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.
01/15/2026
In 2016, I took photos of motivational quotes and sparks of inspiration, hoping to one day have a better life of real flexibility, autonomy and time/money freedom.
What changed wasn’t luck.
It was action. Daily. Consistent. Unsexy.
…and it paid off.
Now I’m living what I once only imagined. To be honest, it’s even better than I could have hoped for thanks to the tools, processes and frameworks I’ve created and now teach my clients.
Excited to see what 2036 becomes. 😉
01/14/2026
The season of team dinners are here.
Pizza. Maybe tacos if you’re feeling generous. 🍕🌮
Let’s say the quiet part out loud: Food is not a burnout strategy.
It’s a nice gesture.
It’s not support.
Busy season doesn’t break people because they’re hungry.
It breaks them because expectations are unclear, boundaries are missing, and everything feels urgent all the time.
So here’s the real question for firm leaders:
What are you doing to support your team when the pressure actually hits?
Not perks.
Not parties.
Systems. Communication. Decisions.
Drop one thing in the comments you’re doing this busy season to reduce stress, protect energy, or help your team stay sane.
Borrow ideas. Share what’s working.
Because pizza is optional.
Burnout is not.
01/13/2026
Feeling extra grateful today. 🥰 Vote in comments!
I’ve been TRIPLE nominated for the ONE Excellence Awards 2025! 🏆️ 🏆️ 🏆️
• Women Leaders
• Coaches & Mentors
• Influencers & Thought Leaders
And here’s where you come in: I NEED YOUR VOTE!
If you’ve ever benefited from a post I’ve written, a workshop I’ve taught, a keynote you’ve attended, or coaching you’ve experienced over the years, I would I would truly appreciate your vote.
MYCPE is spotlighting professionals making a real impact in the accounting profession worldwide, and being recognized for work that helps accountants build successful careers without burning out truly means everything to me.
Growing something from nothing hasn’t been easy, but this community makes it worth it every single day. Thank you for being part of the journey and for supporting work that’s changing how this profession approaches success.
And congrats to all of the incredible nominees. 🥂✨
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Hi, I’m Lauren Baptiste. 🙋🏻♀️
CPA turned coach helping the hardest-working professionals rise, lead, and succeed without burnout.
New here? Follow along and tap the bell 🔔 for practical insights, honest conversations, and real strategies to build a career you don’t need to recover from.
01/12/2026
In Q4 2023, Kristen, a Wealth Management Advisor, came to Freedom four months before her promotion deadline.
She told me her odds were 6/10.
We made them a 10.
👋🏼 Hello VP title and comp upgrade 👋🏼
In our first few sessions, we laid down a strategic plan, shifted her mindset, and front-loaded effort to reach a number she’d never hit before in her career.
✅ PROMOTED 3 weeks ahead of deadline
✅ Higher COMPENSATION to give more to her family
✅ More TIME OFF to be fully present with her kids
✅ CEO MINDSET “I’m the right person to help my clients succeed”
Let me say that again:
She didn’t just promote.
She started working more meaningfully.
That’s what Freedom delivers.
“We technically hit it three weeks early, but mentally, we were done in January. The mindset shift and focusing on the right opportunities helped us hit the ground running,” says Kristen.
Inside the Freedom program, we don’t just “work on confidence.”
We create a life that has you reaping the rewards of a high-powered job — permanently.
🔥 Did I mention Kristen's about to promote AGAIN at the end of Q1 2026? 🤑 🔥
2 PROMOTIONS IN LESS THAN 2 YEARS!!!
If you’re eyeing a promotion, trying to get your time and energy back, or stuck doing more for less, you need to be working with me.
📅 Book a decision-making call now and we'll talk about what Freedom can do for you.
01/08/2026
“Now’s not a good time to start. I’m heading into my busiest time of the year.”
I hear this every year.
And I’m going to say the part most people won’t: Busy season is exactly why now is the time. 🔥
Here are 5️⃣ reasons waiting is the worst move you could make:
1. Busy season exposes the real problem: If your calendar, boundaries, delegation, or leadership structure are weak, busy season will make that painfully obvious. Ignoring it doesn’t protect you. It compounds the problem.
2. You don’t suddenly get more capacity later: January turns into March. March turns into “after filing.” Then it’s summer, and you’re too fried to think clearly. The “right time” never shows up.
3. The way you operate under pressure determines your promotion speed:
Promotions, comp decisions, and leadership perceptions are formed during high-pressure seasons, not in the quiet ones. This is when positioning matters most.
4. Burnout sucks up all your free time: Every extra hour you white-knuckle costs you focus, patience, sleep, and performance. Waiting until you’re wrecked is not strategic. It’s reactive.
5. Your struggle is compounding, leaving you a massive cleanup for later.
You don’t need a full life overhaul. You need smarter decisions, cleaner priorities, and support while it actually counts.
The truth most people don’t want to face:
👉🏼 If you “don’t have time” to fix how you’re working, that’s the clearest signal that you can’t afford not to.
If you want busy season to stop feeling like a personal sacrifice of 5 months you don't go to the gym, participate in your monthly girls' night, or enjoy a glass of wine by the fireplace, remember that it can be different.
If you’re done pretending next season will magically be different, comment or DM “CONSULT.”
I’ll send you the link to my calendar and walk you through a custom strategy that'll have you feeling fresh at the end of your busy period.
01/07/2026
I want to say this gently, but I'm going to say it honestly.
If you feel like you “can’t get your sh*t together,” it’s not because you’re lazy, broken, or bad at life.
It’s because you’re trying to solve your problems with willpower. Pushing through. Hustling at all costs.
But you're exhausted and you can't hold that pace on an empty tank.
You keep telling yourself:
“I’ll get it together after busy season.”
“Things will calm down next quarter.”
“I just need a little more motivation.”
So you keep pushing, but you know you're slowly fading...
Let me ask you the question most people avoid:
What do you actually think will improve in 2026 if you repeat the same actions as 2025?
I hate to say this, but:
Your workload won’t magically shrink.
Your inbox won’t stop refilling.
Your energy won’t come back on its own.
Your confidence won’t rebuild itself while you keep operating the same way.
You're waiting and it's hurting you.
And whether you know it or not, waiting is not neutral. Waiting is a decision.
And it's costing you more exhaustion, more resentment, and another year where you’re frustrated with yourself for not changing something you knew wasn’t working.
Here’s the part I want you to hear clearly:
You don’t need to try harder.
You don't need to push through anymore, but
You need support, structure, and a plan that actually fits your life.
The moment things start to change is not when you feel ready.
It’s when you decide you’re done tolerating the current situation.
If this hit a nerve, that’s not shame.
That’s information.
And it’s your cue.
If you want help untangling what’s keeping you stuck and building a way forward that doesn’t rely on burnout, comment or DM “CONSULT” and I’ll send you the link to book time on my calendar.
I only have a limited number of spots available, and once they’re filled, that’s it.
You don’t need another pep talk.
You need a different approach.
I've got you each step of the way.
12/31/2025
3... 2... 1... HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!🎉🥂 Everyone rejoices while you secretly cringe.
Because it's the new year and you're an accountant/auditor/tax professional/bookkeeper. (You're all pretty busy this time of year... 🫠)
It means that 12/31/2025 is officially in the past and there's a countdown clock before financials are due.
The feelings you've suppressed since your last deadline are all coming back.
You can feel the heaviness in your body.
Your anxiety spikes.
You promised yourself you'd never do this to yourself again.
.. but here you are.
It's 2026 and you don't have a new job lined up, and after being at the firm for 9+ years, it'd be pretty terrible to burn bridges.
So you accept your sentence of another busy season. *sigh*
Suddenly your shoulders drop,
Your confidence dips, and
Any glimmer of 2026 being better than 2025 is already out the window. 😩
Here's what you need to know:
The busy season doesn't have to feel like a jail sentence.
I teach my clients how to navigate 55+ hour/week minimums (which you and I both know look like 70 hours/week) without falling apart.
As a result, my clients are able to maintain a sense of control, no matter how many hours you need to work.
They wrap up their busy season feeling fresh, not like they've been hit by a cement truck.
Book a decision-making to set yourself up for a 2026 busy season that's different. Better. And still sets you up to achieve your professional and personal goals.
#2026
12/30/2025
It's a wrap 2025! 🥳🎈🎉
Acheloa Wellness continues to be THE firm where women in Accounting, Law, Finance and Consulting CAN be:
✅ Balanced
✅ Confident
✅ In-control
I couldn't be more proud to see it grow.
But I'm going to be honest with you, I stepped into 2024 with a lofty goal... And I didn't hit it.
It sounds like this also happened to you.
You set a big goals in 2025, and there was a point where you realized you weren't going to achieve it.
So you:
1) Worked even harder and still fell short, then
2) Entered "burn down" mode, where you gave up and inevitably missed the mark.
More specifically, It looks like:
- Disappointment when you realized another year went by without the pay raise or the fancy title.
- Resentment towards the company you nearly killed yourself for with "nothing to show for it".
- Desperation when you dusted off your resume thinking, "Maybe it'll be better if I leave."
I get it and I want to honor those feelings of hurt, disappointment and frustration.
.. but lingering in those sh*tty feelings is also what's keeping you stuck.
Because I know how difficult this can feel, I wanted to share what works for me:
I dig for wins.
Yep, DIG.
As often as I need to and as long as it takes.
Because sometimes it feels like there's nothing to celebrate, but that's a lie you're telling yourself.
There are ALWAYS wins along the way.
I know these smaller wins don't currently feel like wins; you identify them as checkpoints to the goal.
But that mindset will keep you perpetually disappointed.
Because your success hinges entirely on that one big goal.
And you fell short.
➡️ Missing your goal isn't the end of the world, but giving up on your goal is.
So instead, I'm recount my wins (look back at yesterday's post!), but for now, I invite you to do the same.
As we close out 2025, I have one word of advice: DIG.
Because you can either dig yourself out of the hole; or you can bury yourself in it.
The choice is yours.
Now DM me and spill — which one of your 2025 goals are you 100% motivated to go after, but also know that it's been years and you might need some extra support to achieve it?
12/29/2025
📣 Celebrating another year of coaching hard-workers like you to make more money, enjoy more work-life balance, gain 1+ extra hour per day, have less stress and feel Confident AF in anything and everything they put their minds to. 🎉📣
Why did they see such amazing results? My coaching program, Freedom.🥳🙌🏼
The reason they experienced success like this is because:
🔥 They're no longer prioritizing "busy work" over “essential work”. They've pivoted their time, energy and focus on the tasks that move their career forward and significantly cut-down on the administrative work that was monopolize their day.
🔥 They trust themselves. Clients came to me at rock bottom, but once they remembered how tap into their unique style of leadership and communicate their value to others, their confidence and abilities sky-rocketed.
🔥 They used the tools they've learned through coaching to stop spinning in confusion, dread and overwhelm, and create a go-forward plan that created clarity and conviction.
What I love most about their success? They created lives better than they could have ever imagined possible. 💃🏻🪩🎉
I could go on and on about the specific results that each client has achieved, but none of that actually matters.
What matters is that these results gave them: More time doing things they care about, more joy in day-to-day moments, and more success at work and at home. MORE. (Without doing more!)
It's not magic. It's a process that I share with each of my clients.
When you enroll in my 1:1 coaching program Freedom, you become an entirely new woman without having to change your job, forgo your performance-based bonus or sacrifice your free-time.
The best part of it all?
This can be you.
Book a consultation call with me have the 2026 where you're winning at work and at home.
Comment CONSULT to claim it today.
12/25/2025
Ms. Claus would like to remind you that turning off email notifications is allowed. And yes, it might be the best gift you give yourself today. 🤶📵
Let’s be honest.
Whether it’s work email, Slack, Candy Crush, or doom-scrolling, stepping away from your phone feels harder than it should.
And it usually comes down to two things:
1. You feel like you’re supposed to be on-call.
2. Or your nervous system is chasing the dopamine hit.
For high-achievers, it’s almost always both.
So consider this your permission slip to unplug today.
⬇️ Here’s how to actually do it without white-knuckling the whole day: ⬇️
1. Turn off email notifications. Not silence. Off.
2. Use your camera without unlocking your phone, or borrow someone else’s. Capture the moment without opening Outlook.
3. Leave your phone in another room. Out of sight matters more than willpower.
4. When the urge to check hits, re-anchor into the moment. Ask a question to your spouse. Sit down by the fire. Savor the cocoa.
5. If you truly have to log in later because of a year-end deadline, remember this: this moment happens once. Email happens every day; this moment only happens once per year.
Work will wait.
These memories will not.
And one more thing...
If you respond to emails on Christmas, you’re training people to expect access to you at all times. That reputation sticks. Choose wisely.
So today, for real, put the phone down.
Choose to disconnect without guilt (even if only for an hour).
Enjoy the moment you worked so hard to protect all year long.
Merry Christmas to all who celebrate. 🎄
12/23/2025
There are a lot of things under the tree that will genuinely do nothing for your life. 😬
I said it.
The bags are nice.
The shoes are cute.
The jewelry is fine.
But I know you.
What you actually want for Christmas is this:
- To not check your email while your kids open gifts
- To not spend Christmas night mentally preparing for work the next day
- To take December 26th off without guilt or explaining yourself
- To drink your coffee slowly instead of bracing for your inbox
- To come back from time off actually rested
- To remember what fun feels like again
Let’s get real.
If this has been your wishlist for years, hoping Santa will bring it isn't a helpful strategy.
Because if it were going to magically fix itself, it already would have.
You do not need more willpower.
You do not need to "try harder".
You do not need another vacation.
You need coaching.
We fix the patterns that keep you reachable, over-responsible, and quietly resentful.
We build boundaries where you can enjoy the week between Christmas and New Years without guilt.
And we make sure your success does not require hustling or burning yourself out.
If you want next year to feel different, this is where it starts.
Not January 1.
Not after busy season.
Now.
If reading this made you nod a little too hard, book a consultation with me.
We’ll get clear on what you want, what’s actually holding you back, and whether working together is the right next move to create change quickly and sustainably.
Because the best gift you can give yourself is a life that does not require burnout in exchange for success.
Message CONSULT to grab your spot on my calendar.
12/22/2025
It's the most wonderful time of the year... Or is it? 🤔
You have been fed the idea that the holidays should be flawless and magical, and then you beat yourself up when reality looks nothing like the Hallmark special in our heads.
The truth: December is hard.
You are juggling:
• Q4 deadlines
• Kids and their wishlist pressure
• Holiday parties where one extra drink turns into one extra regret
• Endless coordinating, cooking, planning, managing
And you wonder why you feel stretched thin and counting down the days until 12/26.
Yes, this time of year can be beautiful.
But let’s tell the truth.
It comes with work, pressure, and invisible responsibility that leaves you feeling stressed out and on the verge of tears.
But what if this year could be different?
What if you could:
• Finish your year-end reviews on time and still make it to your kid’s Nutcracker recital without checking email?
• Take PTO and actually rest instead of panicking about all the gifts you have to buy?
• Enjoy small, intentional moments with your spouse on Christmas Eve without obsessing over the perfect tablescape?
It can be different.
It can be easier.
It can even be better.
Because a less stressed holiday is within your control.
You might not have the tools yet.
But I do.
And we build them inside Freedom, my private 1:1 coaching program for high-achieving women who want more money, more balance, and more life without burning out.
If you want 2026 to look radically different from every year before this, book a consultation now.
We will talk through what is not working, what you want instead, and whether Freedom is the right fit to get you there.
Comment CONSULT and I will send you the link to my calendar.
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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.**
Achelois, a minor Greek goddess, focused on women's health and healing, specifically alleviating stress and other pains. She's the inspiration for my company's name and the muse for how I serve others. At Acheloa, we blend eastern modalities with modern techniques to bring an easily absorbed and attainable approach to reaching your personal and professional goals.
Most of our team's time is focused on co-creating solutions for organizations to spark change within their culture, but we also transform individuals who are ready for real, sustainable change. In the short year we've been standing, we've partnered with brands, such as:
United Nations
Estee Lauder
Ernst & Young
AICPA
The Assemblage
And many, many more!
If you’re ready to incite positive change in your working world, contact us at hello@acheloawellness.com. Let’s create long-lasting impact for generations to come.
