In a culture that glorifies the hustle, choosing to rest can feel like a revolutionary act. Licensed therapist, founder of Burn Bright Consulting, and host of Black Girl Burnout podcast, and 2025 Savvy Ladies Female FinFluencer Achievement Award Kelley Bonner shares her journey from clinical burnout to building a life centered on joy. She offers a radical perspective on ambition, arguing that much of what we call drive is actually conditioning. Listen for practical tools to dismantle the systems that drain your energy and learn how to finally give yourself permission to just be. 

  In this episode, you’ll learn about: 

• Redefining Burnout: Why burnout is a systemic problem, not a personal failure. 
• Being Present: How to stop performing for others and start living in alignment with your own needs.  
• Ambition vs. Conditioning: Why women of color often carry societal conditioning that is disguised as personal ambition. 
• Restorative Tools: Practical, five-minute exercises you can use to regulate your nervous system and restore your sense of safety. 
• Reclaiming Joy: Why reclaiming joy is a powerful way to honor yourself and the women who came before you. 

  Hear ways to give yourself the grace you deserve. Listen now.  

Important Links:

• Savvy Ladies
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• Lisa Zeiderman's LinkedIn
• Kelley Bonner's LinkedIn 

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• Burn Bright Business Consulting 

About Kelley Bonner:

Kelley Bonner is a transformational specialist and licensed therapist dedicated to helping women overcome burnout and reclaim their joy. As the founder of Burn Bright Consulting and host of the top-rated podcast Black Girl Burnout—which has surpassed 1 million downloads Kelley guides individuals on a journey to authenticity and empowerment. 

Drawing on her own experience of overcoming clinical burnout, Kelley combines her expertise in social work and criminal justice to create transformative spaces for growth. Anita Hill has described her work as “revolutionary,” and the Pentagon has called her “a benchmark in her field.”

Kelley’s mission is to help women opt out of struggle and into a life filled with purpose, joy, and resilience. Through Burn Bright Consulting, she provides individuals and organizations with the tools they need to thrive.