Hana Raftery, M.S.

My Story

As a highly sensitive toddler-mom and multi-passionate occupational therapist / yoga teacher / ayurvedic health counselor / solopreneur, I know overwhelm and overstimulation well.

I’ve burned out in all the ways you can imagine. I’ve burned out from pulling all-nighters studying for organic chemistry. I've burned out from pulling all-nighters partying. I've burned out perfecting my application essay for grad school. I’ve burned out from over-giving emotional support to heartbroken friends. I've burned out working unpaid internships. I've burned out from vicarious trauma and compassion fatigue in community mental health work. I've burned out from my own unprocessed grief and trauma. I’ve burned out from people-pleasing at work to win over my boss. I’ve burned out from over-working at multiple jobs simultaneously to figure out a way to pay the bills while following my dream to start my own business. Then I burned out from starting my own business. I’ve burned out from sensory overwhelm. I’ve burned out from the sleepless nights of early motherhood and the endless hours of toddler tantrums.

I used to think something was wrong with me. Why can't I figure out a way to "work less" and "rest more" like they keep telling me?

But there's nothing wrong with me. There is something wrong with the system. The system is set up for us to be chronically overwhelmed and overstimulated. And while it's not our fault that we are burned out and the cause of burnout is much bigger than just one person, I do think there is something we can do about it so that we can feel more pleasure, ease, inspiration, and creativity.

I do know there is a way to feel more ALIVE again.

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