Getting tossed in different directions depending on my thoughts, my mood, others' opinions, and the busyness surrounding me. I recognized severe burnout in the hospital nurse job that I once loved by chronic stress perpetuating muscular tension and physical pain, exhaustion uncurbed by sleep, and reduced concentration blurring into brain fog.

Overwhelmed, I began to turn myself off emotionally, disconnect physically, and close my heart abruptly, which led me into several episodes of clinical depression. Treatment began with medication management and talk therapy; however, it wasn’t until the fourth episode that I discovered the most important tools to guide me through personal healing and coping with all life brings.