Mihaela Anghel

07/17/2025

Many high-functioning, caring women tell me the same thing:

“I don’t even know what I need anymore. I’m just trying to get through the week.”

That internal disconnection- between who you are and how you live- is what I call the hidden burden.

It looks like:
• Saying yes when your body says no
• Feeling responsible for other people’s emotions
• Overthinking every decision, afraid to get it wrong

Live Unburdened™ is for women ready to name what’s weighing them down- and finally make space for themselves.

Comment "Unburdened” if you want early details.

10/28/2024

I put a hold on a book at the library because everyone talks about it—700 holds. It’s nonfiction, came out six years ago. Still, 700 holds on it! Can you guess which one it is? I'll tell you…😆. It’s Atomic Habits by James Clear. This surprised me—not because I doubt it’s a good book; I’m actually very interested in reading it. It surprised me because it revealed that people are very interested in changing the way they live their lives. People crave transformation, better habits, less thinking, and more action.

It’s not for lack of knowledge that people do not change their lives. There are millions of books like Atomic Habits out there.

So, what is it, then? What keeps people stuck in their way of thinking, feeling, and behaving that makes change so hard and elusive?

09/23/2024

Women know how to be independent.

Women know how to be strong.

What women need to learn now is how to be relaxed.

They need to learn how to find their inner resources- calm, inner peace, energy, playfulness and how to live life from these resources.

They need to prevent getting burnt out.

And they need to recover from burnout if they are over that edge.

I am teaching a FREE workshop this Thursday Sept 26th at 5 PM ET, talking about burnout, recovery and giving away a powerful practice that can ignite a journey of self transformation.

Here's the link to sign up:

A workshop on unlocking your journey to burnout recovery

09/09/2024

We often talk about growth—personal development, financial growth, relationships, and so on.

As a transformational therapist for women, I’ve noticed a stark reality: many women haven’t truly grown up. While they’ve matured biologically, emotionally they remain stuck at various stages of development, often frozen at the age when trauma disrupted their growth.

Some of the women I work with are emotionally stuck at a middle school level, a time when they were bullied. Now, as adults, they struggle with loneliness, lack close friendships, and carry a deep mistrust of others.

Others are stuck in an adolescent stage, characterized by rebellion and confusion. These women often find it difficult to accept guidance or authority and are trapped in cycles of self-doubt and self-deprecation.

As a therapist, it’s clear to me that for women to grow, they first need to "grow up" emotionally.

I am designing a program to guide women on a transformative journey—from the scared little girl they once were to the empowered woman they’re meant to become.

If you're interested in learning more, feel free to reach out.

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08/23/2024

You can’t drink from an empty cup. You want to take care of yourself and those you love, but how are you going to do it if you don’t fuel your mind and soul? If you don’t work to solve your traumas? If you are stuck in your immature parts? Or frozen in your hypermature ones?

Grow. Come to therapy and grow.

08/19/2024

Not worried about this generation at all! My daughter is 11 and takes self care to an art form.
Cleansing her face every night, applying oils, taking care of her nails, along with journaling, meditation and yoga every morning. This is all her doing, I had no part in it.

In her own words: “ You have to take care of yourself, girly pop!”

I love her enthusiasm for body and mind care. For us, adult women, we need to extend these routines to deeper practices of Soul care. This is the work I am passionate about- growing into healed, daring women.

Follow this account for tips on how to do that kind of work.

We have to take care of ourselves, girly pops!

08/15/2024

Once in a while, I like playing turist in my own corner of the world. It makes me open my eyes to wonders around me, to beauties others travel long distances to visit. It brings awe back into the mundane.
Being in awe, cultivating awe is something I strive to do more of. It gives attention to the little girl inside of me so I can be the balanced and daring woman I strive to be.

Picture of me at Niagara Falls.

08/07/2024

As adult women, we have a responsibility to self manage.

A lot of women do not mature because of improper parenting and trauma- but we're still responsible to heal and grow.

When women do not mature, they show up in their lives with anxiety, lack of self esteem, hesitation and indecision, people pleasing, jealousy and comparison, gossiping and putting down, overwork, obsessiveness and overcontrol.

All this can be worked on and overcome.

As adult women, we have the responsibility to grow that little girl inside of us and show her the way to be the woman we can and want to be.

05/31/2024

This is my new favourite mantra!

Good enough. Good enough. Good enough.

The office, current state: piles of papers around the desk, objects that are waiting for a decision- where they'll go and what they'll be.

Good enough.

Status of my projects: in ideation, in progress, dormant, will never get done.

Good enough.

Nutritional value of my kids school lunches: not a green in sight

Good enough.

Self care: cobbled together

Good enough.

Motivation, productivity? Good enough.

All is good enough. I can breathe.

05/31/2024

In session with a client yesterday and she was saying how she does not think she is burnt out because the main cause of her stress is not from her job right now.

We paused.

You can be burnt out by life. It’s such a dumpster fire most days that I am surprised we don’t walk around with singed hair and smelling of smoke.

Relationships
Children
Work
The house, always the house
The world at large and the constant crises

🔥

Life comes at all of us with the heat of a thousand suns.

And all we can do to not burn into oblivion is to hold on to our own Sun- our Core Self.

In there we can find peace.
Acceptance
Courage
Balance

Life burns. We need to learn to not turn into ash in its fire.