What if burnout isn't evidence that you're doing life wrong?

For high-achieving women, burnout can come with an extra layer of shame. We think we should be able to handle it. Mange it better. Be more disciplined. Get it together.

In this episode, I'm joined by Wendy Meadows, author of Sparkle & GRIT, for a conversation about creating a life that holds ambition, meaning, joy, and the inevitable harder seasons too.

Wendy shares her Sparkle & GRIT framework and we talk about what happens when the balance gets lost, and why women have been conditioned to experience burnout as a personal failure rather than something we can respond to with awareness and empowered choice.

In this episode:

• The balance between sparkle and grit in a meaningful life
• Why high-achieving women are particularly vulnerable to burnout
• Releasing the guilt and self-blame we attach to burnout
• Wendy's definition of burnout and how it can shift you toward empowered choice
• The Groundhog Day framework for when life feels monotonous
• Bringing more joy into your life in ways that actually work for you

This is an inspiring conversation with a lovely reminder at its centre: a meaningful life gets to contain ambition and effort, pleasure and play, darkness and light. The whole colour palette.

About Wendy Meadows

Wendy is a seasoned family law attorney, former litigator, and certified life coach. She is also a mediator and author of the best-selling book, Sparkle & GRIT: Live a Technicolor Life by Finally Finding Balance, Escaping Montony, and Beating Burnout: a framework that helps high-achieving women break free from burnout and live on purpose. She blends practical strategies with compassionate mindset work to help them reboot their habits, re-ignite their purpose, and build lives that actually fit.

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