FRIED. The Burnout Podcast Fall Self-care for When Grief and Guilt are Weighing You Down
Nov 30, 2025
The conversation dives into how fall amplifies feelings of grief and guilt, linking it to the body's need for emotional release. It explores practical self-care techniques, such as breathing exercises and allowing tears to process stored emotions. Listeners learn about the importance of hydration, warmth, and regular bowel movements for both physical and emotional well-being. The discussion encourages embracing the season's natural rhythm, inviting introspection and self-compassion as a pathway to healing.
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Host's Personal Fall Experience
- Sarah Vosen shares that fall flares her own grief and guilt and that she's observed it in patients recently.
- She positions this episode as the seasonal follow-up to earlier talks on anger in spring and anxiety in summer.
Fall Releases Buried Emotions
- Fall commonly brings up grief and guilt because seasonal rhythms loosen our defenses and buried emotions surface.
- Sarah Vosen explains this as lungs/large intestine season in Chinese medicine where unprocessed emotions interfere with function.
Use Longer Exhales To Let Go
- Lengthen your exhales to facilitate emotional release by breathing in for four and out for seven for about ten rounds.
- This practice relaxes the body and helps the lungs complete emotional letting go during fall.