✅ Eat real food
✅ Drink water (no, coffee doesn't count)
✅ SLEEP, for crying out loud
Here are the bonuses:
CONNECTION, PLAYFULNESS, and SAFETY.
Now go hydrate and tag a friend who needs this truth bomb. 💣
#BrainHealth #MindsetMatters #BurnoutRecovery #Neuroplasticity
Your First Thought Doesn't Have to Be Your Last
What a relief it was when Ryan Brazil, 4th grade teacher released a video explaining her first thought concept.
I don't know about you but my first thought is typically pretty un-generous - but my follow up thoughts can get better and better when I'm being intentional.
You aren't the sum of your first thoughts, first reactions, initial emotions or anything else... the story you get to tell about your day, your situation, your experience can have as many layers and learnings and as much growth as YOU WANT.
Permission granted.
Grant Yourself Some Grace
Some days of burnout recovery are better than expected.
Some days of burnout recovery are really garbage.
Often, those days are back to back - and that leads to massive amounts of self judgement, wondering if you're 'doing burnout recovery right' and wondering if you're ever going to feel better for more than a day at a time.
Spoiler alert - you will - and embracing the rule of 1/3ds will help.
This week's episode should help you find some grace, self compassion, and reprieve - tell me what hits you most and what you're taking away this week!
"A boundary is not a request for others to change, a boundary is a clear action that you take: If X happens, then I will do Y in order to protect myself physically, mentally, and spiritually." @acro.mama
Setting boundaries can take a whole village - and it's okay to lean on your community to help you hold yourself accountable!
(If you haven't been watching Shrinking on Apple TV - please do it, the way that Gaby (Jessica Williams - @msJwilly) and Liz (Christa Miller - @christabmiller) exemplify this in the current season is genius)
Want more on boundaries?
Full episode of @friedtheburnoutpodcast out now, everywhere you listen!
This week, Sarah Vosen and @acro.mama (Sarah Yovovich) chat emotional abuse, burnout, recovery, boundaries, the 5 elements in Chinese medicine, and more!)
It is so easy to glaze over information that your body is sending you, espcially when you don't feel equipped to analyze and respond to it properly.
If you aren't able to listen in and respond, don't worry - you're one of many.
AND.
This is a skill you can build.
You practice by doing FRIED's Foundational Self Care:
Pee when you need to pee
Drink when you're thirsty
Cry when your eyes well
Eat when you're hungry
Move when you're restless / antsy
and on and on...
The initial stages of creating this relationship with your body should be simple!
Remember, when it comes to burnout recovery, if it sounds too simple, it'll probably work.
Full episode with @sarah.vosen and @acro.mama out now!
Healing Burnout from Emotional Abuse with Five Element Wisdom and Strong Boundaries
At FRIED, we try to not shy away from any topic and this week, we're diving deep into how emotional abuse can steal your energy, burn you out, and deplete your confidence - and then - what you can do to fight back.
Get ready, this episode is an amazing deep dive not only into survival and thriving but also into the wonderful world of the Chinese medicine 5 element theory which our signature burnout recovery course is rooted in.
Understanding yourself through this lens helps you get in touch with your needs, preferences and more.
I want you to listen in and tell us after - what element do you think you are?
Full Episode Out TOMORROW everywhere you get your podcasts.
Just search: FRIED The Burnout Pod!
#endburnoutculture #5elementtheory #tcm #BurnoutRecovery
I never planned for my platform to be built on "Pee when you need to pee" but it's happening regardless.
And honestly, it's a sweet reflection of the work I'm asking people to do for burnout recovery - if I want burnt out folk to prioritize foundational self care, it's time to prioritize talking about it.
Foundational self care is where it's at folks.
Here's how it works:
Your body tells you you have a need - in an appropriate time and manner, you respond to it.
When you do this regularly (pee when you need to pee, drink when you're thristy, remove yourself from conversations when you're overheated, move when you're antsy, rest when you're tired... and so on...) you improve a skill that is CENTRAL to long term burnout recovery.
That skill is called interoception for my fellow science nerds.
When your interoception increases, you:
1. Hear your body's signals more clearly
2. Improve your emotional regulation (for reals)
3. Create a relationship with your body that is built on the kind of trust that says, "I got your back"
4. Increase your own feelings of safety in the world
5. Increase the energy you can spend on impacting the world in just the way you're meant to
6. Improve your relationships (when you trust you more.. guess what happens + when you are more in tune, you slide away from people giving ick faster)
7. Improve your overall health and wellbeing
8. Decrease your risk of disease
I mean... just do it. :)
This episode with @robertplank was so fun.
Have a listen on the Marketer of the Day Podcast everywhere you listen to pods!
Founders: If you’re burning out, your company is, too. Time to rethink the grind.
Imagine working in a way that fuels you. When you’re aligned with your why—and not just grinding to prove something—you don’t just work better, you build a culture that values real breaks and meaningful work. This doesn’t just help you; it creates a team that’s engaged, balanced, and built to last.
Hear more about redefining hustle culture on FRIED. The Burnout Podcast—just search for it wherever you listen. If this hits home, tag a founder who needs to hear it.
#FounderLife #BurnoutRecovery #startupculture
Type A's personality types, this is for you! So many of us (myself included) are stuck in our heads and aren't really in touch with what's happening in our bodies - this makes burnout recovery REALLY HARD.
Learning how to reconnect with your body is a surefire way to make burnout recovery easier and longer lasting.
This week's @friedtheburnoutpodcast episode with Roslyn McLarty is a masterclass on how to plug back in, how to hear the signs, and how to create a life where you and your body support each other.
72% of start up founders say that their business is interfering with their mental health.
ONLY 13% of start up founders get professional help or support for that.
@roslynmclarty is here to change that.
As a start up founder who burnt out herself, she knows all the traps and tomorrow on FRIED. The Burnout Podcast, she'll share how she got INTO burnout and how she got out of it - plus - how it guided her to her current work.
This episode is for start up founders and also for everyone who has ever reached a goal and then felt stifled by it - for anyone who knew it was time to grow and felt held back - for anyone who got blindsided by burnout while following a passion.
Listen in tomorrow everywhere you listen to podcasts!
#friedtheburnoutpodcast
#endburnoutculture
#startupculture
#hustleculture
#friedpodcast
#burnoutpodcast
#startupfounders
#founderburnout
