Episode 181: Burnout Isn’t Laziness: Perfectionism, Nervous System Healing, and Real Self-Care | Victoria Evans
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On the Live The Width of Your Life podcast, we explore what it means to not only live the length of our life but instead the breadth, depth, and purpose of each day.
She shares her personal story of creating balance in her life by aligning her daily choices to life values, strategies to redefine success, and creating space for a bit of magic and synchronicity.
It's never too late to change! We don't need to have it all figured out to begin; we can take action daily, show up imperfectly, and be amazed and inspired by how beautiful life can be.
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Burnout isn’t a failure of discipline or motivation—it’s a nervous system response to years of overgiving, perfectionism, and living for external validation.
In this episode of Live the Width of Your Life, I’m joined by Victoria Evans, author of Beyond Bubble Baths & Face Masks, for an honest conversation about what real self-care actually looks like when you’re exhausted, high-functioning, and secretly empty.
Victoria shares her journey from corporate success at L'Oréal to eating disorder recovery, nervous system healing, and redefining success beyond productivity and performance. Together, we explore why surface-level wellness doesn’t work for burnout—and what does.
This episode is for high-achieving women who have done everything “right,” yet feel disconnected from themselves and their lives. If you’re ready to stop performing wellness and start living with alignment, safety, and self-trust, this conversation will meet you where you are.
In this episode, we explore:
Why burnout is rooted in perfectionism and external validation
How nervous system regulation supports clarity, boundaries, and healing
Why bubble-bath self-care fails during chronic burnout
How to set boundaries without guilt
What it really means to live the width of your life, not just perform it
Closing Reflection:
You don’t need to become someone new. You need to come home to yourself.
About Victoria:
Victoria Evans is an author and radical self-care mentor helping people break free from perfectionism and build self-trust. A former Fortune 500 professional turned intuitive eating coach, Victoria now focuses on redefining self-care in a way that is personal, grounded, and not performative. Her work supports people in unlearning productivity-based worth and reconnecting with themselves through honest, embodied self-care. She is the author of Beyond Bubble Baths & Face Masks, a practical guide to radical self-care. Originally from Canada, Victoria lives in Porto, Portugal with her husband and their miniature dachshund, Ghibli.
Learn more about Victoria:
Get the book: Beyond Bubble Baths and Face Masks
https://victoriaevansofficial.com/bookVictoria's Website: https://victoriaevansofficial.com
Follow Victoria on Instagram: @victoriaevansofficial
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About Your Host
Aneta Ardelian Kuzma is a holistic life coach, wellness expert, and yoga and meditation teacher, who explores what it means to live more fully, with intention, gratitude, and joy.

