I thought taking time off would feel like freedom.

Instead, I got Bravo marathons, a fainting spell, and the creeping realization that I had no idea who I was without work.

This episode isn’t about some magical transformation. It’s about what happens when you finally stop—and realize rest is a lot messier than you expected.

We’re talking burnout, identity unraveling, 13 medications, and why healing sometimes just looks like wandering around your house asking, “Am I… okay?”

Because sometimes rest doesn’t fix you. It just hands you a mirror—and a bunch of unsolicited thoughts.

I let someone else make a decision I should’ve made for myself.

This is a story about ignoring your own knowing—about choosing silence when your gut was already speaking. About trusting someone else’s timing more than your own.

In this episode, I talk about the pressure to perform, the danger of outsourcing your power, and how rejection sometimes saves you when you won’t save yourself.

Discernment is a muscle. And baby, mine was sore.

Bretzinshow is part confessional, part comedy—and 100% relatable. Host Ken Bretz serves up real stories, pop culture hot takes, listener letters, and chaotic rants that make you laugh, think, and maybe text your therapist. It’s messy. It’s honest. It’s your new favorite voice memo in podcast form.

It’s not a full episode.

It’s not a confession.

It’s the moment before everything gets loud.

I have a story to tell.

And I’m finally telling it—on my terms.

New podcast. New energy.

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Bretzinshow is part confessional, part comedy—and 100% relatable. Host Ken Bretz serves up real stories, pop culture hot takes, listener letters, and chaotic rants that make you laugh, think, and maybe text your therapist. It’s messy. It’s honest. It’s your new favorite voice memo in podcast form.