Do you ever find yourself exhausted, but you just keep pushing? Or you finish one big project, just to jump into the next thing—without taking the needed rest? Or is that just me?

I’ve brought my favorite therapist, Brenda Stewart, back to talk about how Shalom (the wholeness, peace, and flourishing we’re created for) is disrupted by burnout and overwhelm. I ask Brenda about a “friend” who can never rest after a big project (spoiler: it’s me). And of course we look at someone in Scripture who crashed and burned, and God’s surprising prescription for that person.

Watch this episode on YouTube.

We Discuss:
• The difference between busyness and burnout
• How our culture and our core beliefs fuel chronic overwhelm
• My lifelong struggle with the anaconda and the taskmaster
• Responding to our inner voices with curiosity and compassion
• God’s gentle response to a burned-out Elijah
• A guided visualization practice you can try today

More about Brenda:
Brenda Stewart holds a MA in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Regent University and is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Florida and a Licensed Professional Counseling in TX and SC.. She is a Certified EMDR therapist, Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CCMHC) and a Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC).  She is the founder of Wellspring Therapy Associates, a clinically sound, faith based practice in the Orlando area and BLS Coaching & Consulting. She specializes in working with clients who struggle with trauma, eating disorders, anxiety and chronic illness.

Brenda also provides coaching and consultation to individuals, small groups, and organizations on the prevention and recovery of compassion fatigue and burnout. She is a published author in Career Counseling textbooks, has a second book in process, and has presented at various professional conferences on topics including compassion fatigue, grief, infertility, spirituality in distance supervision, and the impact of childhood sexual abuse on adult relationship patterns. She is passionate about helping others heal and imparts hope to her clients throughout the therapy and coaching process.

Connect with Brenda:
Therapy: Wellspring Therapy Associates
Coaching: Balanced Life Strategies
Instagram: brendastewartcoaching
LinkedIn: BrendaLStewart