Permission to Do Less
Morgen and Ashley sit down with Lindsey, a licensed MFT specializing in burnout recovery for therapists and caregivers. They discuss why burnout is systemic, not personal, how toxic supervision and grad school messaging train helpers to ignore their limits, and the radical idea that your business is for *you* (not the other way around).
Guest Bio:
Lindsey Boes is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and AAMFT Approved Supervisor based in Colorado, with over a decade of clinical experience specializing in burnout recovery, boundary work, and the particular exhaustion that comes from spending your life caring for others. She approaches her work through feminist, anti-racist, and anti-capitalist lenses — grounding her clinical practice in the understanding that burnout is systemic, not personal, and that the systems asking the most of helpers are rarely designed with their wellbeing in mind. Lindsey works with therapists, healers, and caregivers through her private practice, Guided Journey Therapy, and founded Guided Journey Studio to bring psychoeducational tools to people who give a lot and are learning they deserve care too. Resources for burnout recovery, boundary work, and between-session support are available at guidedjourneystudio.com.
Guest Contact Info:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindsey-boes-ms-lmft-s-a1b22890/
Website: www.guidedjourneytherapy.com
Other website: www.guidedjourneystudio.com
Host Bios:
Ashley Charbonneau, LCSW, LAC, ACS, is a therapist, evaluator, clinical supervisor, consultant, and educator. Her clinical expertise centers on working with individuals impacted by the legal system, grounded in a commitment to offender accountability, survivor healing, and restorative justice.
Ashley has developed multiple 45-hour training programs on clinical supervision and is the author of The Resilient Therapist (Bloomsbury, 2026) and Supporting Clients of Sexual Trauma: Establishing Safety, Processing Shame, and Fostering Healthy Intimacy (PESI, 2026). She provides training nationally on restorative justice, addiction, clinical supervision, working with individuals who have committed sexual offenses, professional boundaries in therapy, and mandatory reporting.
To contact Ashley directly, her website is: https://www.ensopllc.com/
Morgen Villegas, LCSW, LAC, ACS, is a therapist, writer, consultant, and an EMDR International Association Approved Consultant. Through her practice, Vida Idílica Therapy & Consulting, she specializes in helping women heal from trauma, attachment wounds, emotional neglect, and the lasting effects of overfunctioning and caregiving. Using a blend of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), she helps clients reconnect with themselves and create lives that feel more authentic, spacious, and connected.
Morgen also provides consultation to EMDR therapists seeking greater confidence and nuance in working with complex trauma. Drawing from both professional expertise and lived experience, she is passionate about helping people move beyond "faking fine" and toward lasting healing. She is the author of Shadows to Light, a collection of stories and reflections on emotional neglect, motherhood, and breaking intergenerational cycles. Morgen lives in Colorado with her husband, two sons, rescue dog Raven, and an ever-growing stack of library books waiting to be read.
To contact Morgen directly, her website is: vida-idilica.com
