Post by LYV.on

The most popular advice for burned-out women leaders is making it worse. Set boundaries. Practice self-care. Ask for help. I'm not against any of these. I teach versions of all three. But there's a prerequisite step nobody is naming. And without it, all three pieces of advice land like a slap. Here's the prerequisite: knowing what you actually believe you're allowed to have. Most of the women I work with are operating from invisible permission ceilings they didn't even know existed. So when someone tells them to "set a boundary," they hear an instruction they don't have the internal permission to follow. You can't set a boundary you don't believe you deserve. You can't practice self-care you secretly think is selfish. You can't ask for help if you're convinced your value depends on not needing it. That's why the L step of the L.I.V.E. Framework - Lead Your Mind - comes first. Not because mindset is fluffy. Because every other change runs on whatever mindset is already running underneath it. If the burnout advice you've been given hasn't worked, it's not because you're failing at it. It's because nobody handed you the operating system update first. What's one piece of "leadership advice" that hasn't worked for you, no matter how many times you've tried it? #WomensLeadership #BurnoutPrevention #LeadershipMindset #LYVon #LIVEFramework