What if burnout isn't proof you're failing but proof something in you is begging to change? In this episode of Wickedly Smart Women, host Anjel B. Hartwell welcomes Tracy Doyle, author of Life Storms: Finding Your Clear Sky and creator of the Aurora Method. Tracy shares the childhood trauma and survival patterns that shaped her drive, her leadership, and her belief that sacrifice meant abandoning herself.

If you've ever felt like you have to hold everything together, this episode will meet you right where you are and offer a real path forward.

What You Will Learn:

How early childhood experiences can quietly wire your nervous system for burnout later in life.

Why "looking fine on the outside" can mask unprocessed trauma that eventually demands attention.

How survival skills like self-reliance can become leadership liabilities as your responsibilities grow.

The difference between a breaking point and a turning point—and how to use burnout as a transformation portal.

Why burnout often isn't caused by your job or your family, but by the beliefs you formed while trying to belong.

How the belief "If I don't do it myself, it won't get done" fuels control, resentment, and isolation.

The real reason personal growth tools can fail when they're done in isolation instead of as a connected process.

What a "loving look back" self-assessment is and how it helps you recognize patterns without drowning in shame.

How unmet needs can shape fear-based thinking and drive high-achievers into over-functioning.

How emotional burnout fractures relationships and how acknowledgement conversations rebuild trust fast.

What it looks like to create a personalized mindfulness practice that actually fits real life.

Why high-achieving women often fear vulnerability, especially in corporate environments, and how community changes that.

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