What Happens When You Choose You

The Quiet Burnout No One Talks About

There’s a kind of exhaustion many women carry — not from doing one big thing, but from doing everything all the time. From putting themselves last. From saying yes when their soul is begging for no. From constantly showing up, even when their tank is empty.

I know this burnout well. I lived with it in my years in middle management in a long-term care facility. Even with a background in nutrition, I was running on fumes — giving more than I had to give, day after day.

I thought I was doing what made me “good. ”But what I was really doing was slowly losing myself.

What Changes When You Choose You

Here’s what I’ve come to understand — and what I now teach: When you choose yourself first, everything changes.

Not all at once. It’s subtle at first. A softening. A remembering.

You start to:

• Hear your own voice again

• Notice your true wants and needs

• Feel what rest actually feels like

• Say yes from love, not obligation

• Say no from strength, not guilt

Most importantly? You begin to give from overflow — not depletion.

The resentment fades. The pressure lifts. You’re not giving to prove anything… you’re giving because you’re full, and it feels good to share.

A Sacred Space to Begin Again

This is the heart of why I create retreats.

Women arrive tired. Overwhelmed. Unsure if they even “deserve” this time for themselves.

And by the time they leave, something has shifted: Clarity. Calm. Confidence. A reconnection to self that can’t be bought or rushed.

These weekends aren’t just about rest. They’re about resetting your entire relationship with yourself.

Are You Ready to Choose You?

You don’t need to wait until you’re barely holding it together. You don’t need permission to rest, reconnect, or reclaim your peace.

All you need is the courage to say: “I choose me.”

If you’re ready, I invite you to browse my upcoming retreats: jennprothero.com/wellnessretreats

Or email me directly — I’d love to hear from you:📩 jennprotherowellness@gmail.com

Let this be the moment you begin again. You are worthy. You always have been.