Reclaim Your Voice & Glow Again: What Janet Bernstein Taught Us About Burnout, Brilliance, and Becoming Whole
There are conversations that land softly…
and then there are conversations that shift something inside you.
Last Friday's episode of The Creative Connection Podcast with Janet C. Bernstein, keynote speaker, 10-time author, and Chief Glow Strategist at Let Her Glow, was the second kind — honest, revealing, and deeply needed for women who lead, create, give, and carry so much.
Janet knows burnout from the inside out.
She also knows what it feels like to shed the roles, expectations, and versions of yourself that no longer fit… and reclaim the voice you almost forgot you had.
And that is exactly what we talked about —
what it takes to glow again without burning out.
🌿 The Wake-Up Call: When Your Spirit Says “No More”
What struck me most in this conversation was the unfortunate validation that often women wait until everything is on fire before we pause.
We push.
We produce.
We take care of everyone else.
And then one day, our body, our heart, or our spirit whispers (or sometimes shouts):
“This isn’t working anymore.”
Janet had that moment — the kind that brings you back to your knees and then back to your truth.
Her reinvention wasn’t about becoming someone new…
It was about returning to who she had always been.
I reflected that I too had had the Wake-Up Call. In the middle of Central Park in the Summer of 2016. I share this in my upcoming memoire, Courageous: A Journey from Pain to Purpose.
✨ The G.L.O.W. Code: A Framework for Coming Home to Yourself
Janet’s signature framework — the G.L.O.W. Code — emerged from her own healing:
Grounded
Liberated
On Fire
Whole
Four pillars that help women stay aligned with their voice, their purpose, and their own internal knowing.
What I love most about her work is how it echoes the heart of The Creative Connection: you can’t reclaim your voice if you’re living disconnected from yourself.
Glow happens when presence meets courage.
When authenticity meets action.
When leadership meets truth.
💜 Shed What No Longer Fits
During our conversation, Janet said something that landed with weight and grace: “Transformation begins by shedding what no longer fits.”
And isn’t that true for all of us?
- Sometimes the burnout isn’t from doing too much…
- It’s from doing too much of what is not you.
- Old roles.
- Old identities.
- Old expectations.
- Old ways of proving, producing, performing.
The moment we let go — we make space to...
Breathe again.
Listen again.
Glow again.
🔥 Trying New Things: The Spark That Reignites Your Fire
Janet reminded us how joy often hides in the things we haven’t tried yet.
- A new class.
- A courageous conversation.
- A creative practice you’ve forgotten.
- A desire you’ve never voiced aloud.
Sometimes the thing that reignites our soul is waiting just beyond the edge of our comfort.
Reclaiming voice isn’t just about speaking.
It’s about experimenting, expanding, and being willing to meet yourself in new ways.
🌸 Community Is Where Our Power Returns
One of the threads that ran through our conversation was the power of community — real, honest, supportive connection.
We aren’t meant to glow alone - but women tend to try.
We rise faster, heal deeper, and stay the course longer when we are witnessed…when we are believed…when we are surrounded by others who understand the weight we carry and the dreams we hold.
It’s why conversations like this one matter.
And why circles, communities, and intentional spaces matter even more.
💫 If You’ve Been Feeling the Pull to Begin Again…
I feel like the last month or so of conversations have all bee invitations. Reminders.
A mirror for your soul.
An opportunity to find your spark.
Takeaways from this episode and several others are
- You are allowed to shed what no longer fits.
- You are allowed to reclaim your voice.
- You are allowed to glow — grounded, liberated, on fire, and whole.
If you haven’t listened yet, you can tune in here: 🎧 The Creative Connection Podcast – Episode with Janet Bernstein → [link]
Want more information about the G.L.O.W. code, check it out here.
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