I had a client recently who talked for the entire session. Not about anything related to their body. Not about the pain in their shoulder or what had changed since last time. They talked about their week, their neighbour, something they had seen on television, a conversation they had replayed in their mind, things they were planning, things they were worried about. A continuous, warm, well-intentioned stream and they left saying the session had not really done much. I was not

Most people who come to me burnt out do not come in saying they are burnt out. They come in saying their shoulders are always tight. That they have not slept properly in months. That they feel wired but exhausted at the same time like they cannot switch off, but also cannot find the energy to do anything. They come in because their body has started doing things they cannot explain, and rest alone is not fixing it. That last part is important. Burnout is not solved by rest. It