Have you been feeling tired no matter how much you sleep? Pushing through your workouts, responsibilities, and routines but still feeling like you're running on fumes? You might be moving beyond your capacity and your body is trying to tell you.

Let’s explore the signs you’re doing too much, what this means through the lens of Ayurveda and Yoga (hello Tejas), and what to shift instead so you can move from push into presence.

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1. Common Burnout Markers (Especially in Perimenopause)

Burnout doesn’t always look like lying on the floor unable to function. Sometimes it’s:

• Snapping at loved ones over small things

• Sleep that doesn’t restore you

• Restlessness in your body even during stillness

• Digestive upset, bloating, or irregular cycles

• Anxiety masked as productivity

• Over-caffeinating just to get through the day

• Losing joy in things that once lit you up

These are whispers from your body, inviting you to slow down not because you’re weak, but because you’re wise.

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2. Overexercising & Under-Recovering

Movement is sacred. But many women in perimenopause are still following exercise advice meant for 20-something men.

Signs you're overtraining:

• You're sore all the time

• Your motivation feels forced

• You don’t fully recover before your next workout

• You feel irritable or depressed post-exercise

• Your cycle becomes irregular or vanishes

Movement should build energy, not drain it.

What to do instead:

• Swap 1-2 high intensity days for strength or yoga

• Add in walking, mobility, or Yin instead of “another workout”

• Prioritize recovery just as much as the workout itself

• Honor your body’s cues, even if they change day to day

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3. Shifting from Push to Presence

The push energy is intoxicating you feel productive, you get things done, you’re praised for your hustle.

But presence? That’s where wisdom lives.

Presence looks like:

• Moving with intention, not urgency

• Checking in before saying yes

• Creating space between actions

• Knowing when to pause instead of push

This shift is what transforms burnout into boundaries.

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4. Tejas: Your Inner Radiance

In Ayurveda, Tejas is the subtle essence of fire your inner glow, clarity, willpower, and discernment. When Tejas is healthy, you have insight and direction. When it’s depleted, you may feel foggy, reactive, or burnt out.

Overdoing physically, emotionally, spiritually scorches Tejas.

To restore Tejas:

• Rest without guilt

• Sit in stillness or meditate, even for 5 minutes

• Limit overstimulation (news, phones, noise)

• Set sacred boundaries: what are you no longer available for?

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 5. Sacred Boundaries: Your Personal Fire Keeper

Boundaries are not walls they are fire circles. They keep your energy safe, your clarity intact, and your Tejas glowing.

Ask yourself:

• What drains me that I continue to say yes to?

• Where have I been overriding my inner voice?

• What would it feel like to protect my rest, my joy, my rhythm?

Sacred boundaries are a devotion to your well-being.

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Final Thoughts

If this resonates, you’re not alone. Many women in their 40s are waking up to the reality that the old way no longer works and the new way starts by tuning in.

You don’t have to earn your rest. You don’t have to push to be worthy. You get to soften and still be strong.

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