Why I’m launching Farm Boots & Burnout

I didn’t plan on creating another thing. If anything, I was trying to hold together all the things I already had:
A family. A nonprofit farm rescue. A full-time job. A part-time job. Three kids with multiple basketball and young adult schedules. A bulldog with a backstory. Oh, and my own body, which apparently decided a heart attack at 42, was a great plot twist.

But somewhere between the barn chores, Zoom meetings, and reheated coffee, I realized something: I wasn’t the only one living this beautiful, brutal, burnout-prone life. And I didn’t see a space that really talked about what it’s like to do it all—and what it costs you when you try.

So, I made one.

Farm Boots & Burnout is a space for the overworked, the under-caffeinated, the passionate and the exhausted. It’s for the women who love their lives deeply but still dream of hiding in the bathroom to scroll Amazon in peace. (No judgment—I’ll even tell you what’s in my cart.)

Here you’ll find:

• Real-life stories about burnout and recovery, with no sugarcoating

• Farm updates and animal rescue chaos

• Tools that help me survive motherhood, nonprofit life, and perimenopause

• Product reviews for the stuff that actually makes life easier

• A whole lot of humor, honesty, and heart

• A little health education…just for fun

This isn’t about pretending I have it all together. It’s about telling the truth—and maybe helping someone else feel a little less alone in the mud.

Thanks for being here. Let’s walk through the mess together.

~Natalie