What if the “successful” life you built was silently breaking you?
In this powerful and transparent conversation, speaker and attorney Lynita Mitchell-Blackwell shares her deeply personal journey of faith, burnout, and becoming. From collapsing on the floor from exhaustion to redefining success through the lens of peace and presence, Lynita reveals how she traded perfectionism for excellence, people-pleasing for purpose, and busyness for becoming.
Whether you’re a faith-filled entrepreneur, ministry leader, or high-capacity woman wrestling with overwhelm, this episode will meet you in the mess and remind you there’s a better way to live—one filled with rest, clarity, boundaries, and deep spiritual fulfillment.
✨ What You’ll Learn:
Why success without sustainability leads to burnoutThe moment Lynita knew everything had to changeHow to discern when a “good thing” is no longer a “God thing”Practical strategies for pruning your schedule every 90 daysHow women can lead with empathy and spiritual discernmentWhy presence is the prerequisite for peaceThe difference between perfection and excellence (and why it matters)How to invite God into your business, calling, and boundaries
⏰ Timestamps: 00:00 – Meet Lynita + her background in faith and leadership 04:50 – Burnout, exhaustion, and the wake-up call 07:30 – Boundaries, surgery, and radical prioritization 10:20 – Saying no to good things that aren’t God things 12:40 – 90-day time audits and spiritual discernment 19:00 – How her family and church supported her healing 25:00 – Coaching, law, and leading from a place of overflow 32:00 – Women in leadership & allyship with men 37:38 – Redefining success: peace, joy & spiritual excellence 42:00 – The cost of wearing the mask vs. the cost of surrender
📝 Notable Quotes:
“Perfection is meeting a standard someone else set. Excellence is living with grace for what God’s called you to do.”
“Practicing presence is how we prepare for tomorrow.”
“You don’t have to be all things to all people to be obedient to God.”
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