I Burned Out. Here’s How I’m Rebuilding My Life and Career

All right, for those who are new here, I spent more than 15 years as a TV news reporter and anchor before I launched into entrepreneurship in July of 2022.

I was about to turn 40 then, a few years ago, and I just could not imagine going into another decade of my life accepting the status quo.

I had a lot of questions.

Honestly, very few concrete answers, but I just knew one thing for certain.

This just couldn't be it.

I also trusted my ability to just figure it out.

I had checked all the boxes, gotten the awards, people were clapping for me, and I was just searching far and wide, y'all, where was my theme music? Why was my theme music not turned up? This just could not be it.

And I went really hard to find out what else could be true for me.

For more details on that journey, go ahead and check out the trailer for this podcast.

I'm going to put it in the show description.

But this podcast has really become a place where I've brought you all on this very messy journey where I've burned out more times than I can count.

But this burnout this spring, it was different.

I didn't just need a vacation or just a quick, cute pause.

Everything had to change again.

And that's the thing about your next.

It's a lifelong commitment, not a singular milestone.

But this time I was operating with a whole new set of facts.

Thank God.

In my past, whenever I was stuck, I would just try harder, dig deeper, lean on my resilience, and then wear it as a badge of honor.

But this time, I just had nothing more to give.

And when it came to entrepreneurship, I've literally never, ever, ever, ever tried so hard for anything in my entire life.

And the goal was to have more, more impact, more money, more time for myself and the people that I truly loved.

But how could that happen if I had no more to give? The idea of even trying to muster another ounce of energy it sent me spiraling.

So in this episode, in this conversation just with you and I, I really want to outline some of the things that I'm doing that's actually helping me to feel like myself again and slowly getting me to the other side.

All right, for those who are new here, I spent more than 15 years as a TV news reporter and anchor before I launched into entrepreneurship in July of 2022.

I was about to turn 40 then, a few years ago, and I just could not imagine going into another decade of my life accepting the status quo.

I had a lot of questions.

Honestly, very few concrete answers, but I just knew one thing for certain.

This just couldn't be it.

I also trusted my ability to just figure it out.

I had checked all the boxes, gotten the awards, people were clapping for me, and I was just searching far and wide, y'all, where was my theme music? Why was my theme music not turned up? This just could not be it.

And I went really hard to find out what else could be true for me.

For more details on that journey, go ahead and check out the trailer for this podcast.

I'm going to put it in the show description.

But this podcast has really become a place where I've brought you all on this very messy journey where I've burned out more times than I can count.

But this burnout this spring, it was different.

I didn't just need a vacation or just a quick, cute pause.

Everything had to change again.

And that's the thing about your next.

It's a lifelong commitment, not a singular milestone.

But this time I was operating with a whole new set of facts.

Thank God.

In my past, whenever I was stuck, I would just try harder, dig deeper, lean on my resilience, and then wear it as a badge of honor.

But this time, I just had nothing more to give.

And when it came to entrepreneurship, I've literally never, ever, ever, ever tried so hard for anything in my entire life.

And the goal was to have more, more impact, more money, more time for myself and the people that I truly loved.

But how could that happen if I had no more to give? The idea of even trying to muster another ounce of energy it sent me spiraling.

So in this episode, in this conversation just with you and I, I really want to outline some of the things that I'm doing that's actually helping me to feel like myself again and slowly getting me to the other side.