Burnout Recovery & Vegetarian Slimming World — Mind, Body & Soul
Embracing your worth while aspiring to be better.
Finding My Way Through Fatigue & Burnout
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My Mission
Welcome to Jacqueline’s Journal: Nothing But Love — my personal journey through exhaustion and burnout, and towards recovery with kindness, self-compassion and hope.
Burnout is often associated with work. For me, the prolonged stress has come from my personal life.
I love my work as a trauma psychotherapist. What has worn me down is the ongoing struggle of navigating legal systems, fighting for answers and trying to ensure the truth is heard.
These matters are still ongoing, so I cannot share the details yet. When they are concluded and I am able to speak openly, I intend to tell my story. For now, I can share what this experience has meant for me — and how I am learning to care for myself through it.
This journal begins with exhaustion, but it also makes room for hope.
It is a supportive space for women, particularly those over 40, who feel depleted by life’s demands and long to feel more like themselves again.
Here, I share my experience of nurturing mind, body and soul:
- Mind: making space for emotions, easing self-criticism and approaching myself with compassion.
- Body: honouring my need for rest, respecting my energy and nourishing myself.
- Soul: reconnecting with joy, finding comfort in everyday moments and rediscovering what matters to me.
Menopause, emotional eating and my vegetarian Slimming World weight-loss journey remain part of my story. But my focus now is recovery — learning what supports me, allowing myself to rest and releasing the pressure to do everything.
As a trauma psychotherapist and retired NHS mental health nurse, I have spent many years supporting others. This journal is also about giving myself the care and understanding I so readily offer to someone else.
I am sharing this journey as a woman living through it, with days of progress, days of frustration and days when rest is enough.
Through Nothing But Love, I am exploring a kinder relationship with myself — one that makes room for vulnerability, boundaries, pleasure and hope.
If you are tired of holding everything together, you are welcome here.
💛 Recovery begins with allowing yourself care, one day at a time.
Welcome to Jacqueline's Journal
Mind
Mind
Mind
When you are exhausted or experiencing burnout, finding motivation and thinking clearly can feel difficult.
Here, I explore how to nurture mental wellbeing with patience and self-compassion, without the pressure to stay positive or push through.
Through my own recovery journey, I share reflections on understanding emotions, quietening sel
When you are exhausted or experiencing burnout, finding motivation and thinking clearly can feel difficult.
Here, I explore how to nurture mental wellbeing with patience and self-compassion, without the pressure to stay positive or push through.
Through my own recovery journey, I share reflections on understanding emotions, quietening self-criticism, setting boundaries and allowing the mind to rest. Gentle mindfulness and moments of calm are part of this exploration, with space to discover what feels helpful for you.
This is a place to feel understood, reconnect with yourself and make room for hope — one manageable step at a time.
Body
Mind
Mind
Fatigue and exhaustion have changed how I care for my body. This part of my journal follows my vegetarian Slimming World journey, with nourishment, rest and self-compassion at its heart.
I share simple recipes, manageable meal ideas and ways to make eating well feel easier when energy is limited. I also explore gentle activity when it feel
Fatigue and exhaustion have changed how I care for my body. This part of my journal follows my vegetarian Slimming World journey, with nourishment, rest and self-compassion at its heart.
I share simple recipes, manageable meal ideas and ways to make eating well feel easier when energy is limited. I also explore gentle activity when it feels right, listening to my body and respecting its need for rest.
Weight loss remains part of my story, alongside learning to care for myself without pressure or perfection. Some days, progress means preparing a nourishing meal; on others, it means allowing myself to rest. Both deserve kindness.
Soul
Mind
Soul
When life has left you exhausted, the things you once enjoyed can feel distant.
This part of my journal is about gently reconnecting with what brings comfort, meaning and a sense of belonging.
I share moments that nourish my soul — time in nature, creativity, companionship and quiet moments of peace.
Sometimes that means visiting somewhere
When life has left you exhausted, the things you once enjoyed can feel distant.
This part of my journal is about gently reconnecting with what brings comfort, meaning and a sense of belonging.
I share moments that nourish my soul — time in nature, creativity, companionship and quiet moments of peace.
Sometimes that means visiting somewhere beautiful; sometimes it is simply watching the garden, listening to music or enjoying the company of someone I love.
There is no pressure to feel happy or fill every day with activity.
This is about making room for small moments of comfort and rediscovering joy at my own pace, with Nothing But Love.