Black Girl Burnout is a podcast about burnout, ambition, care, and what it actually takes to build a life that feels good to live—not just impressive from the outside.
Hosted by Kelley Bonner, the show explores how burnout takes hold, why ambition doesn’t need to be abandoned but redesigned, and how joy, rest, and gentleness can coexist with meaningful work and forward movement.
Through reflection, practical insight, and carefully chosen conversations, Black Girl Burnout offers both grounding and direction, helping listeners feel seen and take action toward lives that are sustainable, intentional, and their own.
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Recession Lies: 3 Money Myths I Need Black Women to Stop Believing
mercredi 16 septembre 2026 • Durée 43:18
Kelley is doing Hot Takes today. In this solo episode, she breaks down three money myths circulating as the economy gets shakier: the belief that you need more income streams, that entrepreneurship is an automatic escape from a bad job, and that every hobby needs to become a hustle, and offers a grounded, researched alternative to the panic.
Key Takeaways
Myth: you need more ways to make money. Truth: go deeper before you go broader. Social media isn't a reliable revenue stream, and deepening the skills and relationships you already have often pays off more than chasing seven new income streams.
Myth: entrepreneurship is an escape hatch from a hard job. Truth: it's a different kind of stress, not a lesser one. It requires financial runway, high tolerance for uncertainty, and a level of discipline most people underestimate.
Myth: everything valuable in your life needs to make money. Truth: hobbies don't need customers. Protect at least one thing in your life that exists purely for joy, not revenue.
Relationships over reach. Ten people who trust your work and are willing to pay you will do more for your financial security than a million casual followers.
Episode Highlights & Timestamps
02:00 Myth #1: You need more ways to make money, and why social media isn't a reliable income source
14:00 How to vet anyone selling you a "how to make money" program (the receipts test)
24:00 Myth #2: Entrepreneurship is an automatic escape hatch from a bad job
34:00 Myth #3: Don't monetize your hobbies, protecting the things that are just for joy
39:00 Relationships over reach: the story of rebuilding her business after losing a year of work in three days
Gentle Invitation
This week, resist the urge to add. Instead, pick one thing to deepen, one relationship, one skill, one income stream you already have. Ask yourself: am I making this decision from strategy, or from panic?
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Kelley names three wars she believes so many Black women are fighting right now, wars we've been mislabeling as something else entirely. In this solo episode, she unpacks the war with ourselves (that we call self-improvement), the war with our community (that we call accountability), and the war with the world (that we call activism), and makes the case for stepping out of all three and choosing peace instead.
Key Takeaways
The war with yourself often gets mislabeled as self-improvement. Urgency, self-punishment, and arbitrary deadlines aren't growth, they're just a fight with yourself in disguise.
The war with community often gets mislabeled as accountability. There's a real difference between holding someone accountable and piling on. Call people in before you cut them off, and hold boundaries with love, not cruelty.
The war with the world often gets mislabeled as activism. Anger alone isn't activism. Real change comes from being steady and grounded, not embattled.
You can't fight three wars at once and survive it. Noticing which battle you're actually in is the first step to choosing peace instead.
Episode Highlights & Timestamps
03:00 The first war: mistaking self-punishment for self-improvement
07:00 The second war: when accountability turns into pile-on culture and cruelty
14:00 Calling people in instead of cutting them off, and holding boundaries with love
16:00 The third war: confusing anger with activism
18:00 Three questions to ask yourself before you go to war
Gentle Invitation
This week, notice which war you're in, with yourself, with your community, or with the world. Ask yourself: is this actually a battle I need to be in, or one I wandered into? You don't have to win it today. Just notice it's there.
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Before You "Lock In", Check In
mercredi 2 septembre 2026 • Durée 26:13
It's September, and Kelley wants you to pause before you "lock in." This solo episode challenges lock-in culture, the cultural pressure to suddenly get disciplined, finish the year strong, and fix your whole life in three months. Kelley shares her own cautionary tale of what years of pushing through cost her health, then walks through a gentler four-step framework for having real goals without declaring war on yourself.
Key Takeaways
Lock-in syndrome sounds motivating, but it usually runs on shame, the assumption that you're behind, undisciplined, or broken and need to be fixed by December 31st.
September 1st isn't magic. There's nothing wrong with ambition, but arbitrary deadlines and 75-day challenges often create false urgency instead of real progress.
Sometimes the most honest answer isn't to lock in harder, it's to ask whether you even need to optimize right now, or whether you just need to rest.
The Gentle Lock-In Framework has four steps: check in, use discernment, choose, and gently commit.
Episode Highlights & Timestamps
02:00 What lock-in syndrome is, and the real cost of ignoring how you actually feel
05:00 Kelley's own cautionary tale: what years of "locking in" cost her health
12:00 Do you even need to optimize? Toxic self-care vs. toxic self-improvement
16:00 Redefining "locking in": the four-step gentle framework
19:00 What Kelley's own lock-in looks like this season (a "75 extra soft")
Gentle Invitation
Before you set any goals this month, stop and ask yourself: how am I actually doing? Not what you should be doing, not what everyone else is doing, but what's actually true in your body, your mind, and your spirit right now.
Choose one thing, a few things, or nothing at all. And whatever you choose, commit to it gently.
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Chloe Nwangwu, Brand Scientist: Curiosity, Curation, and Confidence
mardi 25 août 2026 • Durée 01:09:08
Kelley sits down with N. Chloé Nwangwu, keynote speaker, principal investigator at Nobiworks, and known as The Brand Scientist, for a conversation about the real difference between going viral and being truly visible. Chloé breaks down two decades of research into the science of visibility, from her early career in international conflict mediation to the framework she now teaches leaders, brands, and Black women specifically on how recognition actually works, and why the usual advice to "just show up more" isn't enough.
Key Takeaways
Recognition is the invisible currency of influence. Without it, you don't have access to shaping the beliefs, judgments, and decisions of the people around you.
Being seen isn't the same as being remembered, and being remembered isn't the same as being recognized. Chloé's "Three Rs of Visibility", represented, remembered, recognized, explain why some ideas stick and others get filtered out.
Visibility bias creates a real invisibility tax. The "reciprocity gap" means under-recognized people often have to give more and get less back for the same effort as their peers.
Lasting visibility isn't luck, it's an ecosystem. Building a platform, a real "circle of recognition" (not just a follower count), and decision architecture is what actually moves people.
Episode Highlights & Timestamps
05:00 From conflict mediation to Brand Scientist: the through-line Chloé didn't see coming
14:00 Recognition as the invisible currency of influence: who gets the seat at the table, and why
18:00 The Three Rs of Visibility: represented, remembered, recognized
32:00 Under-recognition, visibility bias, and the invisibility tax
43:00 Building an ecosystem of influence: platform, circle of recognition, and decision architecture
Gentle Invitation
This week, notice one input you let into your life on autopilot, a feed, a follow, an opinion you didn't choose. Ask yourself: who does this benefit? Do I want to play along?
Choose one small act of curation. Unfollow one account, mute one feed, protect one hour. Not everything. Just one thing.
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Joy Economics: Shani Godwin on Ending Over-Functioning & Choosing Joy on Your Own Terms
mercredi 19 août 2026 • Durée 01:02:36
Joy Economics: Shani Godwin on Ending Over-Functioning & Choosing Joy on Your Own Terms
Kelley sits down with Shani Godwin, writer, entrepreneur, and creator of the concept of Joy Economics, for a conversation that started with a line from her viral Oprah Magazine piece: "Black girl magic isn't magic, it's normalized over-functioning." Shani opens up about the mental health crisis that changed her life at 30, the 3 a.m. breakdown that made her rethink what success actually costs, and the practice she now teaches to help Black women build lives and businesses around joy instead of around proving they can carry it all.
Key Takeaways
Black girl magic isn't magic, it's normalized over-functioning. Making the hard things look effortless comes with an invisible tax, and the more we achieve, the heavier that tax gets.
Being "strong" isn't always the answer. Sometimes the most loving thing we can do for each other is stop saying "you got this" and instead just show up, sit in it, and let someone be broken for a moment.
Joy Economics means building your life and business around what actually brings you joy, not around growth for growth's sake. Profit and freedom over vanity metrics; joy in the journey, not just the destination.
Episode Highlights & Timestamps
2:00 — Where "Black girl magic isn't magic, it's normalized over-functioning" came from
10:00 — Shani's mental health crisis at 30, and the 20-year journey that followed
27:00 — What Joy Economics actually is
37:00 — Practical first steps: radical honesty with yourself, and learning where joy lives in your body
53:00 — What brings Shani joy day to day, and how she protects it
Gentle Invitation
This week, notice a moment when you feel genuinely good, when your shoulders drop, you laugh, or you feel peaceful. Don't rush past it.
Ask yourself: what does joy actually feel like in my body? Not what should make you happy, or what looks successful, what does it actually feel like?
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The Body Is Not an Apology: Sonya Renee Taylor on Radical Self-Love & Letting Go of Shame (REPLAY)
mercredi 12 août 2026 • Durée 56:33
Kelley sits down with Sonya Renee Taylor, author of The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love, for a conversation Kelley calls essential reading for every Black woman. They trace the phrase's origin story, unpack what body shame really is beneath the physical, and walk through Sonya's roadmap for opting out of shame and into radical self-love: mapping your way out of shame, the four pillars of practice, and why community and self-compassion are what actually make the work sustainable.
Key Takeaways
Body shame isn't only physical. It shows up as shame around our needs, our emotions, our voice, and how much space we let ourselves take up. The physical body is just where 90% of the conversation gets stuck.
Opting out of shame starts with three peace treaties: making peace with not understanding, making peace with difference, and making peace with our bodies, in that order.
Radical self-love isn't something you build, it's your default state. The four pillars (taking out the toxic, mind matters, unapologetic action, collective compassion) are about removing what's been layered on top, not adding something new.
Episode Highlights & Timestamps
02:00 - Where the phrase "the body is not an apology" came from
08:00 - What body shame really means, beyond the physical
13:00 - Mapping your way out of shame:the three-step framework
20:00 - Making peace with our bodies as "currency"
29:00 - The four pillars of a radical self-love practice
55:00 - Where to connect with Sonya Renee Taylor
Gentle Invitation
This week, notice one place you apologize for taking up space, in your body, your voice, your needs, or your wants.
You don't have to fix it. Just notice it, and see if you can meet it with the same grace Sonya describes: "It's okay. I love you, just as you are."
Choose one small, unapologetic action. Not ten. Just one.
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Stop Waiting for Your Life to Begin: Why Permission Is More Powerful Than Productivity
mercredi 5 août 2026 • Durée 19:30
We're on hiatus, but Kelley couldn't let August start without checking in. In this solo episode, she talks about why this month feels less about goal-crushing and more about giving herself permission, to have fun, to earn what she's worth, and to be brave, vulnerable, and visible. From booking concert tickets before she "earned" them to rehabbing the Substack membership, this is a conversation about scheduling joy instead of waiting for it, and about what's coming next for Black Girl Burnout.
Key Takeaways
Waiting for permission is its own kind of emotional death sentence. So many of us live in an invisible waiting room, we've done the courses, read the books, listened to the podcasts, but still wait for the "right time" to actually live differently.
Joy is scheduled, not earned. Kelley bought concert tickets to see Olivia Dean months in advance as a reminder that delight doesn't have to be a reward for finishing a task, it can be planned for.
Worthiness shows up in money and visibility too. Giving yourself permission isn't just emotional, it's charging what you're worth, unlearning inherited scarcity stories, and being willing to be seen.
Episode Highlights & Timestamps
00:00:00 -Welcome back: why Kelley couldn't let August start without a hiatus check-in
02:00 - The invisible waiting room: why so many of us know what to do but haven't stepped through the door
05:19 - Permission #1: More fun: scheduling joy on purpose (hello, Olivia Dean tickets) instead of waiting for it to drop in your lap
08:04 - Permission #2: More money: worthiness, unlearning scarcity stories, and separating guilt from what you charge
11:04 - Permission #3: Bravery, vulnerability & visibility: showing up more on social, and what's coming with the Substack membership rehab and the first digital magazine
15:07 - The bigger invitation: what could August become if you stopped waiting and started participating in your own life?
17:30 - catalog picks to revisit on hiatus, including the Michelle Young, Sonia Renee Taylor, and Morgan Harper Nichols interviews
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Strength & Softness: Michelle Goodloe on Burnout Recovery for Black Women (REPLAY)
mercredi 29 juillet 2026 • Durée 36:43
In this thoughtful conversation, Kelley sits down with licensed clinical social worker Michelle Goodloe to explore what burnout really is—and why so many Black women experience it differently. Michelle shares her personal journey through professional burnout, explains why self-care alone isn't enough to recover, and offers a compassionate framework for rebuilding a healthier relationship with yourself through boundaries, restorative self-care, and intentional slowing down.
Together, they unpack the Strong Black Woman stereotype, capitalism fatigue, identity beyond work, and why healing begins with giving yourself permission to become more than what the world expects of you. The episode is both validating and practical, offering listeners tangible first steps toward burnout recovery and a more joyful, sustainable life.
Key Takeaways
Burnout develops over time—and recovery does too. Healing begins by slowing down, identifying what's contributing to burnout, and taking small, sustainable steps toward rest.
Boundaries are an act of self-respect. Healthy boundaries protect your time, energy, and joy while teaching others how to have healthy relationships with you.
Black women deserve identities beyond "strong." You have permission to redefine strength to include rest, softness, vulnerability, and self-compassion.
Episode Highlights & Timestamps
00:02 – Michelle's personal burnout story
Michelle shares how professional burnout transformed both her life and the work she does today.
09:00 – What burnout actually is
A powerful conversation on how burnout develops over time, the role of capitalism fatigue, and recognizing the signs before your body forces you to stop.
16:30 – Beyond the Strong Black Woman stereotype
Michelle and Kelley unpack how inherited expectations around strength contribute to burnout and how Black women can redefine what strength means for themselves.
29:00 – Boundaries protect your joy
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When Your Body Changes the Plan: Michelle Young on Chronic Illness, Rest & Redefining Success
mercredi 22 juillet 2026 • Durée 48:57
Michelle Young joins Kelley for an honest conversation about what happens when life changes in ways you never expected. From navigating sudden public attention after The Bachelor and The Bachelorette to living with POTS (Postural Orthostatic Tachycardia Syndrome), Michelle shares how she's learned to redefine strength, embrace rest, and let go of the belief that productivity determines worth.
Together, they explore burnout, chronic illness, boundaries, activism, community, and the courage to build a gentler life. Michelle also reflects on finding new purpose through her foundation, supporting underserved students, and discovering that slowing down doesn't mean giving up—it creates space to live with greater intention, joy, and authenticity.
Key Takeaways
Rest is not something you earn—it's essential to healing. True strength isn't always pushing through; sometimes it's leaving a little energy in the tank.
Your worth isn't measured by your productivity. Healing often requires redefining success and learning that who you are matters more than what you accomplish.
A meaningful life is built through intentional choices. Whether it's protecting your energy, setting boundaries, or nurturing relationships, small daily decisions create lasting change.
Episode Highlights & Timestamps
00:00 – When life changes overnight: Michelle reflects on staying grounded through sudden fame, remaining true to herself, and navigating life in the public eye.
17:45 – Living with POTS and redefining strength: Michelle explains POTS, shares how chronic illness transformed her relationship with rest, and why pushing through is no longer the goal.
33:20 – Finding purpose after burnout: Michelle discusses building her foundation, discovering a new way to make an impact, and embracing seasons where purpose evolves instead of disappears.
49:30 – Leaving a little energy in the tank: Michelle and Kelley explore what it means to measure success differently, embrace intentional living, and find joy in slowing down.
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Reclaiming Your Body, Joy & Capacity with Jayden Aubren
mercredi 15 juillet 2026 • Durée 45:08
Healing isn't another achievement to unlock—it's a relationship we cultivate with ourselves over time. In this conversation, Kelley sits down with therapist, trauma-informed movement specialist, and holistic health coach Jayden Aubren to explore why lasting healing begins with honoring our capacity instead of pushing past it. Together they unpack the connection between trauma, movement, nervous system regulation, and intentional living, offering practical ways to build sustainable habits that support healing without burnout. If you've ever felt pressured to "fix yourself" faster, this episode is an invitation to embrace a softer, more sustainable path.
Key Takeaways
Healing becomes more sustainable when we honor our body's capacity instead of chasing perfection or quick fixes.
Small, consistent practices—like mindful movement, breathwork, quality rest, and intentional routines—create lasting transformation over time.
Building a healing lifestyle means shifting from solving isolated problems to nurturing your whole ecosystem: body, mind, relationships, and daily habits.
Episode Highlights & Timestamps
00:00 — What does healing on your own terms actually look like?
Kelley introduces Jayden Aubren and explores why healing should honor our whole humanity—not just our productivity.
15:45 — Why your body needs less, not more
Jayden explains trauma-informed movement, the nervous system, and why slowing down often creates better long-term results than pushing harder.
39:30 — Building a healing lifestyle through small daily habits
The conversation turns toward practical ways to reconnect with your body through sleep, movement, food, breathwork, and mindful routines.
59:10 — "What brings you joy?"
Jayden shares a memorable answer about finding joy in themselves, followed by Kelley's reflections on nurturing the relationship we have with ourselves.
Gentle Invitation
This week, choose one small practice that helps you reconnect with yourself. Maybe it's taking three intentional breaths before your next meeting, eating one meal without distractions, going for a short walk, or simply allowing yourself to rest without trying to earn it. Notice how that one small act shifts the way you move through your day. Healing doesn't have to be rushed to be real.
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Find Chloé on LinkedIn, where she shares her nerdiest, most in-depth work
She also offers a free recognition assessment that tells you where you stand and gives you your next best step
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Subscribe to our newsletter at blackgirlburnout.com. Watch on YouTube. Drop a review, your words make a real difference, and they warm Kelley's whole heart every single time.
Join our Substack family for weekly reflections, tools, and behind-the-scenes notes from Kelley.
Become a paid subscriber ($8/month) for exclusive resources and monthly workshops.
If you'd like to make a one-time gift in honor of this milestone and support the continued work of Black Girl Burnout, you can donate through Ko-fi at ko-fi.com/blackgirlburnout.
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Subscribe to our newsletter at blackgirlburnout.com. Watch on YouTube. Drop a review — your words make a real difference, and they warm Kelley's whole heart every single time.
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Book: The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love
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This week, notice where you're waiting for permission you could just give yourself.
What are you telling yourself you'll do "when", when you lose the weight, when you have more money, when someone else validates the idea? What would it look like to do it now, in one small way?
Choose one micro-permission. Not ten. Just one. Schedule the joy, send the pitch, post the thing.
Let that be enough for now.
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Watch on YouTube. Drop a review, your words make a real difference, and they warm Kelley's whole heart every single time.
Join our Substack family for weekly reflections, tools, and behind-the-scenes notes from Kelley, including a first look at the digital magazine and the rehabbed membership community.
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Michelle shares practical boundary-setting strategies—including her "Yes, No, Yes" framework—and explains why protecting your time is essential for burnout recovery.
This week, ask yourself one simple question: "What would help me go from a 10 to a 9?" Instead of trying to overhaul your life, choose one small way to slow down—reschedule one task, say no to one request, or create one boundary that protects your time. Burnout recovery isn't about changing everything overnight; it's about consistently choosing yourself, one step at a time.
G. Michelle Goodloe, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker, burnout recovery strategist, and founder of Gmichelle Wellness. Through her therapy-informed approach, Michelle helps exhausted professionals—especially Black women and helping professionals—recover from burnout, unlearn toxic productivity, and build sustainable self-care practices rooted in compassion and rest.
The Self-Care Investment: Your Guide to Making Your Self-Care Non-Negotiable – A practical workbook filled with guided exercises, self-care trackers, and reflective activities to help you build a personalized, sustainable self-care practice.
I Own My Magic: Self-Talk for Black Women – An affirmation and self-reflection journal designed to help Black women strengthen self-esteem, practice self-compassion, and embrace their softness.
Self Explore, Self Restore – A guided self-care journal with thoughtful prompts to help you reconnect with yourself, reduce stress, and make self-care a consistent part of everyday life.
If you'd like to make a one-time gift in honor of this milestone and support the continued work of Black Girl Burnout, you can donate through Ko-fi at ko-fi.com/blackgirlburnout. Thank you for being part of this community.
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This week, notice where you're treating exhaustion as proof that you've done enough. Instead of giving every ounce of yourself away, experiment with ending one day with a little energy left. Rest before you're depleted, be fully present with someone you love, and remember that your value isn't determined by how much you produce—it's already yours.
Michelle Young is a former elementary school teacher, television personality, and fan favorite from The Bachelor and The Bachelorette. Today, she continues her work as an educator, speaker, and advocate, using her platform to expand opportunities for young people and support communities through education-focused initiatives.
Through The Michelle Young Foundation, Michelle partners with educators and school districts to connect underserved students with scholarships, enrichment opportunities, and after-school programming like Homework and Hoops. The foundation is dedicated to helping students access experiences that foster growth while supporting the educators who champion them every day.
If you'd like to make a one-time gift in honor of this milestone and support the continued work of Black Girl Burnout, you can donate through Ko-fi at ko-fi.com/blackgirlburnout. Thank you for being part of this community.
Like, follow, and subscribe across all platforms. Find us @blackgirlburnout.
Subscribe to our newsletter at blackgirlburnout.com. Watch on YouTube. Drop a review — your words make a real difference, and they warm Kelley's whole heart every single time.
Join our Substack family for weekly reflections, tools, and behind-the-scenes notes from Kelley.
Become a paid subscriber ($8/month) for exclusive resources and monthly workshops.
If you'd like to make a one-time gift in honor of this milestone and support the continued work of Black Girl Burnout, you can donate through Ko-fi at ko-fi.com/blackgirlburnout. Thank you for being part of this community.
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Subscribe to our newsletter at blackgirlburnout.com. Watch on YouTube. Drop a review — your words make a real difference, and they warm Kelley's whole heart every single time.
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