08/05/2025
There are moments on this path where you can’t fake it anymore.
Where mindset hacks fall flat. Where your energy, your body, your being whispers— “There’s gotta be a better way”
One of my new clients recently described it like this:
“Mariel, it’s more than burnout. It’s like a low-grade fatigue where even the things I love feel like effort. Resistance disguises itself as laziness when it comes to doing the things I need to do. And then this “sacred” path I’ve chosen—the one that should feel like freedom—starts to feel like a grind.”
I smiled because I’ve heard it one too many times.
So I said, “I get it, it’s like you’re in the driver’s seat, but you didn’t necessarily pick the destination.
You want to accelerate and get there faster, but your mind or something keeps tapping the brakes.
Then you find yourself stuck in energetic traffic, while someone else’s Maserati flies by on the shoulder lane.”
And she smiled and said “YESSSS, exactly!”
Can you relate? Drop me a a sacred “YESS!” If this makes sense to you….
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