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ReKindle XM “Helping you move from burnout to Living Purpose through awareness, clarity, and meaningful impact.” Live Energized. Live Aware. Start Living Purpose.

At reKindle XM, we believe burnout can be a powerful turning point—not a dead end. After years of watching people push through exhaustion, lose their passion, and feel disconnected from what matters, we set out to create a clearer path forward. That journey began with our book, reKindle: Your Path from Burnout to Erupting with Passion and Purpose, which helps readers understand what’s draining the

m, reconnect with their spark, and begin rebuilding their energy. Find our book here: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/rekindle-brian-gattshall/1145564441?ean=9781636985022

But healing and clarity don’t stop with the last page. People needed a way to live this transformation, not just read about it. That’s why we created Living Purpose—a practical framework designed to help you sustain clarity, energy, and meaning in everyday life. Living Purpose focuses on three essential forms of awareness: https://www.rekindlexmhub.com

🔵 Professional Awareness — understanding your genius, strengths, and roles so you can work with clarity and energy.
💚 Personal Awareness — recognizing yourself, others, and environments so you can communicate better, protect your energy, and build stronger relationships.
💜 Purpose Awareness — identifying your values, meaning, and deeper “why” so your choices feel aligned and intentional. Together, these pillars offer a grounded, sustainable way to navigate work, relationships, and personal growth without slipping back into burnout. They help you create a life that fuels you instead of draining you—a life where purpose isn’t something you search for, but something you live daily. Whether you're recovering from burnout, feeling stuck in your current path, or simply ready to grow with more awareness and intention, we’re here to guide you from spark to sustained purpose.

Some work gives you momentum. Other work drains you before you even begin. And sometimes the confusing part is this: You...
05/29/2026

Some work gives you momentum. Other work drains you before you even begin.

And sometimes the confusing part is this: You may be good at the work that drains you. That does not mean something is wrong with you. It may mean the work is not aligned with how you naturally contribute.

Our next Professional Awareness Masterclass starts June 11, 2026 at 6:00 PM CT.

This 3-week live class will help you understand:

✔️ what kind of work fuels you
✔️ what kind of work frustrates you
✔️ how your real role differs from your title
✔️ where your skills and strengths are being used well
✔️ what small adjustments could help your work feel more sustainable

One pilot class participant shared: “This course helped me put language to my experiences at work — what I truly enjoy and the type of work that frustrates me.”

That’s the goal. Not pressure or a dramatic career overhaul. Just clearer language, better awareness, and practical next steps.

Normally $794. This round is being offered for $99. Limited seats available.

Register here: https://www.rekindlexmhub.com/pra-masterclass

05/27/2026

My most recent first simple step has been pausing at the end of the day to reflect on what actually happened and using that to plan the week ahead.

Instead of trying to plan everything all at once, I take inventory one day at a time. Then I choose one main focus for each day in the upcoming week.

How do you plan your days?

I (Michelle) have a little smiley-face tracker on my calendar. It’s not anything fancy or complicated (it’s actually kin...
05/27/2026

I (Michelle) have a little smiley-face tracker on my calendar.

It’s not anything fancy or complicated (it’s actually kind of silly). Just a small daily check-in where I circle how I’m feeling that day.

Really grumpy > Neutral > Happy > Somewhere in between.

For a while, I was living somewhere between neutral and grumpy. Not miserable, or falling apart, or unable to function. Just… not fully okay.

And yes, Brian was very aware of the grumpy moods too!

What surprised me was what started changing once I paid closer attention to where my work was actually landing. After going through working genius and learning about my natural gifts, I started spending less time stuck in frustration zones and more time working in areas that fit how I’m naturally wired.

The circles started shifting.

Everything didn’t all of a sudden get easier and the workload didn’t disappear. Every frustrating part of my work didn’t just magically go away. But I could finally see the connection between how I was spending my workday and how I was feeling at the end of it.

A smiley face on a calendar may seem too simple to matter. But sometimes the simplest check-ins help us finally notice the patterns.

Where would your workday land today?

We weren’t meant to live our lives under constant stress. We know this. We know we weren’t designed to stay in survival...
05/22/2026

We weren’t meant to live our lives under constant stress.

We know this. We know we weren’t designed to stay in survival mode, constantly under pressure, holding the weight of the world on our shoulders.

We can feel it in our bodies. Burnout takes more than a toll on your mental health. That “go, go, go,” keeping up with the Joneses, chasing the ever-changing “American Dream” lifestyle is not sustainable.

So why do so many of us settle for it? Why do we accept it?

Maybe it’s time to come back to the bigger picture. Your job is meant to fit your life, not the other way around.

And burnout isn’t just reserved for executives, healthcare workers, corporate employees, or people twenty years into a career. You don’t even need a paid job to burn out.

Burnout doesn’t discriminate. It shows up after spending too much time trying to give what we don’t have.

“reKindle” is our story of burnout recovery. If this hits close to home, you need this guide. It’s available wherever books are sold.

And if you already read it, please consider leaving a review wherever you purchased it to help others find it, too. 💙

05/20/2026

Ever get to the end of the day and feel completely spent… even though nothing “big” happened?

You didn’t run a marathon. You didn’t lift anything heavy. But your brain has been carrying decisions, conversations, pressure, expectations, and constant switching all day.

Mental load is still load. Your brain isn’t broken. It’s just tired.

How do you reset when you get to that place?

We have a phrase at work we call “Part-time off.” As in, you take the day off…but rarely get the whole day off. The cal...
05/19/2026

We have a phrase at work we call “Part-time off.”

As in, you take the day off…but rarely get the whole day off.

The calendar says PTO but the workload says otherwise.

There’s still the quick email. The “just one thing.” The message only you can answer. The meeting you technically don’t have to attend, but probably should. The deadline that waits for you like you never stepped away.

Some workplaces have normalized never being fully off. When that happens, workload stops being just a time management issue. It becomes a satisfaction issue.

Time off that isn’t protected doesn’t restore much. You come back to the same workload, plus the mental residue of never fully disconnecting in the first place.

I don’t think this gets solved by telling people to set better boundaries without also looking at the system around them.

In a workplace that praises people for being “always available,” part-time off eventually becomes the culture.

When’s the last time you took true, full-time off?

Not every hour of work costs the same. The amount of energy you expend has more to do with the type of work you’re doing...
05/15/2026

Not every hour of work costs the same.

The amount of energy you expend has more to do with the type of work you’re doing than the number of hours you’re working.

Just like an hour walking on flat ground is not the same as an hour lifting weights, work operates the same way.

Some tasks feel easy and light. Others feel heavy and draining.

If you find yourself procrastinating after a few hours of work, you might have hit your limit for those heavy tasks. Try switching to some of the lighter ones you enjoy.

This is what professional awareness helps you identify. Once you can plan your day with the awareness of which tasks will energize you and which will deplete you, you’ll find yourself procrastinating less.

The issue isn’t always discipline. Procrastination is often a signal that the work you’re doing doesn’t fit how you naturally operate.

05/13/2026

Forget the white picket fence. Maybe the new American Dream is actually liking the life you’re living.

Something a business owner shared in a recent class (and gave us permission to share): She’s generally pretty satisfied ...
05/12/2026

Something a business owner shared in a recent class (and gave us permission to share):

She’s generally pretty satisfied with her job. Which is good… because she owns the business.

But then she named the part that felt really honest: When scope creep comes in with clients, her satisfaction drops.

I think we assume that if someone starts the business, the work should automatically fit them.

But ownership doesn’t automatically create alignment. You can love your work and still get pulled into work that drains you.

You can be good at serving clients and still over-accommodate your way into a role you never meant to build.

You can be satisfied overall and still notice that certain responsibilities are costing more than they should.

That’s the tricky part about scope creep. It rarely feels dramatic at first. It shows up as one more yes. One more adjustment, exception, or “I can handle that.”

And when you’re capable, it’s easy to justify. But enough small yeses can slowly reshape the work.

No matter the role, you have to intentionally protect alignment, even when you own the business. Maybe especially when you own the business.

Learn more about our next Professional Awareness class: https://www.rekindlexmhub.com/pra-masterclass

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“The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The work of life is to develop it. The meaning of life is to give your gi...
05/08/2026

“The purpose of life is to discover your gift. The work of life is to develop it. The meaning of life is to give your gift away.” – David Viscott

Most people hear something like this and immediately think about what they’re meant to do.

But that’s part of the problem. Too often we jump to action before we’ve built awareness.

We try to “find our gift” out in the world — through new jobs, new goals, new opportunities — without first understanding ourselves, what we're naturally good at and enjoy, and where our energy is consistently gained or lost.

Over time, that disconnect starts to show up as frustration, constant stress, and exhaustion.

You can be competent and even successful and still feel like something is off in your life. And no amount of motivation will fix what’s actually an awareness problem.

Because your “gift” isn’t just a talent or skill. It often shows up in how you contribute:

- The kinds of problems you naturally move toward
- The work that feels engaging vs. draining over time
- The roles you step into without being asked
- The patterns others rely on you for

This is why we emphasize the importance of professional awareness. It’s not about your title or job description. It's the actual roles you’re holding and how they align (or don’t) with how you’re wired to work.

When that becomes clear, things start to shift:

You stop forcing yourself into work that doesn’t fit.
You make decisions with more clarity and less internal resistance.
Contribution becomes more natural.
Meaning becomes something that emerges, not something you chase.
And from there, life becomes more intentional.

Awareness is the starting point. Send us a message to learn more 💙

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