Loved, Seen & Heard: A Book I Wish I Had When Burnout Stopped Everything

Loved, Seen & Heard is part memoir and part practical guide to burnout, recovery, and finding your way back to yourself when the life you built no longer feels right. Through stories from her own life, Aiga Berke shares what burnout looked and felt like for her, the patterns she began to recognize, and the experiences that shaped her recovery. She draws on her own burnout, a structured rehabilitation program in Sweden, and years of study in psychology, yoga, meditation, and holistic practices. The book looks beyond exhaustion itself and explores some of the deeper influences that can shape the way we live, including birth order, the good girl pattern, perfectionism, people-pleasing, stress, work, relationships, and the ways we can slowly lose connection with ourselves. Written in short, accessible chapters for a tired mind, Loved, Seen & Heard includes: Personal stories from Aiga’s own life and recovery; Practical tools and practices she tried along the way; Chapter Summaries and Questions for Reflection; A mix of psychology, mind-body practices, and spirituality. This book is for anyone who feels exhausted, overwhelmed, disconnected from themselves, or unable to understand why life suddenly feels too heavy. It is also for those who love someone going through burnout and want to understand what that experience can feel like. Loved, Seen & Heard grew from Aiga’s own search for answers during burnout and from her wish to share the kind of book she would have wanted to find when everything stopped.