The dark side to Over-Achieving…

• Hiding or masking  negative thoughts, and emotional distress to keep the peace.

• Struggle making decisions: career paths, romantic relationships, life choices.

• Stretched too thin, exhausted, overwhelmed, and frustrated.

• Overthinking, analyzing, over planning, and redoing small tasks.

• Confused, alone, and disconnected from your loved ones.

• You may even be considering giving up...

• Common Pain Points for High-Achieving Women (As Shared by past Clients)

  Women Today are navigating complex lives, and their distress often manifests in interconnected ways. Here are the most frequently recurring themes:

  I. Anxiety & Overwhelm (The Core Struggle)

  • Chronic Stress & Generalized Anxiety: "struggling a lot with depression lately," "struggle with some chronic stress and anxiety," "general anxiety (no specific cause)."

  • Overwhelm & Burnout: "major life changes that are starting to feel overwhelming," "overwhelmed and anxious," "channeling feelings of overwhelm," "burn out," "recovering from burnout after school," "very busy and taking on a lot at work and extra jobs."

  • Specific Anxieties: Anxiety around motherhood, starting a business, career goals, social anxiety, health issues.

  • Perfectionism & High Expectations: "Perfectionism and being overwhelmed trying to reach high goals," "chronic overachiever and perfectionist," "struggle with overcommitting and setting boundaries," "struggling with overwork and high expectations."

  • Difficulty Regulating Emotions: "My highs are extremely high and my lows are extremely low and its safe to say I'm exhausted with it all."

  • Insomnia: "Insomnia due to stress."

  II. Relationship & Attachment Challenges

  • Relationship Dissatisfaction & Conflict: "maintaining healthy relationships," "struggling a lot with depression lately and maintaining healthy relationships," "anxiety and relationship communication," "relationship issues with my partner," "marital issues/stress," "betrayal trauma," "inequities in my relationship and parenting," "husband recently told me that he is not happy."

  • Attachment Issues: "Fearful Attachment," "struggle with trusting others," "anxious attachment."

  • Family Dynamics: "Hurt feelings from family," "ongoing family issues," "navigating family estrangement," "deciding if my relationship is worth fighting for," "difficulties with parents divorce/remarriage."

  • Post-Relationship Healing: "recently ended relationship," "tuff break up," "struggling to navigate my new relationship with my partner amid the trauma from my previous relationship."

  • Parenting Stress: "Anxiety around motherhood," "post partum stresses, parenting," "navigating that change with our first baby."

  III. Trauma & Its Lingering Effects

  • Past Trauma: "Past trauma," "childhood trauma," "medical trauma," "betrayal trauma," "trauma from abuse from a previous relationship," "PTSD."

  • Emotional Abuse: "Recently realized that I was emotionally abused growing up."

  • Dissociation: "struggling with disassociation."

  • Grief & Loss: "not knowing how to properly deal with the grief and hardships I’ve faced," "lost my dad to suicide."

  IV. Identity, Self-Worth & Purpose

  • Depression & Mood Swings: "Long term Depression," "struggling a lot with depression lately," "recent decline in mood," "mood swings," "dark thoughts," "haven’t felt like myself in a long time," "struggling to see the point of being here."

  • Self-Esteem & Self-Worth: "Self esteem," "struggling with self image-to where it is debilitating to her," "struggle with loving myself more fully," "struggle with body dysmorphia and comparing to my previous self."

  • Self-Sabotage: "combat the voices in my head that self-sabotage relationships in general," "self sabotage."

  • Lack of Motivation/Purpose: "struggling to see the point of being here," "regaining motivation in life," "finding my purpose," "lack of motivation," "feeling like I need a purpose and helping make sense of my thoughts."

  • Understanding Self: "I would really like to understand on a deeper level why I struggle," "making sense of my thoughts and past experiences," "understanding my place."

  • Being a "Better Version": "Working on being a better version of myself," "guidance in reaching my full potential."

  V. Specific Concerns & Life Transitions

  • Life Changes: "major life changes that are starting to feel overwhelming," "navigating that change."

  • Health & Body Image: "Body image issues," "managing physical and mental health issues," "PMDD," "chronic illness."

  • Career & Financial Stress: "anxiety holding me back in my career goals," "career and financial uncertainty," "sole provider for my household," "stressful job," "starting a business."

  • Family Estrangement/Boundaries: "finding out what is healthy as far as being in contact with my family," "navigating family estrangement," "setting boundaries."

  • Substance Use: "recovering addicted spouse."

  • Fertility/ Pregnancy/ Parenthood.

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How I can help!

• EMDR: "If you find yourself battling self-sabotage, core trust issues, the echoes of emotional abuse, or pervasive anxiety stemming from past experiences, EMDR can offer profound healing."  

• EFT: "Are your relationships strained by communication breakdowns, betrayal trauma, anxious attachment, or the challenge of co-parenting after divorce? EFT guides you and your loved ones to build unshakeable trust and connection."

• Eco-Psychology/Mindfulness: "When insomnia due to stress, overwhelming life changes, or the struggle to find purpose leaves you depleted, connecting with nature and mindfulness can provide the calm and clarity you crave."

• ZenHikr 40: Your Soul to Summit Walking Meditation Challenge (Currently in development stages…)