Lauren Baptiste Coaching

Lauren Baptiste Coaching Burned out but not ready to quit? Lauren Baptiste, CPA-turned-coach, helps professionals reclaim their career—without sacrificing themselves in the process.

Through real talk and real tools, she helps you rise without running yourself into the ground.

03/05/2026

Not having kids does NOT mean you have unlimited time to:

Be the last one to leave the office.
Take the extra client.
Work over the weekend.
Be on call when everyone else is OOO for Spring Break.

As if not having children means you have unlimited capacity.

Let me be clear:

You do not need a child to be exhausted.
You do not need a dramatic reason to deserve boundaries.
You do not need permission to protect your time.

I'm sure you're out there telling yourself:

“I should be able to handle it.”
“I don’t want to look difficult.”

So you overextend, stay quiet, and normalize being depleted.

But your job will take all your free time if you let it.

Inside Freedom, this is one of the first patterns we fix.

My clients set boundaries without hurting their reputation, stop working at a reasonable hour and learn how to get a promotion without saying “yes” to everyone + everything.

You do not have to wait until you are completely burned out to change this.

In fact, you owe it to yourself to proactively get in front of this before it becomes a problem.

The goal is not to prove how much you can handle.
The goal is a career that does not require you to handle everything.

🙋🏻‍♀️ I've gotta know, have you seen this dynamic in your firm?
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03/04/2026

Nothing was wrong, but she punished herself anyway.⁠
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She walked out of the client meeting replaying every moment.⁠
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Did I talk too much?⁠
Did I sound unprepared?⁠
Did they think that was a stupid idea?⁠
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Meanwhile… NO ONE said anything negative.⁠
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No weird looks.⁠
No follow-up concerns.⁠
No damage done.⁠
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But she decided it went badly.⁠
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So she carried it for the rest of the day and let her productivity drop.⁠
Then into the evening when she was eating dinner with her husband.⁠
Then into the next morning on her commute.⁠
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High performers don’t wait for criticism; they hand it to themselves.🫠🫠🫠⁠
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And if you’re reading this thinking, “wow… that’s me”… it probably is.⁠
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The story you tell yourself after the meeting is often more damaging than anything that actually happened in the meeting.⁠
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Clients tell me stories like this all the time, believing they failed and overcompensating by working nights and weekends to make up for it... but meanwhile, they're losing their confidence because they're playing a game they cannot win.⁠
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Confidence is not built by performing perfectly.⁠
It’s built by interpreting your work performance accurately.⁠
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In coaching, we catch these thought patterns fast.⁠
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Because when you stop assuming you messed everything up:⁠
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✔️ You speak up more⁠
✔️ You second-guess less⁠
✔️ You recover faster⁠
✔️ You lead with far more authority⁠
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And the wild part?⁠
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Nothing about you has to change; only the narrative. 😉⁠
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Stop spending your career fighting battles that don't exist.⁠
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Work with me inside Freedom, my 1:1 coaching program, and we'll break the pattern that has you second-guessing, and leave you to enjoy a relaxing date night with your husband.

Let’s talk about the women who stopped waiting.⁠⁠The ones who stopped:⁠⁠🛑 Hoping for recognition⁠🛑 Overfunctioning for u...
03/02/2026

Let’s talk about the women who stopped waiting.⁠
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The ones who stopped:⁠
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🛑 Hoping for recognition⁠
🛑 Overfunctioning for underpay⁠
🛑 Saying yes to everything⁠ and sacrificing themselves in the process⁠
🛑 Proving their worth through exhaustion⁠
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These aren’t “lucky” women.⁠
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They’re women who made uncomfortable decisions.⁠
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They asked for more.⁠
Raised their rates.⁠
Set boundaries.⁠
Left roles that drained them.⁠
Took promotions they were scared of.⁠
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Not because they felt ready.⁠
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Because they were done playing small.⁠
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Swipe to see what happens when you decide you're not available for mediocre anymore.⁠
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History isn’t made by the overworked.⁠
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It’s made by the women who choose differently.⁠
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February had one theme: family.My baby’s baptism, with family driving near and far to be there for this sweet moment. Ce...
02/28/2026

February had one theme: family.

My baby’s baptism, with family driving near and far to be there for this sweet moment.
Celebrating my dad’s milestone birthday.
Saying goodbye to my mother-in-law.
Constant moments teaming up with my husband just to keep life moving through it all.

Joy and grief. Celebration and loss. All in the same month.

And it reminded me of something I never forget for long:

As much as I love my work… it will always be second.

Many of you come to me because you say your family is first.
But your calendar, your inbox, your client load tell a different story.

Not because you don’t care.
Because you don’t know how to structure your career in a way that protects what matters most.

If I’ve learned anything this past month, it’s this:

Everything can change in an instant.

Titles shift. Revenue fluctuates. Clients come and go.

But the people at your dinner table? That time is what’s really finite.

You do not get these little moments back.
And it’s not until you lose them that you realize how much they really mean.

If your current pace is costing you presence with the ones you love most, it’s worth re-evaluating.

Success means nothing if you miss the life you’re building it for.

02/26/2026

You didn’t burn out because you work hard. You burned out because you keep saying yes to things that were never yours to begin with. (Read that again.)⁠
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It happens fast.⁠
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A client makes a last-minute request.⁠
Your team says, “We’ll try.”⁠
And suddenly your entire weekend is ruined.⁠
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Now you’re behind on other work you were planning.⁠
You skipped brunch with friends.⁠
You’re working late on a Saturday.⁠
You’re irritated.⁠
And quietly thinking: “Why did I agree to this?”⁠
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Here’s what you need to know: Urgency ≠ priority.⁠
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Just because someone wants it fast does not mean you need to reorganize your life to deliver it.⁠
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My clients learn to pause and ask themselves:⁠
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"What actually happens if this waits?"⁠
"What gets deprioritized if we say yes?"⁠
"Is this the right use of our time and resources right now?"⁠
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That’s not pushback.⁠
That’s leadership.⁠
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Because when you take on everyone else’s panic, you become the bottleneck.⁠
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Freedom isn’t built by working less.⁠
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It’s built by deciding what doesn’t belong to you.⁠
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If you’re reading this thinking, “This is literally my life", that's good.⁠
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Awareness is step one.⁠
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But awareness without action changes nothing.⁠
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Inside Freedom, this is one of the first patterns we fix.⁠
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You learn how to stop automatically saying yes, and instead, protect your calendar without losing credibility or results.⁠
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Wondering where to start? Take the Stress Quiz and see where you fall on the burnout spectrum. Once you know where you are, you can take action on what's needed to get off the hamster wheel.

02/25/2026

Your company just told you that you're not in the office enough... And your stomach dropped.

Because this isn’t a simple commute change.

It means:

- Rearranging childcare
- Losing 2+ hours a day to traffic
- Canceling the routines that keep you sane
- Being less present at home
- Paying for gas, parking, wardrobe, lunches
- And somehow still being expected to perform at the same level 🫠

Let’s call it what it is:

Your life just got harder overnight.

And now your brain is offering you two options:

1. “I guess I just deal with it…” or
2. “Maybe it’s time to quit.”

But there is always a third option.

Negotiate.

Not emotionally.
Not reactively.
Strategically.

Because the professionals who handle moments like this well?

They don’t panic-update their resume.
They don’t silently resent leadership.
They don’t burn down their reputation because of their burnout.

They position themselves.

Inside my coaching program, clients are renegotiating:

✔ Hybrid schedules
✔ Geography expectations
✔ Flex hours
✔ Travel requirements
✔ Role scope
✔ Compensation tied to new demands

Not because they’re difficult.

Because they know they are valuable.

Read this carefully:

You have more leverage than you think, BUT only if you know how to use it. (This is where most drop the ball.)

Do not wait until you’re angry.
Do not wait until you’re burned out.
Do not wait until your only move feels like quitting.

There is a smarter way to handle this moment.

If RTO is forcing decisions you don’t feel ready to make, let’s talk. Send me a private message and I'll send you the link to book a consult. Spots are limited.

➡️ Tell me in the comments below: How many days are you in the office right now? Is that expected to change anytime soon?

02/23/2026

Most professionals do not have a "too much work" problem.⁠
They have a decision-making problem.⁠
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Every week you are deciding:⁠
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- Raise your fees or keep them the same another year.⁠
- Hire now or wait until busy season.⁠
- Speak up when a client degrades you or stay quiet.⁠
- Delegate or rework the deliverable yourself.⁠
- Get to the gym or write 3 more emails⁠
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And every delayed decision quietly costs you free time, revenue, and peace of mind.⁠
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My clients do not guess. They use the 4-step Decision-Making process I teach them:⁠
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1. Identify the areas of indecision (i.e., late nights, bottlenecks, and daily venting to your spouse)⁠
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2. Separate facts from fear. ⁠
“My team cannot handle it.”⁠
“What if they leave?”⁠
“Maybe I am not ready.”⁠
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Because thoughts are not a strategy.⁠
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3. Decide like the leader you are, not the overextended staff you used to be.⁠
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4. Move. Then adjust.⁠
Clarity comes from action, not overthinking.⁠
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If your role feels like you can never get ahead,⁠
If you have a constant stack of papers on your desk, or⁠
If you're putting together a mental to-do list on vacation...⁠
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This is not a capability issue. It is an operating issue. And it is fixable.⁠
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Inside Freedom, my private coaching program, I teach high performers how to make decisions so they can stop overthinking and start living.⁠
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Comment CONSULT and I will send you the link to book a Decision-Making call.⁠
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02/19/2026

PSA: I’m proud of me.

Not because everything worked.
Because I kept going when it didn’t.

I stopped chasing someone else’s definition of success.
I stopped proving.
I started choosing.

The courage.
The pivots.
The willingness to do it my way.

Now I run a business where I make impact daily.
I change lives.
I show others what’s possible, and then help them make it a reality.

Little Lauren would approve.

And here’s the truth:

Your younger self doesn’t care about your title.
She cares that you are brave enough to live a life that lets you sleep at night without nightmares of overwork or overwhelm.

Would Little You be proud? If not, what needs to change?

02/18/2026

You’re always making decisions. Most of them just don’t *feel* like decisions.⁠
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You land the $20k client.⁠
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On paper, it’s a win.⁠
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But immediately your brain kicks in:⁠
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“My team can’t handle this.”⁠
“This is all going to fall on me.”⁠
“There goes my free time.”⁠
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And suddenly the thing you wanted becomes the thing keeping you up at night.⁠
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➡️ Here’s what most high performers miss: That spiral isn’t impostor syndrome; it’s decision fatigue.⁠
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Not deciding how the work gets staffed.⁠
Not deciding where your involvement stops.⁠
Not deciding what’s a real constraint vs a story you’re telling yourself.⁠
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Indecision creates clutter.⁠
Clutter creates stress.⁠
Stress shows up as self-doubt, overwork, and second-guessing your own competence.⁠
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The wake of one unmade decision is wider than you think.⁠
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It spills into your sleep, your confidence, your leadership, and your income. 🫠⁠
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This is the work I do with my private clients.⁠
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Not motivation. ⁠
Not mindset fluff.⁠
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Clean decisions that give you back capacity and authority.⁠
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Because the goal isn’t to “handle more.”⁠
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It’s to stop bleeding energy on things that never should’ve been yours to carry in the first place.⁠
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If this hit a nerve, you’re not broken.⁠
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You’re just overdue for a different way of operating. ⁠
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In my 6-month private program, Freedom, you fix how you operate so success stops costing you your time, energy, and sanity.⁠
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If you are done overthinking decisions about accepting new clients or sitting in indecision about staffing, it is time.⁠
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Comment CONSULT and I’ll send you the link to book your Decision-Making call. Your next level is built on better decisions. Let’s make them.⁠
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02/16/2026

You’ve done everything you were told to do.⁠
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You said yes to the stretch projects.⁠
You stayed up late answering emails.⁠
You took the leadership trainings.⁠
You “kept a good attitude.”⁠
You waited your turn.⁠
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And somehow… you’re still not getting that partner promotion you were promised years ago, but still juggling the:⁠
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Same workload.⁠
Same stress.⁠
Same late nights in your inbox after the kids are asleep.⁠
Same quiet question in the back of your mind: "Why isn't this happening?" and "What's wrong with me?"⁠
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Here’s the truth most people don’t want to say out loud:⁠
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👉 Doing “all the right things” is not strategy.⁠
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It's keeping you stuck in the wake of someone else's success,⁠
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The solution isn’t more effort or doing things how you're "supposed to".⁠
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You'll get that promotion when you step into the role as they leader you're mean to be, deploy a simple promotion strategy that actually gets you the partner title and pay you've wanted.⁠
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That’s what I do with my clients.⁠
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Here’s my process:⁠
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1️⃣ We identify exactly where your time, energy, and authority are leaking⁠
2️⃣ We rebuild your role so you’re operating at the level you’re paid (and promoted) for⁠
3️⃣ We position you for raises, promotions, and leverage without living in your inbox or expected to be on call 24/7⁠
4️⃣ We create systems so your success doesn’t depend on exhaustion⁠
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And the results look like this:⁠
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☑️ A lot more money without more hours⁠
☑️ Promotions that don’t feel like a prison sentence⁠
☑️ Evenings that are for you⁠
☑️ A calendar you control⁠
☑️ Confidence that comes from self-leadership, not waiting for others to say "good girl"⁠
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If you’ve “done everything” and it still hasn’t worked, that’s not a personal failure.⁠
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It’s a strategy problem. And the good news is that it's fixable and easier to correct than you might imagine.⁠
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If this post feels uncomfortably accurate, it’s time to stop trying to solve it alone.⁠
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Comment CONSULT and I’ll send you the link to book a Decision Making Call. It'll be the best 60 minutes you've had in years.

02/13/2026

[DAY 5/5]: Still blaming your job for how you feel? Read this. ⤵️

When I burned out, I blamed everything around me.

The manager.
The travel.
The hours.
The expectations.

But here is the truth I had to face:

My job created pressure, yes, but my patterns made it unsustainable.

I isolated.
I stopped taking care of my body.
I normalized takeout, alcohol, and exhaustion.
I wore over-functioning like a badge of honor.

It was a cycle. And my fingerprints were on the gun.

And whether you realize it yet or not, you have far more control inside that cycle than you think.

🔶SO WHAT ACTUALLY PREVENTS BURNOUT?🔶

• Learn how to say no without damaging your reputation so you stop agreeing to work that steals your nights and weekends.

• Fix your time management so you are not logging back on after dinner trying to catch up on a day that ran you over.

• Stop being the person everything funnels through so you can grow your career without carrying the entire operation.

• Speak up to clients and leadership with confidence instead of staying quiet, overdelivering, and quietly resenting it.

Because here is what burnout really does:

It quietly caps your income when you get a lower rating.
It limits your leadership trajectory when you get skipped for promotion... again.
It convinces you that this exhausting version of success is the only one available.

But it is not.

If you are ready to prevent burnout instead of recovering from it later:

👉🏼 Download the Burnout Prevention Toolkit I created with the AICPA (Comment "TOOLKIT" in comments).
👉🏼 Join my Facebook Burnout Prevention + Burnout Recovery Support community where 3,400+ professionals are learning how to succeed without burning out.

And if you are done operating with burnout…

👉🏼👉🏼 Work with me 1:1 inside my private coaching program, Freedom.

My clients do not just end their burnout.

They earn more.
They stop living in their inbox at night.
They lead without carrying everything alone.
They build careers that actually feel sustainable.

You do not have to learn this the hard way like I did.

The moment you stop normalizing exhaustion is the moment everything starts to change.

The decision is yours...

02/12/2026

[DAY 4/5] You know what’s scarier than landing in the ER? Logging back into work like nothing happened. 🫠

TBH, the months that followed were far more painful than the hospital visit.

Once the physical symptoms faded, the emotional burnout took over. I had constant thoughts like:

"Am I smart enough?"
"Am I capable enough?"
"Is this just what to expect until I retire?"

I wanted big things for myself… but I was secretly hoping my company would fix what I was feeling.

➡️ Let me save you years of frustration: Your company is not coming to rescue you. Ever.

Not after a poor performance review.
Not after getting passed over for promotion.
Not when your health starts waving red flags.
Not when your life outside of work demands more of you.

This is not about your company. It is about your standards.

Because if you do not solve this, you will recreate the same exhaustion in every role you take. (Read that again.)

You need a way to grow your career while protecting your energy otherwise burnout will quietly cap your earning potential, your Partner trajectory, and your quality of life.

Here is what high performers often forget:

- Your role could be eliminated overnight.
- Your health could force a pause.
- Your priorities could shift in an instant.

Here is what I wish someone had told me sooner:

You do not wait for burnout to pass. You decide you are no longer tolerating it. You are in control of this.

Awareness is the turning point.

Because you cannot change what you have not fully acknowledged.

If you have been running on empty,
If success feels heavier than it should, and
If you keep telling yourself “this is just a busy season”... and that season never ends…

Start with the data.

👉🏼 Take the Burnout Awareness Self-Assessment.

It will show you exactly where you are, what is driving your stress, and what needs attention before it costs you more.

Comment QUIZ and I will send it directly to your DMs.

Your future does not get better by powering through.

It gets better when you decide it will.

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A Message from our CEO, Lauren Baptiste

Acheloa Wellness was conceived over a decade ago with the yearning to serve my fellow cohort in a way that felt meaningful and authentic. Finally in 2018, the idea behind Acheloa Wellness was born.

For those who've known me, I've been working at a Big Four accounting firm for 10 years. In 2013, I personally ended up at a hospital due to my own workplace burnout and vowed to make a change from that moment forward.

What started as Drink Your Juice, a website to aggregate wellness providers with wellness seekers lacked traction. I realized that working women were striving to have it all, but were lacking the framework, accountability and support system to make it all happen. I then felt called to create impact in a new way.

**Acheloa Wellness is my growing consulting firm that focuses on overcoming stress and burnout to empower professional women in working environments.**