Boundaries Over Burnout | Stress, Biblical Encouragement, High-Functioning Anxiety, People Pleasing, Purpose

Twana Thomas
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Tired in a way no vacation has ever fixed? You sleep and wake up still exhausted. You smile at work and cry in your car. You hold everything together for everyone and feel like you are falling apart alone. Boundaries Over Burnout is the podcast for the high-achieving Christian woman who is good at her demanding career but has completely lost herself in the process. Here is the truth no one told you. You are not burned out because you do too much. You are burned out because you are buried in the wrong things. The busywork you took on to feel worthy is draining you, while the work God actually made you for sits waiting. When you get still and hear him, the exhaustion starts to lift. Hosted by Twana Thomas, a former Fortune 500 risk manager who left corporate to help women do the same. Twana used to protect billion-dollar systems. Now she teaches you how to protect yourself. She knows this road because she lived it, all the way to scheduling surgery just to have an excuse to sit down. Each week you will learn how to stop people pleasing and stop letting everyone else's opinion run your life. How to set the boundaries you should have set years ago. How to manage your stress and heal from what a toxic work environment did to your mind and your body. How to quiet the anxiety, stop overthinking, and trust God with the dream you put down because someone said it would never make money. Twana brings biblical encouragement and real talk to help you rest in who God says you are and finally step into the life he already has for you. If you are ready to stop earning your worth and start living in your purpose, you are in the right place. Close the laptop, put your phone on do not disturb, and hit follow. New here? Start with the free 5-day anxiety reset at www.boundariesoverburnout.com.

  1. 6d ago

    Dating a Narcissist: How Setting Boundaries Saved My Peace

    Have you ever stayed in a situation longer than you should have because you felt obligated by what someone spent on you? Do you have backup plans in place when you go on a date, or are you depending entirely on his promises? When is the last time you felt a check in your spirit and ignored it because he seemed nice? Episode Highlights In this episode, I take you inside a real date gone wrong and show you how spotting narcissist red flags and using risk management saved my peace, my safety, and my sanity. He promised valet, dinner, and the princess treatment. What I got was a drunk man throwing a tantrum because I prioritized setting boundaries and booked my own room. I walk you through a full RCSA audit you can apply to dating, your job, and any situation where a toxic promise is the only thing standing between you and a bad outcome. Part 3: Resources and Links Mentioned Scriptures referenced: Proverbs 4:23: Guard your heart for everything you do flows from it Proverbs 22:3: The prudent see danger and take refuge Free Resource: Peace of Mind Runway Assessment at www.boundariesoverburnout.com Book a Free 15 Minute Strategy Session: www.boundariesoverburnout.com Part 4: Connect With Twana + Next Steps Contact: twanalthomas@boundariesoverburnout.com Facebook and LinkedIn: search Twana Thomas Website: www.boundariesoverburnout.com Step 1: DM me the word AUDIT on Facebook or LinkedIn if you have a dating story that taught you about boundaries. I want to hear it. Step 2: Do the RCSA this week. Name your risk. Set your controls. Check with the Spirit. Make one decision. Step 3: Share this episode with every woman you know who is dating right now.

    11 min

  2. Jun 27

    Burnout Recovery: What I Learned When God Went Silent

    Have you ever prayed and felt like absolutely nobody was listening? When you are exhausted and searching for burnout recovery, feeling abandoned by God can make the isolation even worse. If you have been hustling for a breakthrough but only hearing silence, this episode offers bible encouragement and a raw look at what happens when we skip rest and go straight for purpose. In this episode, I open up my personal journal from a season where God went completely quiet. We discuss what that silence taught me about His character, why your anger is a valid prayer, and how obedience is never a transaction. I also walk you through the RCSA framework to help you audit your spiritual life, set boundaries, and finally tune into the still, small voice you have been too anxious to hear. Part 3: Resources and Links Mentioned Scriptures referenced: Psalm 13: How long, Lord? Psalm 22: My God, my God, why have You forsaken me? Lamentations: Pouring out honest pain 1 Kings 19: The still, small voice Free Resource: How to Stop High-Functioning Anxiety and Find Peace — grab the free 5-day reset at www.boundariesoverburnout.com. If burnout and anxiety are driving you to hustle for a blessing, this reset is your starting line. Book a Free 15-Minute Strategy Session: www.boundariesoverburnout.com — if you are overwhelmed and feeling stuck in a silent season, let's talk. No pitch. Just an honest conversation to help you find your footing. Part 4: Connect With Twana + Next Steps Contact: twanalthomas@boundariesoverburnout.com for topic ideas or to be a guest on the show. Social Media: Find me on Facebook and LinkedIn — search Twana Thomas and send me a connect or a follow. Website: www.boundariesoverburnout.com Step 1: DM me the word SILENCE on Facebook or LinkedIn if this episode hit home. Tell me one way you are intentionally seeking stillness this week. I read every message. Step 2: Start the free 5-Day Reset at www.boundariesoverburnout.com. Then, open your journal tonight and do your RCSA audit (Risk, Control, Soul, Assessment). Step 3: Share this episode with a woman in your life who is burned out and feeling forgotten. She needs to hear that He is in the silence.

    12 min

  3. Jun 23

    Overcoming Burnout: How Letting AI Think for You Costs Your Credibility

    Are you noticing burnout symptoms and relying on AI to produce content because you are too exhausted to write it yourself? Overcoming burnout requires honesty about where we are cutting corners. If your authentic voice has been replaced by generic captions, it is time for a new approach to stress management. In this episode, I get honest about the AI generated book ads I created during a season of extreme fatigue and what they taught me about the difference between using AI as a helpful tool and depending on it entirely. I prioritized speed and aimed to feel productive without having to do any actual thinking. When I reviewed the final product, it did not look or sound like me, and it failed to convey my actual message. I ended up deleting those ads. This is the story of what happens when exhaustion dictates your decisions. I am walking you through a simple, practical framework to help you audit your own content, start setting boundaries, and protect your credibility. If you are outsourcing your writing to a machine because you are simply too tired to do the work, this episode is for you. Part 3: Resources and Links Mentioned Scriptures referenced: Luke 10:38-42: Martha and Mary Psalm 103:14: He knows our frame, He remembers we are dust Free Resource: How to Stop High Functioning Anxiety and Find Peace. Grab the free 5 day reset at www.boundariesoverburnout.com. If burnout and anxiety are driving you to take shortcuts or lose your authentic voice, this reset is your first step. Book a Free 15 Minute Strategy Session: www.boundariesoverburnout.com. If you are overwhelmed and letting tools do the thinking because you cannot handle one more decision today, let us talk. No pitch. Just an honest conversation to help you regain control. Part 4: Connect With Twana + Next Steps Contact: twanalthomas@boundariesoverburnout.com for topic ideas or to be a guest on the show. Social Media: Find me on Facebook and LinkedIn by searching Twana Thomas and send me a connect or a follow. Website: www.boundariesoverburnout.com Step 1: DM me the word VOICE on Facebook or LinkedIn if this episode resonated with you. Tell me one boundary you are setting on your AI use this week. I read every message. Step 2: Start the free 5 Day Reset at www.boundariesoverburnout.com. Then, open your journal tonight and do your content audit. Read your last five posts out loud and delete or rewrite the ones that do not sound like you. Step 3: Share this episode with a woman in your life who is burned out and producing content at a pace that is costing her credibility.

    10 min

  4. Jun 17

    Stressed Out and Building Alone? Why We Ghost Each Other and How to Show Up Instead

    Did you send a message to a woman who preaches sisterhood online and she never replied? Are you building something new alone wondering why the sisterhood everyone talks about online never seems to include you? When is the last time you showed up for another woman in business without being asked or expecting anything back? In this episode I am getting honest about the loneliness of building alone and what I learned about community when I got humble enough to ask for help. I left a system that overlooked me and the first woman I reached out to who looked like me and talked about sisterhood locked the door from the inside. She viewed my profile, posted a coaching promo, and never replied. I spent months hinting at what I needed, liking posts hoping someone would notice, mentioning what I was building hoping someone would offer to help. I was too proud to ask directly. Then a mentor sat down with me over lunch after my layoff and that conversation helped me more than months of silent struggling. When I finally started asking directly and I got more yes answers. This is the story of the One Seat at the Table mentally we learned in corporate, the moment I stopped trying to be independent and started building real community. I have something to say to both the woman who was ghosted and the woman doing the ghosting. If you are building alone and bitter about it, this episode is for you and for her. Scriptures referenced: 1 John 4:7 — Love one another for love comes from God Galatians 6:2 — Carry each other's burdens Galatians 6:7 — You reap what you sow Proverbs 27:17 — As iron sharpens iron so one person sharpens another Free Resource: Download the Peace of Mind Runway Calculator at www.boundariesoverburnout.com — if the paycheck fear is what is keeping you stuck right now, this tool will show you exactly how many months you could survive without it. It takes 2 minutes. Book a Free 15-Minute Strategy Session at www.boundariesoverburnout.com — if you are in the middle of this season right now and you do not know what your next step is, let's talk. No pitch. Just an honest conversation with someone who has been exactly where you are. Related Episodes: Episode 2: Feeling Overwhelmed? How to Set Boundaries That Protect Your Calling Episode 3: Burnout Recovery: What God Taught Me When I Lost the Paycheck I Was Afraid to Lose Part 4: Connect With Twana + Next Steps Contact → twanalthomas@boundariesoverburnout.com for topic ideas or to be a guest on the show. Find me on Facebook and LinkedIn — search Twana Thomas and send me a connect or a follow. Website → www.boundariesoverburnout.com Step 1: DM me the word TABLE on Facebook or LinkedIn if this episode hit home. Tell me one woman you are going to show up for this week. I read every message. Step 2: Download the free Peace of Mind Runway Calculator at www.boundariesoverburnout.com. If the fear of losing your income is the thing keeping you stuck, you need to see your real number. Step 3: Share this episode with the woman in your life who is building alone and needs to hear she is not the only one. Then go show up for one woman today without being asked.

    12 min

  5. Jun 13

    Burnout Recovery: 3 Ways Your Stress is Costing Your Relationships

    Are you noticing burnout symptoms in yourself and realizing your family is absorbing your workplace stress? If you are providing support for everyone else but struggling to find relief, it is time to prioritize stress management techniques. When you feel too drained to find a supportive community, burnout recovery begins with changing your environment. In this episode, I share how my severe burnout affected the people around me and how attending a new event ended four months of feeling unable to move forward. I led a team and failed to realize my stress was transferring to them. The group shifted from confident to anxious, and I initially blamed them before recognizing I was the source. Following a surgery, my cousin told me to recover quickly because she could not handle seeing me unwell. I realized my exhaustion impacted every person close to me. Later, I attended a writers conference, and being surrounded by people actively pursuing their goals changed my mindset in a single weekend. I also provide bible encouragement by analyzing a specific detail in Mark chapter 4. We look at the other boats in the storm that received peace simply because of their physical proximity to the boat carrying Jesus. If your stress negatively affects the people you love and you need to change your surroundings, this episode is for you. Part 3: Resources and Links Mentioned Scriptures referenced: Mark 4:35-41: Jesus calms the storm and the other boats receive peace through proximity Mark 4:36: There were also other boats with Him Free Resource: Download the Peace of Mind Runway Calculator at www.boundariesoverburnout.com. If the fear of losing your paycheck is preventing you from making a change right now, this tool will show you exactly how many months you could survive without it. It takes 2 minutes. Book a Free 15 Minute Strategy Session: www.boundariesoverburnout.com. If you are experiencing this right now and do not know your next step, let us talk. No pitch. Just an honest conversation with someone who has been exactly where you are. Related Episodes: Episode 1: Christian Women: Stop Waiting Until Retirement to Write Your Book Episode 2: Feeling Overwhelmed? How to Set Boundaries That Protect Your Calling Part 4: Connect With Twana + Next Steps Contact: twanalthomas@boundariesoverburnout.com for topic ideas or to be a guest on the show. Social Media: Find me on Facebook and LinkedIn by searching Twana Thomas and send me a connect or a follow. Website: www.boundariesoverburnout.com Step 1: DM me the word ROOM on Facebook or LinkedIn if this episode describes your life. Tell me who you are near right now and what needs to change. I read every message. Step 2: Download the free Peace of Mind Runway Calculator at www.boundariesoverburnout.com. If the fear of losing your income is preventing you from making a change, you need to see your real number. Step 3: Share this episode with a woman you know who is supporting everyone else and has no one supporting her. She needs to hear that proximity to the right environment can improve her situation.

    13 min

  6. Jun 10

    Bible Encouragement: Trusting God's Timing When You Feel Burned Out

    Have you ever felt God show you something so clearly that you got excited and then months went by with nothing happening? Are you starting to wonder if you made the whole thing up because you have been waiting so long with zero evidence that anything is growing? Do you keep forcing doors and overthinking every detail because sitting still feels like falling behind? In this episode I am sharing what God taught me through growing my first raised bed garden and why every step of planting. The soil I needed, cracking, soaking, burying, darkness, false growth, and waiting. This is exactly what He is doing in your life right now. I went out and bought a raised bed to grow healthy food for my daughter and me.  God used every part of that process to show me what He was doing in my calling. The hole at the bottom that drains excess water. The soil that has to be right before anything gets planted. The seeds that have to be soaked or cracked open before they can grow. The depth of the planting depending on the size of the harvest. The darkness underground where all the real work happens. The false growth that comes up first and looks real but is not  (just like the darnel in Matthew 13 that the enemy plants to look like wheat before the real harvest comes). I almost gave up staring at dirt thinking nothing was happening while God was building a root system I could not see. This episode will change how you see your waiting season. If God gave you a dream and you are starting to lose faith because nothing seems to be happening, this episode is for you. Scriptures referenced: Isaiah 43:19 — See, I am doing a new thing. Now it springs up. Do you not perceive it? Mark 4:26-29 — The seed growing secretly; the soil produces grain by itself Matthew 13:24-30 — The Wheat and the Tares; the enemy plants darnel that looks like wheat Galatians 6:9 — Do not grow weary in doing good; in due season you will reap if you do not give up Habakkuk 2:3 — The vision awaits its appointed time. It will not be late. Wait for it. Free Resource: Download the Peace of Mind Runway Calculator at www.boundariesoverburnout.com — if the paycheck fear is what is keeping you stuck right now, this tool will show you exactly how many months you could survive without it. It takes 2 minutes. Book a Free 15-Minute Strategy Session at www.boundariesoverburnout.com — if you are in the middle of this season right now and you do not know what your next step is, let's talk. No pitch. Just an honest conversation with someone who has been exactly where you are. Related Episodes: Episode 1: Christian Women: Stop Waiting Until Retirement to Write Your Book Episode 2: Feeling Overwhelmed? How to Set Boundaries That Protect Your Calling Part 4: Connect With Twana + Next Steps Contact → twanalthomas@boundariesoverburnout.com for topic ideas or to be a guest on the show. Find me on Facebook and LinkedIn — search Twana Thomas and send me a connect or a follow. Website → www.boundariesoverburnout.com Step 1: DM me the word PLANTED on Facebook or LinkedIn if this episode described your life. Tell me what you have been waiting on God for. I read every message. Step 2: Download the free Peace of Mind Runway Calculator at www.boundariesoverburnout.com. If the fear of losing your income is the thing keeping you stuck, you need to see your real number. Step 3: Share this episode with a woman you know who is about to give up on something God gave her because she has been waiting too long and cannot see any growth. She needs to hear this before she pulls her seed out of the ground.

    14 min

  7. Jun 3

    Burnout Recovery: What God Taught Me When I Lost the Paycheck I Was Afraid to Lose

    Have you ever used a sick day just to sit in absolute silence because you had no other excuse to stop? Are you so afraid of losing your income that you keep tolerating a job that is stealing your health and your peace? Do you know something has to change but you cannot figure out how to move when the bills depend on you staying right where you are?   In this episode I am sharing the full story of how burnout almost took me out and what God did when I finally stopped trying to fix it myself. I once scheduled an elective surgery partly so I would have a medical excuse to rest. I sat in a chair with the heat on, a book in my lap, everything set up for peace, and my mind still would not stop. So I opened my journal and wrote the most desperate prayer of my life. Three days later God answered it in a way I did not see coming. This is the story of the breaking point, the prayer, the Zoom call where my manager expected tears and got peace, and the choice I had to make when I hit the fork in the road — chase another paycheck or trust the God who just showed up exactly how I asked. If something is stealing your peace and you are still tolerating it, this episode is for you. Scriptures referenced: Psalm 23:1 — The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want Exodus 14:14 — The Lord will fight for you; be still John 15:5 — I am the vine; you are the branches Philippians 1:6 — He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion Genesis 2:2 — God rested on the seventh day Free Resource: Download the Peace of Mind Runway Calculator at www.boundariesoverburnout.com — if the paycheck fear is what is keeping you stuck right now, this tool will show you exactly how many months you could survive without it. It takes 2 minutes. Book a Free 15-Minute Strategy Session at www.boundariesoverburnout.com — if you are in the middle of this season right now and you do not know what your next step is, let's talk. No pitch. Just an honest conversation with someone who has been exactly where you are. Related Episodes: Episode 1: Christian Women: Stop Waiting Until Retirement to Write Your Book Episode 2: Feeling Overwhelmed? How to Set Boundaries That Protect Your Calling Part 4: Connect With Twana + Next Steps Contact → twanalthomas@boundariesoverburnout.com for topic ideas or to be a guest on the show. Find me on Facebook and LinkedIn — search Twana Thomas and send me a connect or a follow. Website → www.boundariesoverburnout.com Step 1: DM me the word PEACE on Facebook or LinkedIn if this episode described your life. Tell me where you are in your season. I read every message. Step 2: Download the free Peace of Mind Runway Calculator at www.boundariesoverburnout.com. If the fear of losing your income is the thing keeping you stuck, you need to see your real number. Step 3: Share this episode with a woman you know who is tolerating something that is stealing her peace because she is afraid of what she will lose if she stops. She needs to hear this story.

    10 min

  8. Jun 3

    Overwhelmed? How to Set Boundaries That Protect Your Calling

    Are you saying yes to everything and  exhausted from it? Do you serve at church, host every gathering, and show up for everyone and then wonder why you feel empty after doing all the right things? Have you ever stayed somewhere God told you to leave because you were afraid of what people would think if you walked away? In this episode I am sharing how I spent years confusing performing for God with obeying Him. I will also share the two moments that finally broke the cycle. One involved my daughter going missing at church. The other involved blood on my hand and an entitled text message at a family cookout. This is the episode for the woman who gives everything to everyone and has nothing left. I walk through 4 practical steps to help you figure out what is actually yours to carry, how to stop doing the most for people who never asked you to, and what to do when someone tests a boundary you just set. Because they will. If you are exhausted, resentful, and wondering why doing all the right things still leaves you empty, this one is for you.   Scriptures referenced: 1 Corinthians 12:12–27 — One body, many parts; not every lane is yours Exodus 14:14 — The Lord will fight for you; be still Galatians 1:10 — Am I trying to please people or God? Matthew 11:28–30 — Come to me, all who are weary 1 John 4:18 — Perfect love casts out fear   Free Resource: Download the Peace of Mind Runway Calculator at www.boundariesoverburnout.com — find out exactly how many months you could survive without your paycheck and what skills you already have for your next chapter.   Book a Free 15-Minute Strategy Session at www.boundariesoverburnout.com — if this episode described your life and you do not know what your next step is, let's talk. No pitch. Just an honest conversation.   Related Episodes:   Episode 1: Christian Women: Stop Waiting Until Retirement to Write Your Book Episode 3: Burnout Recovery: What God Taught Me When I Lost the Paycheck I Was Afraid to Lose   Part 4: Connect With Twana + Next Steps Contact → twanalthomas@boundariesoverburnout.com for topic ideas or to be a guest on the show.   Find me on Facebook and LinkedIn — search Twana Thomas and send me a connect or a follow.   Website → www.boundariesoverburnout.com   Step 1: DM me the word BOUNDARIES on Facebook or LinkedIn if this episode hit home. Tell me which moment made you stop and think. I read every message.   Step 2: Think of one thing you are doing right now that nobody asked you to do. Share this episode with the woman in your life who needs to hear it is okay to put it down.   Step 3: Book a free 15-minute strategy session at www.boundariesoverburnout.com if you are ready to figure out your next step with someone who has been exactly where you are.

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Tired in a way no vacation has ever fixed? You sleep and wake up still exhausted. You smile at work and cry in your car. You hold everything together for everyone and feel like you are falling apart alone. Boundaries Over Burnout is the podcast for the high-achieving Christian woman who is good at her demanding career but has completely lost herself in the process. Here is the truth no one told you. You are not burned out because you do too much. You are burned out because you are buried in the wrong things. The busywork you took on to feel worthy is draining you, while the work God actually made you for sits waiting. When you get still and hear him, the exhaustion starts to lift. Hosted by Twana Thomas, a former Fortune 500 risk manager who left corporate to help women do the same. Twana used to protect billion-dollar systems. Now she teaches you how to protect yourself. She knows this road because she lived it, all the way to scheduling surgery just to have an excuse to sit down. Each week you will learn how to stop people pleasing and stop letting everyone else's opinion run your life. How to set the boundaries you should have set years ago. How to manage your stress and heal from what a toxic work environment did to your mind and your body. How to quiet the anxiety, stop overthinking, and trust God with the dream you put down because someone said it would never make money. Twana brings biblical encouragement and real talk to help you rest in who God says you are and finally step into the life he already has for you. If you are ready to stop earning your worth and start living in your purpose, you are in the right place. Close the laptop, put your phone on do not disturb, and hit follow. New here? Start with the free 5-day anxiety reset at www.boundariesoverburnout.com.

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