moving beyond burnout
podcast & blog
Are you running on empty, feeling like you're constantly giving but never receiving? Moving Beyond Burnout is a podcast and blog that empowers women to cultivate self-awareness and develop healing practices to overcome burnout for good.
Start your journey by exploring my blog posts and listening to the podcast episodes below.
The Future of Leadership is Health-oriented
Currently, leadership in our society is in a crisis. Our world is changing rapidly with new issues that require a shift to lead differently. Some of the previous ways of leading are being stretched in this current season. In this livestream, I discuss a new way of leading that will sustain us for the next generation.
Why Relationships Still Matter in Work and Wellness
This national focus on loneliness revealed something deeper: how normalized, and even complacent our society has become with individualism, often at the expense of cultivating real relationships in real time. Being without relationships — family, friends, colleagues carries a high cost to our personal wellness, creating a burden that stresses our bodies and our systems.
Don’t Rush: The Wisdom Of Moving At Your Own Pace
The demands of my life and what I witness in those I commune with are heavier while also feeling delicate. This has especially rang true over the past year, where stressors are increasing rapidly for many. Rising costs, sociopolitical instability, and collective exhaustion are on constant replay each day. For me at least, it feels like a break is needed - but the urgency of the times delays the intuitive nudging to slow down. To be in a bind where the body is signaling one thing but the lived reality is demanding another is a tension that I witness others grappling with.
The Pressure to Stay “Strong”: Black Women and Economic Burnout
Black women are waymakers. If there is no opportunity available, we create it. We know how to ‘stretch money’ in hard times and ‘make a dollar out of 15 cents’ if there aren’t enough resources. While this has been a part of Black women’s brilliance and tenacity, it can be a challenge to continue these practices for the long-term, especially in the face of insurmountable obstacles.
How to experience fulfillment through work-life alignment
Are you feeling out of sync with how your life is going right now? You are not alone. Many women feel like they are going through the motions of life, feel unfulfilled, and disconnected from their why.
Passion and Purpose: How Women Can Do Good & Lead Well
Women possess a special gift that can be attributed to nature, nurture, or both, which is the ability to care for others. With this gift, some individuals choose to pursue work and interests that have a purpose of caring for others and making the world a better place.
Embracing Mental Wellness as a High-Achieving Woman
What I wish I could tell my younger self is that success is not about how much you can achieve; it is about the experience you embody along the way. In my college and early career, I believed that being successful meant working hard, being the best, and always challenging myself. There were mentors, peers, and family who rewarded me for achieving any goal or accolade, no matter how big or small.
While I was achieving, there was no discussion about my mental wellness as I was on my career journey.
The Five Mindsets That Drive Burnout
Burnout manifests uniquely across individuals, shaped by the intersection of personal circumstances, ingrained behavioral patterns, and underlying mental health factors. Through my exploration of this topic, I've identified five core mindsets that frequently underpin burnout.
How to Build a Support System if You Don’t Have One
Loneliness and a lack of support are driving mental health concerns for women in the United States. In this episode of Moving Beyond Burnout, I discuss how to build a support system if you don’t have one.
Making your Core Values your Compass
When pursuing our goals, it is important to know our 'why' behind the motivation for creating them.
Moving Through Seasons of Grit with Grace
Lately, I have been reminded of the courage it takes to face each day. Grit is a word that is surfacing for me to describe what courage looks like in action. For me, grit is about doing the hard things, getting down in the dirt to do the work that is required - even when the odds are against us.
Healing from Political Burnout
With so much going on, how can we catch our breath and heal in the midst of chaos? In this podcast episode of Moving Beyond Burnout, I talk about political burnout and how to engage intentionally in this moment. We cannot self-care our way out of political chaos, and we can learn from the many lessons left to us to navigate this changing landscape.
The Power of No
Saying ‘No’ can be a challenge for us to do on a daily basis. From people pleasing to self-imposed expectations, saying what you need and setting boundaries is not always easy. In The Power of No, I share more on the benefits of saying no to things that are not in alignment nor serve you.
The Power of Mental Resilience
Mental resilience isn't about being unbreakable—it's about learning to bend without breaking, to bounce back stronger, and to find meaning in the midst of chaos. In this blog post, I will delve into the concept of mental resilience and offer insights into relevant tools to help you thrive in the face of challenges.
From Superwoman to Supported: How to develop Healthy Independence
What happens when self-reliance becomes self-sabotage? Camesha Jones- Brandon shares the difference between healthy independence, the exhausting need to do everything alone, and its connection to trauma.
The Power of Contentment
In a world where we are encouraged to do more and be more, what would it look like to embrace contentment?
How I Learned from My Struggles to Break the Cycle of Burnout.
It is amazing how we all grow and change year to year. This past year was a time of introspection as I interrogated my relationship to burnout and work.
The Hidden Toll of Burnout Among Black Women Leaders.
I see Black women all around me stepping up and being encouraged to assume leadership positions. Black women are rising in leadership in professional spaces across all industries. This is progress and change to celebrate. For long, Black women have been behind the scenes, working diligently to advance whatever field we enter. Now we are front and center.
The one thing that many Black women, like myself, were not prepared for was the strain and demands to occupy those leadership roles that can negatively impact our mental health.
You don't have to have it all together.
Our imperfections honor our humanity. In a world that often demands nothing less than perfection from Black women, it's time we pause and reflect on the toll this takes on our well-being.