Dr. Jameca CooperForensic Psychology Consultant, Emergence Psychological Services · Board Certified Counseling Psychologist and Forensic Psychology Consultant

Don’t Recognize Yourself? Do This. #burnoutrecovery #futureself #highachievingwomen #selfcare

14 Jun 2025 · 1 min

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Dr. Jameca Cooper explains how burnout makes high-achieving women feel unrecognizable, then offers a reflective exercise: write three qualities you appreciate about yourself and three you want to develop. Your original energetic self is still there, just buried.

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Have you ever looked in the mirror and said, who is this person? You don't even recognize yourself anymore. Why? Because being burned out has changed you. What happened to the energetic, hopeful, likable person that you used to be? Well, she's still there. She's just buried underneath. And on top, what you see is fatigue and exhaustion. What I would like for you to do tonight is to jot down 3 things you like about yourself and also jot down 3 things that you might want to see in the future version of yourself. In my course, in Module 5, the Future Self Alignment really helps you get in touch and reflect on the current version of you as well as the future version of you.