Do you ever feel exhausted but tell yourself you're just busy?

Do you keep going because everyone relies on you?

Do you look like you're coping on the outside while inside you're wondering why you feel so depleted?

If that feels familiar, this episode is for you.

Many women think burnout is something that happens when you can no longer function. But high-functioning burnout is different. You keep working and caring. You keep showing up. And because everything looks fine from the outside, you don't realise how much you're overriding yourself until your body starts demanding to be heard.

In this episode of the Good Girl Rebellion podcast, Anna Campbell is joined by holistic psychotherapist, spiritual coach and founder of Space for the Soul, Marie O'Neill, to explore why so many women become disconnected from their own needs while appearing to cope with everything around them.

Together, they discuss good girl conditioning, chronic stress, nervous system regulation and why sensitivity isn't something to overcome but something to understand. They explore why so many women normalise exhaustion, what our bodies may be trying to tell us and how we can begin building a more compassionate relationship with ourselves.

In this episode:

• What high-functioning burnout is and why it's often difficult to recognise
• Why chronic stress can become your normal state
• The connection between good girl conditioning and burnout
• Understanding internal gaslighting and the pressure to keep coping
• Why sensitivity is a strength rather than a weakness
• Learning to listen to your body's signals before they become impossible to ignore
• The difference between fixing yourself and understanding yourself
• Why rest shouldn't have to be earned
• How boundaries can change relationships
• Why self-compassion creates more lasting change than self-criticism
• What becomes possible when women stop overriding themselves and start listening to themselves

If you've ever looked fine on the outside while feeling exhausted on the inside, this conversation will remind you that you don't have to wait until you break before you start listening to yourself.

About Marie

Marie O'Neill is a holistic psychotherapist, a spiritual coach and founder of Space for the Soul, where she helps highly sensitive people heal from chronic stress, burnout and trauma by working with the body, the nervous system, mind and soul. Her work combines psychotherapy, mindful self-compassion and nervous system regulation, helping people understand that their sensitivity isn't something to overcome, but something to understand.

https://www.spaceforthesoul.co.uk/

If you'd like to learn more about understanding your highly sensitive nervous system and working with it rather than against it, Marie has created a free 30-minute Sensitivity Masterclass. You can access it here:

https://www.spaceforthesoul.co.uk/sensitivity-masterclass

Find Anna:

📷 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/annaccampbell

📖 Good Girl Rebellion: Build the Business, Break the Rules, Be Limitless: https://www.goodgirlrebellion.com/ggr-book

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It's time.