In Episode 32, we re joined by Kyira Wackett, who grew up as a parentified child, believing her job was to make sure everything was always taken care of and under control. Growing up this way, she became the ultimate people pleaser. All of this was a cry for help, which she only heard after falling prey to eating disorders, mental illness, anxiety, and shame. Living in a constant state of burnout was normal and even celebrated. Feeling disconnected from the world around her and the people she was surrounded by from day to day. Multitasking became a great distraction from the distress her mind was really in, which kept the fires of burnout burning.

Relationships became the barometer of her heart and mind. Recognizing that she was missing opportunities to just be present in the relationships that mattered to her personally and professionally, she started asking questions that changed her way of thinking. Are you doing what you do because you HAVE to or because you WANT to?

Kyira Wackett is a licensed mental health therapist, facilitator and creator. She lives in Portland, OR with her husband, Jordan and her daughter, Everly. She is the owner of Adversity Rising where she equips people with the confidence and skills to write their own story. She also sees patients in a private therapy practice treating eating disorders, anxiety disorders and trauma.

She has been speaking on topics related to mental health and well-being for over 10 years and focuses on balancing insight and action to create meaningful and sustainable change. Her specialties lie in communication, boundary setting, distress tolerance, forgiveness (self and others) and cognitive reframe and empowerment. She believes that all of us have the capacity to author our own stories and relinquish the holds of shame, fear and anxiety if we can learn to do the hard work, sit in the discomfort to face our true selves, and trust the process.

Connect with Kyira:: www.adversityrising.com

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Learn more about her soon to be released Live on Purpose Program: https://adversityrising.com/live-on-purpose

Today our recovery moment is focused on wishing wellbeing for ourselves and to others.

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