Burnt out? Or out of integrity?

If you’re reading this email… chances are, you’re feeling a little burnt out in your business.

Who could blame you?

You say you want ease… but you’ve built a business that only functions in chaos.

Every day you are spending your best energy managing fires that don’t even belong to you.

It might sound harsh, but hear me out:

Your body knows that it is out of integrity.

Burnout isn’t always about overworking, hustling too hard, or juggling too much.

Sometimes it’s about the quiet tension that builds when your days stop matching what you say you value.

That constant heaviness? Might be the cost of self-abandonment.

And if you want to read more about how you can align your business to what you had set out to create.

Think about it:

How many times have you said “yes” to things that instantly make your chest tighten?

Or filling your calendar up with things that you know you resent… but chalk it up to “what’s needed”?

Here’s the part most people don’t want to admit: You created this.

You stopped checking in with yourself when things started “working.”

You outsourced your peace to your productivity and said yes when you meant no because it was easier in the moment.

You ignored the small misalignments that didn’t feel “big enough” to fix.

And now those tiny cracks have turned into leaks.

If you want to shift this, you have to stop waiting for someone else to give you permission.

You have to take responsibility for the system you’ve built, and for the standards you’ve lowered in the name of being “nice,” “available,” or “busy.”

Real leadership means noticing where you’ve betrayed your own values and deciding that ends today.

Here’s where to start:

Audit your energy.

What tasks, relationships, or clients feel heavy, and why are you still tolerating them?

Are they necessary for the growth of your business?

Revisit your values.

What do you say matters most? Does your schedule reflect that?

Tell the truth.

To yourself first. Because you can’t fix what you keep pretending is fine.

Rest won’t fix what misalignment created.

And when you realign, when your days actually match what you value… your energy won’t just return, it’ll multiply.

So the next time you catch yourself saying, “I’m just burnt out,”  ask instead:

Am I tired from doing too much?

Or am I tired from doing the wrong things?

Because one needs rest. The other needs responsibility.

And that’s what real integrity looks like.