9. what the Sunday scaries are trying to reveal

The Sunday Scaries. That anxiety for Monday that creeps in on the weekend. I've been seeing this come up everywhere lately - commercials for sleep aids, online posts about weekend dread, people caught between needing rest and not being able to rest. At the root is usually some kind of misalignment - not necessarily with your role, but with your approach. In this episode, I pull three tarot cards to reveal what the Sunday Scaries are trying to tell us. Because they're showing up for a reason.

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The Sunday Scaries. That anxiety for Monday that we experience on the weekend.

I've been seeing this come up everywhere lately. A commercial for sleep aids featuring someone who can't sleep on Sunday night. Posts in online groups about the anxiety people feel on weekends about Monday.

For some, it's the anxiety about having to go back to work - they're not in an aligned role, or it's just a tough time at work right now.

For others, their work weeks are so intense that when the weekend comes, they can't rest. There's too much pushed to the weekend because the week is so busy. Or if they try to rest, it doesn't feel natural - they're in constant go mode with thoughts of what they should or could be doing instead.

And this cycle repeats which can ultimately lead to burnout.

At the root of the Sunday Scaries is typically some kind of misalignment. But it's seldom the role itself that's the issue first - usually, the initial work is on the person who is in the role. How you approach your work, how you approach your rest - it has everything to do with your mindset, what you believe to be true or needed or expected.

In this episode, I pull three tarot cards with messages about what the Sunday scaries are trying to reveal to us. Because they're showing up for a reason.

Here's what came through.

IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL HEAR:

• 00:00 Introduction to The Unraveling Achiever
• 00:43 Why I'm Talking About the Sunday Scaries Now
• 02:39 What's at the Root
• 04:04 The Pattern: Not Being Present on the Weekend
• 05:40 Message One: Reconnect with Your Intuition (Queen of Cups Reversed)
• 10:12 Message Two: Zoom Out and Find a Mentor (The Hierophant)
• 15:25 Message Three: You Are Stronger Than You Think (Strength)
• 21:03 Recap: What the Sunday Scaries are Revealing
• 21:53 Soul Reading

THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU IF:

• You experience Sunday anxiety about Monday
• You spend your whole weekend dreading going back to work
• You struggle to rest because you're in constant go mode
• You feel stuck in "I have to" energy around your work
• You're questioning if you can keep doing this anymore
• You're living for the weekend instead of finding peace throughout the week
• You want to understand what your Sunday scaries are trying to tell you

RESOURCES MENTIONED:

No external resources mentioned in this episode.

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The Unraveling Achiever is for the person who's done everything "right" and is questioning what that even means. Host Angela McKay - former SVP of HR turned intuitive career coach and soul reading practitioner - helps accomplished folks stop defaulting to what looks good and start building what feels true. You don't have to turn your life upside down. Just point your achiever energy toward a soul-led career and life you'll love.