Fall Self-care for When Grief and Guilt are Weighing You Down
FRIED. The Burnout Podcast
Breathe deeply and lengthen your exhales
Sarah teaches simple breathwork: inhale four, exhale seven, and when depleted use energizing inhales to regulate state.
You don’t have to walk this road alone. https://caitdonovan.com/coaching connects you with Sarah Vosen, our Director of Coaching, who’s helped countless people reclaim their energy.
Fall can hit like a quiet emotional landslide as grief, guilt, and old heaviness rise to the surface and ask for release.
Sarah Vosen talks about why this season often feels heavier than we expect and how that weight points to emotion that never fully moved through the system. She highlights the way sadness, guilt, and that familiar tightness in the chest show up when the pace naturally shifts and the body finally has room to speak. What if those uncomfortable waves are your body reaching for relief instead of signaling something you did wrong? And how would your days shift if you treated that heaviness as guidance instead of something to outrun?
This episode offers a steady invitation back to release. Sarah focuses on the simple acts that help the body soften and recover its flow: tears that want to be felt, breaths that need more space, warmth when the cold settles in, hydration when everything feels dry, rest when your system begs for it, and the inner clarity that comes from paying attention to what you truly need. Fall isn’t a season for pushing harder; it’s a season for loosening your grip. Sarah gives listeners a grounded, compassionate framework for honoring that rhythm so they can move through this time with more ease and far less judgment.
Episode Breakdown:
00:02 Why Fall Triggers Grief, Guilt, and Emotional Burnout
03:10 How Chinese Medicine Explains Fall Emotions
06:55 How Unprocessed Emotions Create Seasonal Burnout
10:22 Deep Breathing Techniques for Emotional Release in Fall
13:41 Embracing Natural Cycles and Letting Go
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Want personalized support? Book an initial consult with Sarah and she’ll help you:
- Name where your energy is leaking and what needs to stop.
- Explore whether a break, a shift, or a redesign is what your next move must be.
- Build the case to your HR or L&D department: Sarah provides a template letter you can customize (yes, she’s got a downloadable version on the website) and present so that you might get partial or full coverage for your coaching through organizational budgeting.
Connect with Cait:
You don’t have to walk this road alone. https://caitdonovan.com/coaching connects you with Sarah Vosen, our Director of Coaching, who’s helped countless people reclaim their energy.
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