It’s Friday evening. For many, the weekend has just begun.
Before you rush into recovery mode or start ticking off your “rest checklist,” I want to share something powerful I heard yesterday.

🎧 It was a short episode from Dora at Headspace radio—and it hit home.
She spoke vulnerably about experiencing burnout.

And here’s the twist: Dora teaches mindfulness. She knows the tools. She lives the practice. Still, she found herself completely worn out.
And that’s what really landed for me.

Knowing better doesn’t mean you’re protected.
Even applying the “right” tools can backfire if the intention behind them is skewed.

Dora said it beautifully: “𝙄 𝙝𝙖𝙙 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙖 𝙩𝙖𝙨𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙝.”

How many of us do that?

Turn meditation into performance.
Turn walking into data.
Turn recovery into another sprint toward “getting better.”

I’ve done it too. I still catch myself doing it 

Because even in rest, there can be that hidden agenda: I want this to fix me.
And ironically, that mindset bec...