The Calm Rebuild
A space for reflection, insight, and transformation.
This blog is where I share my journey, the lessons I’ve learned, and the strategies that made a difference in my life. Whether you’re navigating burnout, redefining self-care, or questioning how work fits into your wellbeing, you’ll find guidance, new perspectives, and practical tools to help you take back control.
Meet Your Invisible Coworker: Your Nervous System
Every day, you bring someone to work with you that no one else can see.
They sit in meetings, react to messages before you read them, and quietly track how much you’re carrying. This piece introduces your nervous system as your invisible co-worker — the unseen force shaping how stress accumulates, why burnout is often missed, and how capacity slowly erodes long before anything “breaks.”
Burnout isn’t a sudden crash. It’s the long stretch of functioning while everything inside is working overtime to keep you moving.
We’re Having the Wrong Conversations
Burnout didn’t come from a lack of resilience, motivation, or self-care. It came from a system that asked the human body to operate beyond its limits. This essay examines how corporate wellness, good intentions and all, helped us avoid the harder conversation we needed to have.
First Light
This Winter Solstice reflection is about first light, the period before sunrise when something is shifting, even if it’s not fully visible yet. It’s an exploration of rest, discernment, and learning to trust your body and inner knowing when emergence feels tender or unclear.
What the Clouds Leave Behind
Sometimes life clouds over without warning — heartbreak, burnout, uncertainty, loss. This piece reflects on the seasons where the light disappears and what happens when we learn to sit inside the storm instead of rushing out of it. Healing isn’t a straight line; it’s a return to ourselves, one quiet sunrise at a time.
We Had the Tools. We Chose the Hustle.
Work-life balance promised harmony, but it never stood a chance against a system built on hustle. When technology arrived with the power to lighten our load, we used it to speed work up instead of slowing life down. This piece explores how we traded human capacity for constant connection, and why the next evolution of work must finally put people, not productivity, at the center.
A Donut, a Whisper, and the State of Work
It started with a casual radio segment about National Donut Day — the kind meant to “get people excited” about returning to the office. But beneath the pastry perks was something deeper: a quiet plea from workers trying to protect the little flexibility they have left, contrasted with leaders who take choice for granted.
Burnout isn’t just about stress or too much work. It’s about a lack of control, a lack of space, and a system asking more than humans have the capacity to give. This series uncovers the real burnout crisis: not balance, but capacity.
Business As Usual: When the World Is Not Fine, But Work Expects You to Be
What happens to our nervous systems when work expects business as usual during times of collective grief, fear, or uncertainty? A grounded reflection on humanity in the workplace—and how care, kindness, and attunement can help us lead and live differently.
Summer Solstice: A Subtle Reemergence
From Spring Equinox to Summer Solstice, I found myself in rhythm with the seasons and guided by two unlikely floral allies. This is a personal story about healing, remembering, and working with flower essences to awaken something new.
What Welcomes a Nervous System?
Burnout doesn’t stop at resignation. Learn how the orientation phase shapes employee wellbeing, nervous system regulation, and long-term retention—starting from the very first interaction.
When You No Longer Recognize Yourself (But Are Finding Your Way Back)
What happens when you no longer recognize yourself? In this post, I share my experience navigating identity loss and healing during burnout recovery—and how I slowly reconnected to the truest version of me.
Old Wounds Bubbling Up
A recent eclipse stirred something deep within me—old wounds I thought I’d already healed. In this personal reflection, I share how somatic healing revealed invisible weight I’d been carrying for years and why our bodies often know what our minds have long forgotten.
Life Update: Where I Am Now After a Season(s) of Deep Healing
After a season of burnout and deep inner work, I’m no longer living in survival mode. I’ve reconnected with a calm, joyful version of myself I didn’t even know existed. This is a story of healing, reclaiming my identity, and building a life that finally feels like mine.
The System Wasn’t Built for Your Wholeness
Burnout isn’t just about work—it’s a system issue. This post explores the hidden stressors women carry and why true wellness means reclaiming your wholeness.
Grief in Many Forms
We don’t just grieve people—we grieve the versions of ourselves that never got to exist. This post explores the quiet grief of unfulfilled dreams and how unacknowledged loss can weigh us down, especially in burnout. You’ll learn how to honor what didn’t happen so you can move forward with clarity and compassion.
Joy in Times Like These
Burnout thrives in exhaustion, fear, and despair. I have found in my own personal experience, that in the darkest of times, joy disrupts that cycle.
Letting the Light Back in
On the darkest night of the year, how I am letting the light back in.
Unpacking Corporate Life and Wellbeing
Redefining corporate wellness starts with creating environments where employees can truly thrive—because well-being should be built into the workplace, not added on.
Pausing to Deep Stretch
Stillness used to feel impossible. In this post, I share how a deep stretch class helped me reconnect with my body, shift my nervous system, and move from burnout toward restoration—plus practical tips if you’re curious to try it.