Black Girl Burnout

Black Girl Burnout is a podcast hosted by Kelley Bonner dedicated to helping black women manage the stress of daily living and preventing the detrimental effects of burnout. Black women often feel overburdened and undervalued, and this podcast offers palpable solutions for this undeniable phenomenon. Bonner is a licensed therapist with over 15 years of experience helping people and organizations transform, evolve, and heal burnout. Each week, she dives deep on topics around burnout including career burnout, relationship burnout, and how racism and sexism contribute to the acceleration of burnout-in just 15 minutes! Bonners helps listeners develop the tools to combat and overcome burnout. During each episode, she guides listeners through bite-sized and manageable practices that provide immediate relief by leaning into their own intuition and becoming more engaged and connected with themselves and their surroundings.

Health & Fitness
Mental Health
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The Opt-Out Is A Discipline and Not A Destinati...
Welcome to the Black Girl Burnout Podcast. In this episode, Kelley concludes her conversation with Dr. Jeanette Davis about the concept of opting-out as a discipline rather than a destination. They openly discuss strategies associated with opting-out...
16 min
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The Opt-Out Is A Discipline and Not A Destinati...
Welcome to the Black Girl Burnout Podcast. In this episode, Kelley continues her conversation with Dr. Jeanette Davis about the concept of opting out as a discipline in their personal lives. They discuss how opting outing-out of relationships don’t...
15 min
103
The Opt-Out Is A Discipline and Not A Destinati...
Welcome to the Black Girl Burnout Podcast. In this episode, Kelley is joined by her friend, Dr. Jeanette Davis, also known as Dr. Ocean, a research scientist, diversity advocate, and bestselling children's author. They discuss the concept of...
33 min
104
Where We've Been and Where We're Heading: An En...
This episode is a recap of the incredible year the podcast's had. Whether it's the fact that the podcast has global reach or that its surpassed 100k downloads, everyone at the Black Girl Burnout podcast are filled with gratitude. Kelley also recaps...
16 min
105
Opt-Out Of Holiday Stress
Kelley's back with a few episodes before the season 2 premiere in January! Today's episode is all about how to manage holiday stress. Whether you are planning on celebrating with family, or this time of year is filled with grief or you don't celebrate...
17 min
106
Opt-Out Of Lies
When you can release the false thoughts that no longer serve you and instead live in a state of freedom and truth, your life will change in very positive ways.
13 min
107
Opt-Out Of Drama
Welcome to the Black Girl Burn Out podcast with Kelley. Today I want to talk about how to opt-out of drama. Every time I think about drama, I think about Mary J. Blige’s song “No More Drama”. I picture Mary J and I think about all that she has endured...
18 min
108
Opt-Into Forgiveness
Welcome to the Black Girl Burn Out podcast with Kelley. Today, I want to ask you another question, do you struggle with forgiveness? I feel like that's a loaded and complicated question. I think that a lot of people may say, No, I forgive everyone....
16 min
109
Opt-Out Of Hard Work
Welcome to the Black Girl Burn Out podcast with Kelley. Today we are going to talk about opting out of hard work. Specifically, we are going to talk about what I mean when I say “hard work”. We are also going to cover why some types of hard work can...
18 min
110
Opt-Into Community
Welcome to the Black Girl Burn Out podcast with Kelley. Today we are going to close out our three-part series on opting into your inheritance and your legacy. In this episode, we will be discussing ways to opt into the community. The sense of...
18 min
111
Opt-Into Abundance
Welcome to the Black Girl Burn Out podcast with Kelley. Today we're going to continue with our three-part series on how to access your inheritance. And what are the qualities that you deserve in your life. Last episode, we talked about opting out of...
16 min
112
Opt-Into Joy
Welcome to the Black Girl Burn Out Podcast with Kelley. Today we're going to talk about how to Opt Into Joy. This episode begins a new three-part series, that is centered around fully aligning with your birthright inheritance of happiness, abundance...
17 min
113
Opt-Into Adventure
Welcome to the Black Girl Burn Out podcast with Kelley. Today I want to talk about three ways to opt into Adventure. Each day I try to live as life as I full a life as I possibly can. I've always been pretty adventurous. As a kid I was pretty...
15 min
114
Opt-Out Of Competition
Welcome to the Black Girl Burn Out podcast with Kelley. Today I want to talk about three ways to Opt-Out of Competition. Historically, for black women, competition comes out of a society-driven scarcity mindset. When we open our horizons to fully...
17 min
115
Opt-Into Romance
Welcome to the Black Girl Burn Out podcast with Kelley. Today I want to talk about opting into living a romantic life. This episode is all about how to inject more romance into your life in a healthy, self-loving, and expressive way. When you...
16 min
116
Opt-Out of Confusion
Welcome to the Black Girl Burn Out Podcast with Kelley. Today we're going to talk about how to opt out of confusion in your life and instead opt into clarity. I'm going to start our conversation with a question. Have you ever been confused? I'm...
16 min
117
Opt-Into Moving in Silence
Welcome to the Black Girl Burn Out Podcast with Kelley. Today we're going to talk about how to Opt Into Moving in Silence. In a previous episode we discussed opting out of silence, an episode that addressed the fact that black women are more likely to...
18 min
118
What Are You Waiting For?
Welcome to the Black Girl Burnout Podcast with Kelley. Today I have a question for you. What are you waiting for? I hope that this episode galvanizes and motivates you to live a little bit bigger and bolder in your life today as we talk about how to...
19 min
119
Opt-Into Healing
Welcome to the Black Girl Burnout Podcast with Kelley. Today we are going to talk about opting into healing. This episode concludes this week’s “Family Meeting” three-part series. We are going to focus on healing strategies that can be replicated with...
19 min
120
Opt-Into Loving Accountability
Welcome to the Black Girl Podcast with Kelley. Today we are going to continue our conversation about opting out of celebrating trauma. And we are going to begin our journey towards opting into loving accountability. Letting go of the cultural...
19 min
121
Opt-Out of Celebrating Trauma
Welcome to the Black Girl Burn Out podcast with Kelley. And today, I am officially calling for a town hall/community family meeting. We're going to talk about opting out of celebrating trauma. Now hear me out. I want you to set a few ground rules....
20 min
122
Opt-Out of Emotional Exhaustion
Welcome to the Black Girl Burn Out podcast with Kelley. Are you tired? Today I want to talk about opting out of exhaustion. We've talked about opting into rest and my love of the nap ministry, which you can find on Instagram. But today I want to...
19 min
123
Opt Into Audacity
Welcome to the Black Girl Burn Out podcast with Kelley. In today’s episode, I am going to share strategies that will help you to Opt-Into Audacity in your life. Full disclosure, Audacity is one of my absolute favorite words. My wish for you is to...
18 min
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Opt-Out Of Toxic Positivity
Welcome to the Black Girl Burn Out podcast with Kelley. Today we're going to talk all about what toxic positivity is and effective strategies that will help you to opt-out of that state of being. I, in full disclosure, am kind of obsessed with...
20 min
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Opt-Into Knowing Your Worth in Partnerships
Welcome to the Black Girl Burn Out podcast with Kelley. Today’s episode marks the conclusion of this week’s 3-part “Know Your Worth “series. Thank you so much for journeying with me. To recap, Jessie Behrman’s quote, “When you learn how much you’re...
17 min