Faith Abshire, PLPC - Counseling & Coaching

Faith Abshire, PLPC - Counseling & Coaching Located at The Authenticity Center. BURNOUT SPECIALIST
Supporting overwhelmed individuals, parents, couples and professionals
Restoring nervous system capacity.

Passion for neurodivergence. Whole person approach: mind, body, spirit, and environment.

When kids see their parents communicating with respect, choosing each other daily, and coming together after conflict, t...
03/31/2026

When kids see their parents communicating with respect, choosing each other daily, and coming together after conflict, they learn emotional safety from the inside out.

They learn what a healthy relationship looks like before they ever have one of their own. They learn they have a safe space to truly be themselves.

Your marriage is the first love story your children will ever witness.

Make it one worth watching. 💛

When a husband and wife are thriving — connected, communicating, genuinely invested in one another — that energy flows o...
03/31/2026

When a husband and wife are thriving — connected, communicating, genuinely invested in one another — that energy flows outward. Into how they parent. Into how they show up at work. Into how they treat the people around them.

The health of your marriage is not a private matter.

It's a gift to everyone you touch. 💛

A healthy marriage isn't just a personal blessing. It's the foundation from which everything else grows. How you parent....
03/29/2026

A healthy marriage isn't just a personal blessing. It's the foundation from which everything else grows. How you parent. How you show up at work. How you love your community.
After walking alongside individuals, couples, and families, I'm narrowing my focus to the place where I believe the most meaningful healing begins — your marriage.

When that root gets stronger, everything that grows from it changes.

I'm Faith Abshire, and I'm here to help you build that. 💛

Book a free consultation

🚫 A week off work 🚫 Better time management 🚫 Meditation apps 🚫 More discipline 🚫 A different job (if you're taking the s...
03/19/2026

🚫 A week off work
🚫 Better time management
🚫 Meditation apps
🚫 More discipline
🚫 A different job (if you're taking the same nervous system with you)
🚫 Just 'learning to say no'
🚫 Pushing through until you feel better

These things are not bad. They're just not enough on their own.

Real recovery is physiological. It happens in the body, in relationship, and in the patterns you've been running since long before this job, this season, this year.

The problem is: — A culture that equates worth with productivity — A nervous system that was never taught to regulate — ...
03/17/2026

The problem is:
— A culture that equates worth with productivity
— A nervous system that was never taught to regulate
— Unresolved trauma that keeps the threat response on high
— Patterns of saying "Yes" that make saying "No" feel dangerous or too difficult
— Not making rest and enjoyable activities a priority

Real recovery means addressing these root causes — not just learning to manage stress better.

Here are the signs it's time to get professional support:🔴 You've been feeling this way for more than 3 months 🔴 Nothing...
03/16/2026

Here are the signs it's time to get professional support:

🔴 You've been feeling this way for more than 3 months
🔴 Nothing you try makes a lasting difference
🔴 It's affecting your relationships and ability to function or show up the way you want
🔴 You lose patience quickly for situations that don't typically frustrate you.
🔴 You notice depression, anxiety, or feeling "numb"
🔴 You're using things like alcohol, caffeine, food, or screens to escape or cope
🔴 You're having trouble sleeping and/or focusing

Asking for help is not giving up. It's the most strategic thing you can do. Let's work together to create a strategy for the YOU, you want to be.

Burnout doesn't just steal your energy. It steals your sense of self. Your joy. Your curiosity.Healing from burnout isn'...
03/13/2026

Burnout doesn't just steal your energy.
It steals your sense of self. Your joy. Your curiosity.
Healing from burnout isn't just about rest.
It's about reconnecting with who you are underneath all the doing.
Filling your cup.
What's something that used to light you up that you've let go of?

Here's how it works:+You set impossibly high standards+You work relentlessly to meet them+Nothing ever quite feels "enou...
03/12/2026

Here's how it works:
+You set impossibly high standards
+You work relentlessly to meet them
+Nothing ever quite feels "enough"
+So you push harder
+Your system depletes further
+You interpret depletion as failure
+So you try even harder
+Repeat until collapse

Perfectionism isn't about standards. It's about trying to feel safe through achievement.
And no amount of achievement will ever create the safety your nervous system is actually looking for.

Whether you're caring for aging parents, a child with special needs, a partner struggling with health issues, or all thr...
03/10/2026

Whether you're caring for aging parents, a child with special needs, a partner struggling with health issues, or all three at once-
You cannot pour from an empty cup.
Caregiver burnout is one of the most overlooked and least-supported forms of depletion out there. And the people experiencing it are often the last ones to ask for help.
You deserve support too. Not after everyone else is okay....NOW

Some signs to lookout for: 🚨 You dread Monday 🚨 Small tasks feel impossible 🚨 You've become cynical about work you used ...
03/10/2026

Some signs to lookout for:

🚨 You dread Monday
🚨 Small tasks feel impossible
🚨 You've become cynical about work you used to care about
🚨 You're making more mistakes than usual
🚨 You feel detached - like you're just going through the motions
🚨 Your identity feels wrapped up in your productivity
🚨 Days off don't help - you can't disconnect

This isn't a motivation problem. This is your system asking for help.

Let's talk about parent burnout — because it's real and it's rarely talked about.You can love your kids with your whole ...
03/06/2026

Let's talk about parent burnout — because it's real and it's rarely talked about.
You can love your kids with your whole heart AND be completely burned out by parenting.
These are not contradictory.

Parent burnout looks like: — Dreading the morning or homework routine — Fantasizing about being alone (yep that mean's you, sitting in your car in the driveway scrolling on your phone 🙃 — Going through the motions emotionally — Feeling trapped or resentful — Exhaustion that sleep doesn't fix — Low tolerance for challenging behaviors — Feeling like you always have to be "on"

You're not a bad parent. You're a depleted human. Let's get you some support.

Here's what nobody tells you about burnout:It's not about your schedule. It's about your nervous system's capacity.Think...
03/05/2026

Here's what nobody tells you about burnout:
It's not about your schedule. It's about your nervous system's capacity.
Think of it like a battery:
🔋 Stress drains it
🔋 Unresolved trauma lowers its baseline capacity
🔋 Chronic perfectionism or people-pleasing drains it without you noticing
🔋 Poor sleep, nutrition, and movement wreak havoc even further

When your battery is perpetually low, even small stressors feel catastrophic. Not because you're weak — because you're depleted.
The goal isn't to manage your calendar better. It's to rebuild your capacity.

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