Coaching with Lynette

12/28/2025

Caregivers often wait until they’re absolutely falling apart to get support.
But you deserve help before you hit the bottom.

Burnout doesn’t get better by ignoring it —
it gets louder

What would change if you finally chose YOU?
More peace?
More control?
More moments that feel good instead of draining?

Comment “COMEBACK” if you’re ready to do more than just survive. 🌟

12/28/2025

You can't just power through and push through burnout

12/27/2025

The one mistake I see caregivers make over and over — and it’s breaking them.

The one thing you should never do as a caregiver…
is abandon yourself in the name of caring for someone else.

Because what starts as love…
Often turns into self-erasure.

You stop eating.
You stop sleeping.
You stop asking for help.
You stop saying what you need.
You stop existing outside of the roles you fill.

And the world claps for your strength —
While inside, you're unraveling.

⚠️ What happens if you keep doing it:
You’ll keep showing up for everyone… and no one will show up for you.
You’ll keep surviving — but never feel safe enough to actually live.
You’ll start to resent the people you love the most.
Your body will scream what your mouth refuses to say: “I can’t keep doing this.”

🌿 What's possible if you stop:
You get to be a whole human. and have an identity again...while still being the caregiver.
You get to rest without guilt.
You get to live a life that includes you — not just the ones you care for.
You get to teach your family that your needs matter, too.

You are not selfish for wanting to be well. You are wise. And you are needed — whole.

real

12/27/2025

Less than a week until the New Year, will this be the year that you finally decide you matter to?

12/26/2025

12/25/2025

🎄✨ The Hardest Job You Never Applied For

You didn’t apply for this.

There was no job description.
No training.
No interview.
No PTO.
No holiday bonus.

And yet — here you are.
Caring for your parent, your partner, your child, your loved one...
Managing meds, appointments, insurance, finances, family dynamics — all while trying to hold your own life together.

Especially around the holidays, it can feel like you’re holding up everyone else’s season — and barely holding onto yourself.

And in the quiet moments — maybe today, maybe right now — the questions start to creep in:

👉 Am I doing enough?
👉 Why does this feel so heavy — and so lonely?
👉 How much longer can I keep going like this?

This time of year has a way of shining a light on what’s changed.
What’s missing.
What feels harder than we expected.

So, if you’re sitting in that tender in-between — between celebration and sadness, gratitude and grief — I just want to say:

You’re not alone.
You’re not invisible.
You’re carrying more than most people will ever understand.

You didn’t choose this role — but you keep showing up.
In the quiet, unseen ways.
In the middle-of-the-night ways.
In the “no one else noticed, but you did” ways.

And that kind of love?
That’s sacred.

So as this year comes to a close…

💛 I hope you feel seen.
💛 I hope you give yourself the same grace you give everyone else.
💛 I hope you remember that you deserve care too.

And as the new year begins…

If your heart is whispering for more support, more steadiness, more you...
I want you to know — I’m here.
This is the work I do.
This is the work I’ve lived.

Let’s make space for your healing.
For your voice.
For your needs — not just your responsibilities.

You are so much more than a caregiver.
You’re a whole human being.
And you matter.

💬 Let’s talk, just DM me or book a free Clarity Call

https://calendly.com/lynetteweldon/1hour

Sending you love, rest, and peace as we close this year and open the next.
You’re not alone.
Not anymore.

— Lynette 💛

12/24/2025

Christohper was such a great host! I loved our conversation!

Caring for the Caregivers — Lynette Weldon on Burnout, Boundaries, and Finding Your Way Back to Joy

After 36 years of caring for everyone else — from raising a daughter with Down Syndrome to surviving her husband’s addiction and depression — Lynette Weldon learned the hardest truth of all: you can’t pour from an empty cup.

In this episode, Lynette shares how compassion fatigue nearly broke her, what it took to rebuild, and how she helps others rediscover joy and purpose after burnout. We talk about boundaries that actually hold, redefining strength, and why self-care isn’t selfish — it’s survival.

A raw, grounded conversation for anyone who’s ever given too much and forgotten themselves in the process.

🎧 Caring for the Caregivers — only on Dispatched & Dysfunctional.

🌐 Connect with Lynette: LynetteWeldon.com

Facebook / YouTube / TikTok → Coaching With Lynette

Need support right now?

Text or call 988 or visit 988lifeline.org.

You’re not alone — not in this job, not in this fight.

Visit critical-run.com or message the page Dispatched and Dysfunctional to share your story or connect.

We’re building this — for you, for them, for all of us.

🧠 Need support right now? Call or text 988 or visit 988lifeline.org. You’re not alone — not in this job, not in this fight.

📱 Follow us on Facebook: Dispatched and Dysfunctional
🌐 Visit: www.critical-run.com to connect, share your story, or just vent
🎤 Got a call that changed you? Submit your story — we’ll carry it with care (and maybe a little dark humor).

⚠️ Disclaimer: This podcast contains graphic content, emotional storytelling, and dark humor based on real-life EMS and first responder experiences. Listener discretion is advised.
Any medical discussion is personal opinion, not medical advice. Always follow your local protocols, medical direction, and training guidelines.

This podcast isn’t about fairy tales. It’s about real calls, real chaos, and the medics who survive both.
Dispatched & Dysfunctional — because sometimes the worst calls… make the best stories.

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/caring-for-the-caregivers-lynette-weldon-on-burnout/id1823016738?i=1000741811204

12/24/2025

Forget Elf on a Shelf.

1. Exhausted on the Couch

Moves once a day.

Still judging you silently.

Requires snacks to function.

2. Guilt on the Guilt

Shows up uninvited.

Whispers: “You should be doing more.”

Needs to be gently kicked out daily.

3. Coffee on the Counter ☕

Cold. Forgotten. Reheated three times.

Still your most reliable support system.

4. To-Do on the Table

Never gets shorter.

Multiplies overnight.

Laughs when you cross one thing off.

5. Burnout in the Bathroom

Hides in the shower.

Cries quietly so no one hears.

Pretends everything is fine after.

6. Boundary on the Back Burner

You know you need it.

You keep ignoring it.

It will boil over eventually.

7. Resentment in the Reindeer Games

Comes out at family gatherings.

Smiles for photos.

Explodes internally by dessert.

8. Caregiver on the Edge

Still shows up.

Still loves deeply.

Still needs rest more than presents.

If you’re laughing… it’s probably because it’s true.
Be gentle with yourself this season. 💜

12/23/2025

🔥 2026: The Year Caregivers Stop Playing Small

2026 is the Year of the Fire Horse.
And no—this energy doesn’t care how long you’ve been stuck in survival mode.

But here’s the caregiver truth most people won’t say out loud:

The Fire Horse isn’t asking you to do more.
It’s asking you to stop disappearing.

Caregivers have been taught to:
– Wait until everyone else is okay
– Put their needs last (or never)
– Call burnout “just part of the role”
– Call resentment “gratitude issues”
– Call exhaustion “normal”

And for a long time, that made sense.
You were in crisis.
You were in grief.
You were in fight-or-flight.

But here’s where the shift begins.

The Fire Horse doesn’t wait for permission.
It doesn’t say, “I’ll rest when everything settles down.”
(It never fully does.)

It moves—not recklessly, but decisively.
It chooses forward motion over more endurance.

So if your life still looks like:
– “I’ll take care of myself later”
– “This is just how it is now”
– “I don’t have a choice”
– “I’ll focus on me when this season is over”

Let’s name it honestly:

It’s not that you’re incapable.
It’s not that you don’t know better.
It’s that you’ve been conditioned to survive instead of choose.

And the Fire Horse energy of 2026 is done with that story.

This isn’t about hustle.
This isn’t about pushing through.
This isn’t about pretending you’re not tired.

This is about what the Caregiver Comeback has always been about:

✨ Awareness instead of autopilot
✨ Boundaries instead of burnout
✨ Emotional healing instead of silent resentment
✨ Choice instead of martyrdom

The Fire Horse rewards caregivers who:
– Decide they matter before everything is fixed
– Take one bold step instead of waiting for clarity
– Stop calling self-abandonment “selflessness”
– Choose relief without guilt

You don’t need another crisis to justify change.
You don’t need permission.
You don’t need to be fully healed first.

You need to move one notch out of survival.

Confidence doesn’t come first for caregivers.
Relief does.
And relief comes when you choose yourself on purpose.

So here’s the real question 2026 is asking you:

🔥 Are you finally ready to stop surviving the life you’re in?
🔥 Or will you keep watching other caregivers reclaim themselves while telling yourself it’s “not your turn yet”?

This year isn’t about burning it all down.
It’s about burning away what’s been costing you your life force.

The Fire Horse is moving.
And you don’t have to run.

But you do have to choose.

12/23/2025

🎄 A Caregiver’s Christmas Week To-Do List

✔️ Lower the bar.
This is not the year for perfection. This is the year for enough.

✔️ Take care of the basics first.
Eat something. Drink water. Sleep when you can. These count as wins.

✔️ Say no without explaining.
You are allowed to protect your energy this week.

✔️ Expect mixed emotions.
Joy and grief can exist at the same time. Both are valid.

✔️ Let something go.
A tradition. A comparison. A “should.” You don’t have to carry it all.

✔️ Create one quiet moment.
Even 5 minutes counts. Silence is medicine.

✔️ Accept help if it’s offered.
You don’t need to prove how strong you are right now.

✔️ Remember who you are beyond caregiving.
You are still a whole person — not just the one holding everything together.

✔️ Be gentle with yourself.
Grief is heavier during the holidays. Go slower.

✔️ Remind yourself:
“I am doing the best I can with what I have — and that is enough.”

Save this if you need a reminder or share it with a caregiver who needs support right now.