What Is Remembering?

The shift begins here.

This is where we return to who we meant to be in the work—and reclaim what burnout tried to take.

You’re not confused. 

You’re not lost. 

You don’t have amnesia.

But you have been surviving.

You’ve been keeping pace with systems that don’t care how fast you’re burning out.

You’ve been making decisions based on what’s billable, not what’s best.

You’ve been silencing your gut instinct because you were trained to prioritize protocol.
You’ve been absorbing everyone’s needs, but haven’t had the space to ask what you need.

That’s not because you’re weak.
It’s because you’ve adapted.

You’ve done what you had to do to keep showing up—for patients, for employers, for documentation deadlines.
You’ve been practicing, but somewhere along the way, you stopped choosing.

So, what is remembering?

Remembering is what happens when you start choosing again.

It’s when you stop asking “How do I make this job work?”
and start asking “What kind of provider do I want to be—and how do I take one step toward that today?”

Remembering is action.
It’s not a feeling. 

It’s not a mantra.
It’s movement—even if it’s small.

Here’s what remembering might look like in your real, daily life.

You’re remembering when you:

• Take one step toward independence—even just exploring how credentialing works.
• Say no to a session that doesn’t align with your boundaries or values
• Adjust a med regimen because you trust your clinical voice—not because a default template told you to
• Block off time to breathe between appointments—even if you lose $100 doing it.
• Choose not to prescribe Schedule II drugs because it doesn’t feel right for your practice
• Start journaling between sessions to hear your own thoughts again.
• Decide to finally see one or two clients on your own—even while still employed elsewhere.

These are not radical acts.
But when you’ve been surviving, even small steps are revolutionary.

Why does it matter?

Because when you remember, you come back to the provider you meant to be.

And when you come back to that version of yourself:

• Burnout stops being the baseline
• You build a practice that reflects your values—not just your CPT codes
• You get clearer on what to say yes to, and what’s a sacred no
• You don’t need to escape the field—you just need to practice differently
• You gain energy, direction, and the freedom to reimagine what your career can look like

You don’t need to burn everything down.
You just need to begin.

Start with a move.
Just one.

Start with one step back toward who you meant to be in the work.

Because the more steps you take, the more you remember.
And the more you remember, the closer you get to practicing the way you always wanted to.
Not perfectly. 

Not all at once. 

But with presence. 

With clarity. 

With choice.

And that is everything.