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.
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.
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.
