I burnt out as a corporate leader. Then I burnt out again as an entrepreneur running a successful marketing company — the kind of success that looks great on paper and feels like nothing on the inside.

It wasn't until I got hit by a literal truck that I finally had to admit what I'd been hiding, even from myself. Work had defined my entire adult life. I didn’t know who I was without it.

So I started looking for answers. I studied the science of happiness, got certified by Harvard and Yale, and then — maybe more importantly — I actually lived by what I learned. My anxiety dropped from an 11 to a 2. I found hobbies and interests and things that genuinely filled me up, things that had nothing to do with my job title or my output or how useful I was to other people.

For the first time, I wasn't defined by what I did, because I finally knew who I was: someone who loves travel and trying new foods and taking the long way home and making art and getting her hands in the dirt.

That work changed my life. And it's the exact same work I do with you inside The Energy Edit.

If there's one thing worth investing in right now, it's this: finally figuring out what actually energizes you — not what looks good, not what you're supposed to want, but what genuinely lights you up and how to build more of it into the life you're already living.