Unburdened

<p>Are you the strong one... and the tired one?</p><p>You're the first to rise. The last to rest. You lead serve carry and succeed-but inside you're running on fumes. If you've ever sacrificed your peace for performance your rest for recognition or your voice to keep the peace <em>Unburdened</em> was written for you.</p><p>In this powerful blend of memoir mindset guide somatic workbook and leadership reset <strong>Dawn Stone MBA MA</strong>-also known as <em>The Conflict Chick™</em>-takes you on a raw reflective and restorative journey to healing. After surviving a silent stroke at the height of her career Dawn chose to stop performing strength and start practicing rest self-trust and emotional sustainability. Now she invites you to do the same.</p><p><em>Unburdened: Break the Cycle of Burnout Perfectionism and People Pleasing</em> helps high-achieving women leaders release the patterns keeping them stuck in cycles of exhaustion. Whether you're a first-gen professional entrepreneur executive caregiver creative or the strong one in your community-this book is your permission slip to come home to yourself.</p><p>Inside these pages you'll uncover how to:</p><ul><li>Recognize the cost of overfunctioning and begin the healing process</li><li>Replace perfectionism with self-compassion and clarity</li><li>Set soul-aligned boundaries without apology</li><li>Understand how your body stores stress-and how to release it</li><li>Use somatic tools to calm your nervous system and reclaim your energy</li><li>Lead with authenticity instead of armor</li><li>Redefine rest as a revolutionary life-giving rhythm</li></ul><p>Drawing on decades of leadership experience neuroscience-backed strategies conflict management and trauma-informed coaching Dawn offers both hard truths and gentle guidance for women who have mastered success but long for sustainability.</p><p>You won't find toxic positivity or hustle culture here. Instead you'll find sacred truth-telling guided reflection real stories and strategies that honor your identity your brilliance and your capacity to lead without breaking.</p><p>This book was written for high-achieving women-many of whom are neurodivergent overwhelmed isolated recovering from trauma or the first to carry their families and communities forward. <em>Unburdened</em> acknowledges the emotional labor cultural expectations and inner pressure that too often go unspoken-and gives language tools and permission to finally lay them down.</p><p>You don't have to earn rest.</p><p> You don't have to fix yourself to feel free.</p><p> You don't have to carry it all to be worthy.</p><p>You are the permission slip.</p><p></p>