Healing from Burnout and Reclaiming Joy: A Conversation with Michelle Gauthier

There’s a moment in life—maybe you’ve felt it too—when everything on the outside looks perfectly fine… but inside, you’re one more to-do list away from crumbling.

In this episode of Hard Beautiful Journey, I sat down with transformational coach Michelle Gauthier for a raw, real, and incredibly validating conversation about what it really takes to heal from burnout and come home to yourself again.

Michelle spent years climbing the corporate ladder, checking all the boxes, and powering through motherhood, success, and exhaustion. But when her body began to scream for rest and her soul whispered “This isn’t it,” she finally chose to listen.

And listen, this episode is not just another “quit your job and start a business” kind of story. It’s about honoring the signs your body is giving you, learning to drop the guilt, and finding your way back to joy—even if joy feels like a foreign language right now.

💬 Our conversation touched on:

• What happens when you wrap your identity around your achievements
  
  
• How to start listening to your body before it screams at you
  
  
• Navigating fear, divorce, and redefining your self-worth
  
  
• Rebuilding joy through small, accessible shifts (like… Sex and the City marathons and diamond painting!)
  
  
• What a sustainable life actually looks like (hint: it’s not about doing more)
  
  

We laughed (a lot), we swapped stories about burnout and infertility, and we bonded over our shared love of therapy through TV. Yep—shout out to the healing powers of Carrie Bradshaw and a comfy couch.

But the biggest takeaway?

You are already enough.
Even if you're not “achieving.”
Even if you're still figuring it out.
Even if you're just… surviving.

Michelle dropped some powerful mindset shifts, including her “five whys” journaling practice, how to create a to-don’t list, and why doing B-minus work might just save your nervous system.

If your soul’s been begging you to slow down, to breathe, to finally believe that joy isn’t a luxury—it’s your birthright—this episode is a must-listen.

✨ Listen now and let Michelle’s story remind you that you’re not broken. You’re just being called back to yourself.

🧡 Connect with Michelle:
Instagram: @michellegauthiercoaching
Website: www.michellegauthier.com