You’re a sensitive, equity-oriented woman who cares deeply about the world around you; and deep down, you know that your contribution in life matters.

You have dreams that matter SO MUCH - if you could just summon up the energy and the belief and the ‘right vibes’ to create them.

But sometimes it feels like you’ve lost the joy and inspiration that used to fuel you, and that’s scary AF.

Sometimes it feels like burnout is here, or just around the corner.

Perhaps it feels like your compassionate heart can’t take the harshness and tumult of the world, can’t generate another ounce of ‘self-improvement’, can’t risk another hit of disappointment.

Perhaps it’s creeping perfectionism, overwork, or the burden of other people’s needs; perhaps it’s the pressures from increasing waves of bigotry, watching as vandals dismantle what good systems we do have.

Perhaps you even feel some shame because you’re smart and savvy, and this is not your first rodeo; perhaps the inner critic keeps whispering ‘I should be able to fix this’.

On paper, it might seem like things are on track, people might think you’re blooming; but that’s because you’re so skilled at hiding the dry, dusty parts inside.

You yearn to be drenched in the sort of kindness you’re so good at showing to others; but somehow nurturing and celebrating everyone else always takes precedence over doing it for you.

And oh…. those dreams that won’t let go.

Some days, just thinking about them hurts.

Maybe not every detail here is 100% you, but you feel the deep painful echoes of it in your gut - and it SUCKS.