From Caregiver to Coach: Finding Balance and Identity with Kat Mitchell

From Caregiver Burnout to Healing: Kat Mitchell on Reiki, Hypnotherapy, NLP & putting yourself firstI got the honor to welcome Kat Mitchell to the I Got It Girl podcast to discuss how the “I got it” mindset can lead to overwhelm, anxiety, and burnout, and how surrender, support, and healing tools can help. Kat shares her caregiving journey from 2015–2024, including caring for a cousin with end-stage liver disease, making end-of-life decisions, later supporting her dad, then navigating her mom’s Alzheimer’s/dementia and her brother’s multiple strokes while rebuilding neural pathways and learning to meet people where they are. She also describes losing her partner in 2021, moving without income, breaking her right arm, and adapting day-by-day with prayer and new systems. Kat explains how these experiences led her to meditation, Reiki, hypnotherapy, and NLP, and how she now helps women learn to put themselves first and redefine identity after caretaking.00:00 Welcome and Reiki Intro00:44 The I Got It Girl Trap01:30 Caregiving Begins02:17 Jackie’s Dementia Story03:38 Nine Years of Care04:20 Cousin’s End of Life05:52 Dad Then Mom and Brother07:39 Stroke Recovery and Brainwork09:36 Duality Turns to Triple12:09 Prayer and Forced Surrender15:33 No Job and Finding Housing17:19 Hard Money Lifeline18:30 Caretaker Burnout Injury20:12 Fine Isn’t Fine22:17 One Arm New Systems23:39 Leaving Caregiver Identity25:01 Rebuilding Self Balance30:06 Who Am I Now31:21 Healing Work Offerings34:51 Final Takeaway GoodbyeYou can connect with Kat Mitchell with the following links:https://api.leadconnectorhq.com/widget/bookings/connect-call-30minuteshttps://linktr.ee/kat_mitchellFor all things Coach Jackie click here https://destinymakers.net/linksYou will find access to all my programs, freebies, and ways to create your freedom life!