Work in Common

04/23/2026

If you look at this and think, “That would be great… but I don’t have time for a workshop.”

Consider this your sign.

You can keep telling yourself you’ll focus on you later.

It’s gotten you this far, right?

But later becomes months.
Months become years.

And even the highest-performing car eventually runs out of gas. So will you.

You’ve become so good at surviving that exhaustion feels normal - it’s not.

Every day should not feel like a marathon.

And if you keep postponing your own needs, it will catch up with you. Period.

I’m not going to pretend one Saturday morning magically fixes your life. You’re too smart for cheesy promises.

But I will say this: if you don’t choose time to reset now, your body, mind, or spirit will choose it for you later.

The difference is that forced resets often come with burnout, health issues, breakdowns, resentment, disconnection, or hitting a wall you can’t ignore.

Sometimes the strongest move is stopping before that happens.

The Reset Workshop is a chance to refill the tank, get honest about what’s draining you, and learn a few practical things that help you keep going for the long haul.

Not just achieving your goals.

Actually being present enough to enjoy your life while you do it.

04/21/2026

FREE TRAINING OPTIONS!

Limited Space Available -- Register now!

We're partnering with the Community Action Coalition for South Central Wisconsin to offer FREE virtual mental health trainings for our community members:
🟢Adult Mental Health First Aid
🟢Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR)

Please see the image below for training dates and registration details. We encourage partners to share this opportunity with staff, volunteers, and community members who may benefit. With Mental Health Awareness Month coming up in May, these trainings may also be a great opportunity for organizations to highlight mental health awareness and help community members build skills to support others.

03/18/2026

As healthcare costs continue to rise and traditional benefit options become harder for both employers and employees to access, peer support offers a practical, cost-effective layer of care for things like:

• stress and burnout
• neurodivergence struggles
• mental health challenges
• substance use recovery
• relationships and boundaries

It helps address challenges early before they escalate into burnout, absenteeism, turnover, or crisis without adding barriers like high deductibles, long waitlists, or clinical requirements.

Organizations can choose the level of support that fits their budget, culture, and goals, making peer support a more affordable option for employers while remaining accessible and stigma-free for employees.

We’re rolling this unique service out thoughtfully over the next few months but applications are officially open!

Let’s chat more: https://attherootsllc.com/wicecp

03/09/2026

Burnout is one of those words that gets used so much it starts to lose its meaning.

But the people we meet through our work rarely describe it as directly as “stress.”

What they'll say is:

• Everything feels harder than it should
• I'm overwhelmed (or drowning), everything is too much
• I could sleep for a week and still be tired
• Maybe I just suck at my job

The frustrating part is that burnout usually gets framed as a personal resilience problem.

Set better boundaries.
Are you eating right and exercising?
Why do you take on so much?
Start saying NO to more if you can't handle it.
You need to practice self-care.
Maybe try mindfulness or meditation.

Those things can help...sometimes. But they don’t fix the real issue most of the time.

Burnout usually shows up when someone has been trying to give 100% of their energy to eVeRyThiNg for too long.

In order to balance that energy out with energy in, most of us need to:
– Feel competent at what we're doing
– Be able to solve problems instead of absorb the impact of them
– Have people around us who notice when things are off and call us in
– Feel like the work we're doing actually matters

When those things disappear, people start operating on fumes.

And when someone is running on fumes, asking them to “practice self-care” just drains them faster because it becomes another thing on the to-do list that they can't keep up with.

One of the most helpful conversations teams can have is a simple one:

⬇️ What’s draining you right now?
⬆️ What’s giving you energy?

Most workplaces spend a lot of time measuring productivity.
Very few stop to look at the energy balance behind it.

Be careful with your energy out there, friends. 💖

03/03/2026

That’s not how it works.
That’s not how any of this works.

We have to stop telling people to “leave their problems at the door.”

Humans don’t have on/off switches.

When we expect people to shut off parts of their humanness at will, we’re not asking for professionalism, we’re asking for emotional suppression.

And those emotions will always shows up somewhere.

What we can expect is regulation.
Self-awareness.
Ownership.
The ability to respond instead of react.

That’s a skill set. And it’s teachable.

Professionalism isn’t pretending nothing affects you.

It’s learning how to function responsibly while being fully human.

Through our Work in Common onsite program, we weave these skills into manufacturing, office, and team worksites - equipping people with real-time tools for regulation and communication while also providing direct emotional support inside the environments where stress actually shows up.

Support and skill-building aren’t distractions from productivity - they’re the drivers of it. ♥️

02/26/2026

So glad I remembered to switch my calendar today before I head out to my next meeting… at a coffee shop. 😅

Here’s to hoping Legacy Coffee has extra napkins.