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How to Set Yourself Up for Success and Prevent Burnout with Daniela Wokfe

Kathi Burns Episode 132

Burnout doesn’t usually hit all at once. It creeps in through overpacked schedules, perfectionism, people pleasing, and the belief that you have to “do it all” to prove you’re capable.

In this episode, I’m talking with Daniela Wolfe, licensed master’s social worker, speaker, trainer, and author of Balance Breakthrough: A Practical Guide for Busy Professionals to Take Charge of Their Work, Life, and Well-Being.

Daniela shares her own story of burning out as a young mom with a 4-month-old and a toddler while trying to hold everything together at work and at home. From that experience, she created her Exhausted to Empowered Formula, a practical framework that helps stressed, burned-out professionals reclaim their time, energy, and mental health.

We talk about:

  • How burnout can come from the things you love (work, kids, business, relationships)
  • Why mindset has to shift before self-care will actually work
  • Her simple nightly gratitude practice that changed everything
  • The Exhausted to Empowered Formula: mindset, time planning & self-care
  • “Time planning” vs “time management” and why buffers in your day matter
  • Micro-moments of self-care you can do in 30–60 seconds
  • How boundaries protect your energy and model healthy behavior for others
  • Why grace (and the word “yet”) is one of the most powerful tools you have

Daniela also shares her free resource, Reclaim Your Time in 10-Minute Blocks Cheat Sheet,” which helps you both find those small pockets of time and know what to do with them so you don’t default to email, chores, or scrolling.

If you’re tired of ending the day exhausted, resentful, or wondering what you even did all day, this episode will give you simple, realistic ways to shift from survival mode to feeling more present, calm, and in control.

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