If you’re a small business owner, and you’re feeling burnt out, you’re not alone. It’s a horrible place to be — but sometimes our bodies know best. If you’ve been operating at full-steam without much support, rest, rewards, and cashflow, it can have a detrimental long-term effect on your wellbeing.

Burnout is your body’s way of telling you that you’ve reached your limits (probably a long time ago), and you’ve pushed through. But you need (note the emphasis): you need to take care of yourself. Not just as an emergency resort, (if you’re currently burnt out, it is an emergency, and you need to listen to your body) — but consistently. Consistent self-care is the key for us to thrive in our business, relationships, homes, etc. Prevention is always better than cure.

If you’re feeling at the end of yourself mentally and physically, here are some things I tried to put into practice to bring myself back to equilibrium.