Still Running on Empty: Expanded Edition, New Modules

Still Running on EmptyExpanded EditionThe original reached over 1, 000 readers and stayed free. This is the second layer, for readers who've worked through the framework and need to go further, and for the clinicians working alongside them. Eight new modulesIClinical VignettesFour composite characters across all five phasesIIACT IntegrationSix evidence-based exercisesIIILate DiagnosisGrief, identity reconstruction, reinterpretation toolsIVProfessional GuideDiagnostic differentials, billing codes, session integrationVAlexithymia AdaptationsBehavioural tools for ~50% of readers with limited internal state accessVIShame ProcessingCFT-based tools for masking shame and retrospective griefVIIHormonal TransitionsPerimenopause, postpartum, and stimulant efficacy - a gap no resource has filledVIIIRelational DynamicsFawn response, demand avoidance, neurodivergent couplesFour composite characters move through every phase of recovery - a late-diagnosed Argentine professional in collapse, a developer whose burnout was invisible until it wasn't, a non-binary freelancer who cannot afford to stop, and a retired teacher whose burnout was triggered not by excess demand but by its removal.
Three modules address what no existing structured resource has put together: behavioural alternatives for readers who cannot reliably identify internal states; tools for the specific architecture of shame that arrives with burnout and late diagnosis; and the intersection of hormonal transitions with ADHD and autistic symptoms, including a prescriber communication script. Module IV is a complete professional companion - written for clinicians, but designed to hand directly to a therapist alongside the phrase: this is what I need you to understand about my presentation.
Who it's forReadersThose who've worked through the original and need to go deeper. This picks up where it left off. CliniciansPsychologists, therapists, coaches, and occupational therapists. Module IV is written for you.