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I’ve been writing since the winter of 1987, my very first Alaskan winter; when the world outside was frozen, my imagination was working overtime. I watched a lot of TV and daydreamed about grown-up me: a suit, pumps, stockings, a briefcase, and a calendar packed like I had somewhere important to be. At seven, I even decided I should open a “skills school” to teach people how to be a businesswoman (listen… I was confident and delusional in the best way). Fast forward a few decades, and that little girl was onto something. These books: The Weight of the Pretend, High Achievers: 12 Steps to Burnout Recovery, Against All Odds Journal, and my Self-Care Journal are tools I built from real life: the lessons that helped me grow my career, protect my peace, and launch my businesses, so you don’t have to figure it out the hard way.

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The High Achiever’s Guide to Burnout Recovery

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A Journal for People Who Never Got to Stop

This isn’t a journal about slowing down.
It’s about interrupting the self-destruction disguised as ambition. The High Achiever’s Guide to Burnout Recovery is for leaders who are smart, capable, and dependable and quietly exhausted from being the one everyone counts on. If you’ve mastered performing under pressure but never learned how to recover from it, this journal was written for you.

Inside, you’ll be guided to:

  • Break the cycle of over-functioning and hyper-responsibility

  • Release guilt around rest, boundaries, and asking for support

  • Recover your energy without losing your edge or momentum

  • Shift from survival-driven success to sustainable, self-led power

  • Lead without burning yourself down to prove your worth
     

This is not hustle culture repackaged. This is not “just rest” advice. This is not performative self-care. This is structured reflection, permission-giving prompts, and practical insight designed to help you come back to yourself without quitting your life because burnout isn’t a weakness.
It’s information. And high achievers don’t need more motivation. They need language, structure, and a way out. If you’re ready to stop carrying everything alone, this journal is where recovery begins.

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The Weight of the Pretend

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A Spoken Word Business Book for People Tired of Performing. You’ve mastered looking fine.
Sounding confident. Carrying the title. But the pretending is heavy. The Weight of the Pretend is a spoken-word business book for high-functioning professionals, leaders, and first-generation achievers who are exhausted from performing success while silently paying the emotional cost. This isn’t a memoir. It’s not motivation.

It’s the truth you recognize immediately.

Through raw spoken word and unapologetic insight, this book gives language to:

  • The exhaustion of code-switching and constant self-monitoring

  • The pressure to be grateful while being undervalued

  • The loneliness of being “the strong one.”

  • The emotional tax of being high-performing and unseen
     

This book doesn’t ask you to fix yourself.
It tells the truth about what the work has required of you.

You’ll feel:

  • Seen without being studied

  • Understood without being explained

  • Lighter simply because someone finally named it
     

This is for the leader who:

  • Performs competence flawlessly

  • Carries more than anyone realizes

  • Is tired of pretending they’re not tired
     

The Weight of the Pretend doesn’t offer a 5-step plan. It offers relief. If you’ve ever thought,
“I can’t keep doing this like this.” This book was written for you. Buy now. Put the performance down.

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Self-Care, The Best Way

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A Journal for People Who Are Tired of Doing Self-Care Wrong. This isn’t bubble baths and affirmations. This is self-care that actually changes your life. The Self-Care, The Best Way Journal is for high-functioning women and first-generation leaders who are exhausted from holding it together and ready to stop sacrificing themselves in the name of success.
If your version of self-care has been:

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  • Canceling rest to meet expectations

  • Pouring into everyone else first

  • Feeling guilty when you finally slow down
     

This journal resets the definition.

Inside, you’ll get:

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  • Guided prompts that expose where you’re leaking energy

  • Tools to set boundaries without explaining yourself

  • Space to process stress without spiraling

  • A framework to choose yourself without blowing up your life

  • Practical reflection that turns awareness into action
     

This isn’t “treat yourself” self-care. This is self-care. No fluff. No forced positivity.
No pretending rest is selfish. Just honest, grounded guidance that helps you:

  • Reclaim your time

  • Regulate your nervous system

  • Make decisions from clarity instead of exhaustion

  • Build a life that doesn’t require recovery every weekend

If you’re ready to stop surviving your schedule and start leading your life, this journal is your next move.

Buy now. Do self-care in the best way for you.

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