To be honest, I didn’t expect this to work the way it did. I came to Dr. Blankson thinking I just needed help with fatigue and maybe a little boundary coaching... but this turned into a full unraveling and reweaving of how I show up as a mother, a provider, and a woman. I’m a nurse practitioner. I know the signs of burnout. I’ve even taught other people how to spot it. But I missed it in myself until my body started yelling at me. I was postpartum, barely sleeping. Breastfeeding on fumes, trying to show up for patients and a baby who needed more than I had to give. Dr. Blankson didn’t just give me tools, she gave me permission. Permission to slow down. Permission to not be perfect. Permission to take care of myself like I do everyone else. She helped me stop living in survival mode. She helped me understand my nervous system, my hormones, and how much of my identity had been shaped around overachievement and self-abandonment. And she did it without shame. Without performance. Without rushing. I remember crying one night after our session not because I was sad, but because I finally felt safe. Safe in my body. Safe with my ambition. Turns out, slowing down was the bravest thing I’ve done besides childbirth of course. If you’re a provider, especially a mother, especially a woman of color this work is not optional. This is your lifeline. Dr. Blankson didn’t just help me recover from burnout. She helped me come back to myself.