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How Firstbeat Helped Me Understand Stress, Recovery, and Capacity Burnout and invisible illness can be deeply confusing experiences. You feel something is wrong, but you can’t always explain it. Your body sends signals, but they’re easy to dismiss or override. And when everything looks “fine” from the outside, it’s hard to trust what you feel on the inside. This is where Firstbeat became meaningful for me. Not as a performance tool. Not as a way to push harder. But as a way t

We often think healing requires more effort — more discipline, more motivation, more doing. But for many people, especially those living with stress, burnout, or long‑term overwhelm, “doing more” is the very thing that keeps them stuck. Your body doesn’t heal through force.It heals through safety. And safety is built through small, steady shifts — the kind that meet your real capacity, not the capacity you wish you had. 🌱 Your capacity changes day to day — and that’s normal

We often imagine healing as a straight line — a steady climb from struggle to strength. But if you’ve ever tried to recover from burnout, chronic stress, illness, or emotional overwhelm, you already know that's not how it works. Healing rarely moves in a straight line. It loops, dips, pauses, and circles back. Some days feel spacious and hopeful. Others feel heavy, confusing, or stuck. And none of this means you’re doing anything wrong. In fact, it means you’re human. 🌿 Your