Black Girl Burnout + Living Abroad with Kelley Bonner

SEASON 2 EPISODE 1 |Flourish in the Foreign - Black Women Living & Thriving Abroad

Burnout expert and host of the Black Girl Burnout podcast, Kelley Bonner shares her insights on how living abroad can be a pathway to improve mental wellness.

Kelley Bonner, Black Girl Burnout podcast host

Meet Kelley

Kelley is a licensed therapist with 15 experience, a burnout expert, and a corporate wellness trainer.  Her career has been vast.  She started her career in the prison system & was one of the youngest women to work in the largest men’s maximum-security prison in New York State.  Her job there was to run a group mental health program.  She has worked with military sexual trauma victims and has run sexual violence prevention and response offices.


She currently is the creator of Burn Bright a company dedicated to helping creative big-hearted helping professionals battle burnout.  It’s a labor of love and the way she takes care of the people who take care of the world.  She started this company because of her own burnout story. 

Outside of her professional life, she is an avid traveler and has been to over 30 countries and lived in Europe for 5 years.  A New York native, Washington, DC is currently home.

Connect with Kelley


This Episode Covers:

  • What is Burn Out?

  • Understanding Anxiety & Trauma

  • Dealing with Survivor's Guilt Abroad

  • The Great Resignation + Moving Abroad

  • Dating Abroad: Desirability v Fetishization

  • Can Living Abroad be a Pathway to Mental Wellness?

  • Embracing Softness

  • Wellness Resources


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Episode Credits:

Christine Job-Creator & Host

Zachary Higgs-Theme Music


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