The Unhustle Think Tank: The Drama Triangle and Burnout Recovery

### This Week’s Theme: The Drama Triangle — How We Burn Out Playing Roles We Never Auditioned For

You know those days when you’re exhausted but can’t quite explain why — even though you didn’t do that much?
Chances are, you’ve been starring in a drama you didn’t realize you signed up for.
This week, we’re diving into The Drama Triangle — the classic psychological pattern that quietly fuels burnout, people-pleasing, and over-responsibility.
Meet the cast:

• 🎭 The Rescuer – says yes when she means “hell no,” and calls it kindness.
• 😩 The Victim – feels powerless and waits for someone else to fix it.
• 😤 The Persecutor – tries to control everything to avoid disappointment (often disguised as “being efficient”).

These roles are sneaky. They masquerade as “helping,” “working hard,” or “just being nice.”
But underneath, they drain our energy like emotional vampires wearing good intentions.
💡 We’ll explore:

• How these roles keep even the most self-aware women stuck in burnout loops.
• The “healthy upgrades” that transform each role:
• The Victim → The Creator (asks, “What can I choose here?”)
• The Rescuer → The Coach (believes in others’ capacity instead of over-functioning)
• The Persecutor → The Challenger (sets clear limits without shame or control)
• How stepping off the triangle gives your nervous system its energy back — and makes boundaries feel like relief, not guilt.

Expect equal parts psychology, humor, and nervous-system repair.
We’ll name our roles with compassion, laugh about how much we’ve overplayed them, and practice shifting from “drama” to “dynamic.”
No blame. No shame. Just awareness, laughter, and maybe a collective sigh of recognition.
🧠 When: Wednesday, 12–1 PM PT
💻 Where: Online (Zoom link after RSVP)
💬 Who it’s for: Women who are tired of managing everyone else’s emotions, fixing what isn’t theirs, or apologizing for needing a break.
Bring your curiosity, your exhaustion, and your best “I’m fine” face — we’ll retire all three by the end of the hour.

### Phoenix Rising Clinic presents: The Anti-Hustle Think Tank

Practical (and Playful) Tools for the Chronically Over-Responsible
Burnout isn’t just about exhaustion — it’s what happens when your good girl wiring collides with a world that keeps asking for “just one more thing.” If you’ve ever found yourself saying “I’ll rest after this next crisis” (and then five crises later, you’re Googling “how to fake your own death for a weekend”), this hour is for you.
Every Wednesday, 12–1 PM PT, join us for the Anti-Hustle Think Tank, a weekly live gathering hosted by Phoenix Rising Clinic’s Unbound program. Each session explores one deceptively simple idea, story, or experiment designed to help you:

• Protect your energy (without feeling like the villain)
• Set boundaries that actually hold
• Recognize and exit energy-sucking dynamics
• Reclaim joy, humor, and rest as acts of quiet rebellion

This isn’t a lecture, and you won’t get homework. Think of it as a cozy, sarcastic support lab — part therapy-adjacent conversation, part social experiment, all heart. You’ll leave each week with one small, doable shift and a sense that maybe you’re not as “too much” (or too tired) as you thought.
📅 When: Every Wednesday, 12–1 PM PT
📍 Where: Online (Zoom link provided upon RSVP)
💡 Who’s it for: Women navigating burnout, people-pleasing, perfectionism, and toxic-people problems who want to feel seen, validated, and a little less alone — minus the hustle, shame, or performance pressure.
🤝 Stay connected:
Meetup is great for RSVPs, but not for real community. That’s why we created a free online space where you can connect with other recovering over-functioners and share wins, vents, and dark-humor memes. Join us inside Unbound — your burnout-recovery playground. You can stay, learn more tools, and sign up for additional in-person mini-retreats, workshops, and stay connected between events with an online community of people all navigating this brutal life along with you (and trying to have some FUN in the process.)