Most books about burnout are written from recovery: by people who burned out, got better, and then decided to write about it from a comfortable distance. This one came from the middle of it. The performance, the breaking point, the work of figuring out what was actually mine to carry and what wasn't.
If you've been called superwoman, if you've smiled and said 'it's fine' when it wasn't, if you've built a career you're proud of and quietly wondered why it doesn't feel like enough, this book was written to you. Not about you. To you.
Read it the first time to soak it in. Read it the second time to do the work alongside it.
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Most people who are burning out don't call it that. They call it a hard season, or a busy stretch, or just how things are right now. The quiz cuts through that. It takes about five minutes and places you in one of four stages. Each result tells you specifically what's driving it and what to do next. The result is a starting point, not a score.
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Brilliance Not Burnout
The Professional Woman's Path to Manifestation & Abundance.
Published by Make It With Mindset LLC, October 2025. ISBN 979-8993393407. Available in paperback and ebook.
Who it's for: the professional woman in a mid-to-senior role who is performing at a high level and beginning to wonder what it's costing her. She's not falling apart visibly. She is quietly aware that something isn't sustainable, and she doesn't have a name for it yet.
What's inside: a framework for identifying which parts of your performance are genuinely yours and which parts are performance for an audience, and what changes in how you work and live when you stop needing to do both at once.
Published October 2025. Amazon #1 Best Seller in Work-Related Health (first achieved October 17, 2025). Available in paperback and ebook.
Get the book on Amazon →As a Type A, overachieving female small business owner and mom of two, I know firsthand how easy it is to fall into the cycle of constant striving. Brilliance Not Burnout reminded me that true success isn't about nonstop hustle, but about slowing down, trusting myself, and leading with clarity and intention. Each chapter felt like a conversation with a trusted mentor. This book made such an impact that I plan to gift copies to my leadership team.
Gina hits the nail on the head. What resonated most was her reminder that manifestation isn't magic. You still have to put in the work. Read it the first time to soak it in. The second time, do the work alongside it.
The book feels interactive, asking you to pause, reflect, and actively engage with the content. The author invites you to go beyond surface-level inspiration and put the ideas into practice.
The book raises the questions. The workbook is where you answer them.
The Brilliance Not Burnout Workbook is the companion most readers come back for after the first read. It's the same framework from the book, but in a format built for doing rather than reading: the exercises, the reflection prompts, the tools you circled in the margin and meant to come back to. Available as a printable PDF and a fillable digital version.
Get the workbook for $37 →Printable or fillable. The same framework from the book, built for doing.
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