July 2025
Editors note:
Your Burnout is not a Badge
Let me be blunt: Burnout is not a flex.
It’s your mind, body, and spirit waving a red flag and begging you to stop acting strong while suffering in silence. We need to practice prioritising ourselves. And yet, too many ambitious women are stuck in survival mode—smiling through the stress, multitasking ourselves into exhaustion, and wearing our depletion like a twisted crown of honour.
I’ve coached powerhouse women who’ve built amazing careers while running on fumes. Women who’ve been conditioned to believe that rest is weakness, boundaries are optional, and asking for help is failure.
Enough.
Burnout isn’t just a workplace hazard—it’s a cultural inheritance. But here’s the wake-up call: if you played a part in your burnout, you also hold the power to end it. That means emotional accountability (feel your feelings, don’t downplay them), mental boundaries (your brain is not a bottomless resource), and physical respect (your body isn’t a robot).
No more glorifying the grind. No more martyrdom in the name of ambition.
This is your permission slip to put yourself first—not someday, not when things calm down—now.
Because when women prioritise their well-being, we don’t just survive. We lead, we elevate, and we build cultures of power and care.
Welcome to Power Play—the monthly newsletter providing the tools for success without self-sacrifice. Remember: You don’t have to break to be brilliant.
Lead. Rest. Rise.
—Lynn xo
This month’s highlights
Ask Lynn
Any questions you have, career led, life choices or situations you need help navigating - I will answer. This month I talk through questions such as:
“How do I market myself?’
‘I’m not getting credit for my work - how do I handle it?’
‘I’ve been doing more than my job - nobody seems to notice’
Episode I: She Means business X Jane Keilty, CEO of Aon UK
In this first-ever She Means Business interview, Jane gets real about being a woman in a male-dominated industry, the emotional tax of being a working mum, and why learning to manage money young is a game changer.