From Burned Out to Lit Up: 3 Keys to Your Inner Glow

Part 1

There was a time I said yes so often I forgot what my own no sounded like. I over-delivered at work, laughed at jokes that weren’t funny, and shrank myself to make everyone else more comfortable. I ignored gut feelings, silenced my truth, and called it easygoing. I mistook anxiety for ambition. I thought if I could just be good enough, pretty enough, productive enough, then I’d finally feel safe.

My deep desire was that I would finally feel happy and fulfilled.

Shocker: That feeling didn’t come. Not when I landed the job, when I ran the 16th marathon, or even when I had a life that looked great from the outside from living in Hawaii and having a well-paying job. I felt hollow on the inside and thought:

Why am I not happy?

It wasn’t until I hit my own version of rock bottom with an unconscious-on-a-bathroom-floor moment that I realized the truth: I had been abandoning myself.

If you are:

• Successful on paper but secretly burned out, resentful, or lost

• Struggle with self-trust, boundaries, and self-worth

• Are secretly longing for more authenticity, rest, and joy but fear losing love if they change

This is your invitation to come back to you.

Over the next few days, I’ll uncover three powerful shifts that helped me stop self-abandoning and start shining from the inside with inner joy. You’ll understand why you abandon yourself, how to begin rewriting the pattern, and start rekindling your inner glow. The goal is to help you remember who you are before the world dimmed your light.

This isn’t a self-care checklist or a Pinterest quote. This is about a fiercely inspired reconnection with your voice, body, and worth. It’s peeling back the armor, ditching the performance, and standing in the mirror saying, “I’m not going to abandon myself anymore, even if no one else gets it.” Because most people won’t, and that’s okay.