Spence Counseling Alliance, PLLC

Spence Counseling Alliance, PLLC Helping guide people through pain towards truth, healing and abundance. Offering Telehealth, in person and outdoor movement therapy on the Eastside.

You don’t need more self-care.You need a system reset.Burnout in midlife doesn’t always look like collapse.Sometimes it ...
11/29/2025

You don’t need more self-care.
You need a system reset.

Burnout in midlife doesn’t always look like collapse.
Sometimes it looks like…

✨ Managing everyone else’s needs but forgetting your own
✨ Feeling invisible even when you’re constantly “on”
✨ Cancelling plans to rest… then guilt-tripping yourself for resting

This isn’t you failing.
It’s the result of decades of being the emotional glue.

But here’s the truth no one’s told you:
Burnout isn’t a personal flaw.
It’s a loop you were trained into.
And it can be unlearned.

💬 Comment EXPAND and I’ll DM you my free guide:
5 Boundary Breakdowns Every Midlife Mom Needs to Stop (Like, Yesterday)

It’s time to name the pattern — so you can finally step out of it.

Midlife burnout doesn’t always look like a breakdown.Most of the time, it looks like this:Nodding “yes” while your body ...
11/26/2025

Midlife burnout doesn’t always look like a breakdown.
Most of the time, it looks like this:

Nodding “yes” while your body screams “no.”
Smiling while you’re seething.
Holding it all together — while you quietly fall apart.

If that’s you… you’re not crazy. You’re conditioned.
And the fix isn’t more time or a better planner — it’s boundaries.

But not the kind you learned in therapy and forgot how to apply.
The kind you build when you finally understand your pattern.

That’s why I created the Boundary Archetype Starter Kit —
a therapist-designed tool to help you stop burning out by default and start responding from a place of clarity and power.

🛒 Tap the link in bio to get the Starter Kit now — and finally put yourself back in the equation.

11/22/2025

This kind of advice?
🚩 It’s not just outdated — it’s infuriating.

You are not burnt out because you skipped a bath.
You’re burnt out because:

– You’ve spent decades overfunctioning for everyone but yourself
– You’ve been taught that rest is selfish
– And no one ever gave you a script for saying “no” without a side of shame

What you need isn’t “me time.”
What you need is a framework for actually reclaiming your energy.

As a licensed therapist and midlife mom who crawled out of the same cycle, here’s what I recommend instead:

💥 Start here:
– Say no before you break
– Rest without earning it
– Learn your boundary archetype so you can stop repeating the burnout loop

That’s exactly what I built the Boundary Archetype Starter Kit for — so you can finally see your pattern and shift it for good.

💬 Comment BOUNDARY and I’ll send you the link to grab it.

It’s not scented candles and gratitude lists.
It’s real tools for midlife women who are done carrying it all.

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640 NW Gilmand Boulevard, #101
Issaquah, WA
98027

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Monday 1pm - 6pm
Tuesday 9am - 6pm
Wednesday 1pm - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6pm
Friday 9am - 12pm

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