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Your Exhaustion and Burnout Isn't Because You Work Too Many Hours
When life demands too much, and we don't know how to shut it off, we can end up feeling exhausted. If this goes on for too long, it ends in burnout and by then we feel too overwhelmed to know how to change things. This isn't normal, but we can learn how to empower ourselves to change it.
Shelley Owens Schaal
May 254 min read


The Empowered Self (Your New North Star)
Week 12 of the Journey to Self-Empowerment. We've reached the point of really knowing our internal authority and gained the ability to evolve our experience going forward.
Shelley Owens Schaal
May 182 min read


When They Don’t Like the "New You" (Dealing with Pushback)
Week 11 of the Journey to Self-Empowerment. Discover what to do when you experience pushback from those who don't like your new boundaries.
Shelley Owens Schaal
May 113 min read


Who Are You When No One Is Asking?
Week 10 of the Journey to Self-Empowerment. We are now ready to tackle our identify outside of our boundary archetype. Find freedom in being authentic.
Shelley Owens Schaal
May 42 min read


The Inner Circle (Family & Intimacy)
Week 9 of the Journey to Self-Empowerment. Learn why it's hard to hold boundaries with our Inner Circle - our closest loving connections - and how we can navigate our new boundaries without fear.
Shelley Owens Schaal
Apr 272 min read


The Script Book (Work & Social)
Week 8 of the Journey to Self-Empowerment. Learn some scripts to use in your work and personal life to hold your new boundaries and help protect your peace.
Shelley Owens Schaal
Apr 202 min read


Surviving "The Guilt Gap"
Week 7 of the Journey to Self-Empowerment. We explore the Guilt Gap that can happen when we begin to change our behaviour and face the discomfort of the shift.
Shelley Owens Schaal
Apr 132 min read


Walls vs Gates (The Fortress & The Boss)
Week 6 of the Journey to Self-Empowerment. Dive deeper into the Fortress and Boundary Boss archetypes.
Shelley Owens Schaal
Apr 62 min read


Why We Disappear (The Peacekeeper & The Chameleon)
Week 5 of the Journey to Self-Empowerment. Dive deeper into Peacekeeper and Chameleon boundary archetypes.
Shelley Owens Schaal
Mar 302 min read


What Is Your Boundary Style?
Week 4 of the Journey to Self-Empowerment. Take the Official Boundary Style quiz to understand your boundary archetype.
Shelley Owens Schaal
Mar 233 min read


Where Is Your Energy Leaking?
Week 3 of the Journey to Self-Empowerment. Learn how to identify the energy "leaks" that leave us exhausted because we have gaps in our boundaries.
Shelley Owens Schaal
Mar 162 min read


The Twins of Self-Loss
Week 2 of the Journey to Self-Empowerment. Learn why we pay the cost of being "fine" to understand the key to your empowerment.
Shelley Owens Schaal
Mar 92 min read


The High Cost of Being "Fine"
Week 1 of the Journey to Self-Empowerment. Learn why "fine" is the most expensive word in your vocabulary.
Shelley Owens Schaal
Mar 22 min read


Why "Self-Care" Isn’t Fixing Your Burnout
Sometimes we think we are practicing self-care, when what we are really doing is soothing ourselves to attempt to fix what is really a lack of proper boundaries.
Shelley Owens Schaal
Feb 233 min read


The Invisible Load Inventory: Why You’re Tired (And It’s Not Just Lack of Sleep)
The Invisible Load we carry is the real reason we are so tired. As a Highly Sensitive person, it can amplify the background noise that can't be fixed by time management of better productivity.
Shelley Owens Schaal
Feb 162 min read


Not Every Shadow Deserves Our Attention
Where we focus our energy makes a difference. Do you want to amplify the energy of shadow and focus on fear and suffering, or do you want to amplify love and use your energy as medicine for others?
Shelley Owens Schaal
Feb 93 min read


Stop Letting Other People Steal Space in Your Brain
What seems like a simple ask can actually be someone handing over accountability for their thinking. This creates a cognitive load that, for the Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), can result in overwhelm. Recover your peace by learning how to recognize this and change it.
Shelley Owens Schaal
Feb 24 min read


The World is Our Mirror
The eye can't see itself. So we need a mirror to reflect back to us what we want to observe and study. The world is the mirror reflecting back to us the energy we are choosing to send out. Are you willing to accept what that might be?
Shelley Owens Schaal
Jan 263 min read


Reviewing 2025 as a start to 2026 - is it helpful?
Does is help to review the past year like it's a project, or is it better to keep track of our ongoing progress as it's unfolding?
Shelley Owens Schaal
Jan 193 min read


Create the Great
To be the change we want to see, we need to be willing to claim our personal power and hold it strongly while we look for the light.
Shelley Owens Schaal
Jan 123 min read
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