08/21/2026
Signs that it is not “just stress”:
✔️You wake up tired, even after getting a full night’s sleep.
✔️You feel resentful of people and responsibilities you used to love.
✔️You have been irritable over small things and have then experienced guilt for feeling that way.
✔️You no longer recognize yourself as the person you were before all this.
✔️You keep saying “I’m fine” because you simply don’t have the energy to explain that you are not.
These are not signs of a personal failing. They are signs of burnout.
Burnout is not just stress or being tired. It is losing touch with who you are. And the exhaustion you feel is not just physical. It is the quiet grief of not recognizing your own reflection.
This is what led me to build From Burnout to Balance, the first in a series of Midlife Renewal Groups. The series will include groups in English and others in Spanish, geared to help you come back to yourself.
✍️Registration is now OPEN for From Burnout to Balance, a virtual psychoeducational group, in English, that will run for 12 weeks, starting September 1st.
Other groups will follow, in English and Spanish, so make sure to follow Maria E. Castillo • Therapist FL • Midlife & Burnout Recovery for updates.
🔗 Click link in bio for more information.