The GREAT Framework

Self-Leadership for Women Who Carry It All

A soul-rooted, science-backed method to reclaim energy, confidence, and clarity—without burning out.

Visual infographic of the GREAT Framework™—Ground in Gratitude, Reflect on Root Cause, Explore Your Energy, Ask Why & Align, Teach from Within. A self-leadership model for women managing burnout and chronic illness.

The GREAT Framework helps high-functioning women—especially those navigating chronic illness, burnout, or boundary fatigue—reclaim their energy and lead from within.

This isn’t a productivity hack. It’s a reset for your nervous system, your mindset, and your life.

Visual infographic of the GREAT Framework™—Ground in Gratitude, Reflect on Root Cause, Explore Your Energy, Ask Why & Align, Teach from Within. A self-leadership model for women managing burnout and chronic illness.

Ground in Gratitude

Shift your emotional state before reacting.

This pillar is your nervous system’s reset button. It brings you out of panic and into presence—helping you access clarity, even in chaos.

Visual infographic of the GREAT Framework™—Ground in Gratitude, Reflect on Root Cause, Explore Your Energy, Ask Why & Align, Teach from Within. A self-leadership model for women managing burnout and chronic illness.

Reflect on Root Cause

Get curious.
This pillar helps you pause and investigate what's really fueling your urgency, or guilt—so you can respond with clarity, not default patterns.

Visual infographic of the GREAT Framework™—Ground in Gratitude, Reflect on Root Cause, Explore Your Energy, Ask Why & Align, Teach from Within. A self-leadership model for women managing burnout and chronic illness.

Explore Your Energy

Check your capacity before you commit.

This pillar teaches you how to recognize energy drains, honor your limits, and make decisions that protect you—not just your to-do list.

Visual infographic of the GREAT Framework™—Ground in Gratitude, Reflect on Root Cause, Explore Your Energy, Ask Why & Align, Teach from Within. A self-leadership model for women managing burnout and chronic illness.

Ask Why & Align

Pause before you people-please.

Here, you reconnect with your values and inner compass—so your “yes” means yes, and your “no” comes without apology.

Visual infographic of the GREAT Framework™—Ground in Gratitude, Reflect on Root Cause, Explore Your Energy, Ask Why & Align, Teach from Within. A self-leadership model for women managing burnout and chronic illness.

Teach & Lead from Within

Model the life you want others to believe is possible.

Every aligned choice becomes a lesson—for your kids, your team, your community. This pillar turns your healing into leadership.

Designed to Stick, Built to Heal

From habit science to boundary scripts, here’s why the GREAT Re-Set delivers where other programs fall short.

Infographic explaining how The GREAT Re-Set coaching program is grounded in adult learning theory, emphasizing relevance, reflection, and experience-based change.
Infographic highlighting how The GREAT Re-Set integrates behavioral science with compassion, using tools like the Default Mode Network, gut-brain axis, vagus nerve, and implementation intentions to support women with chronic illness and burnout.
Infographic showing how The GREAT Re-Set uses habit stacking and micro-practices—like 2-minute rituals and neuro-hacks—to support sustainable change for women with chronic illness and burnout.
Infographic defining self-leadership in the b•great method as a daily practice of energy alignment, boundary-setting, and identity reclamation—showing how small acts build long-term confidence and emotional regulation.

Where the Framework Meets Your Life

The GREAT Re-Set is an 8-week coaching experience built around this framework—designed for women navigating invisible exhaustion, chronic illness, and identity fatigue. Each week focuses on one part of the GREAT Framework, using science-backed tools and soul-led strategies to help you reset—not just survive.

Curious how the GREAT Framework could work in your life?

Let’s explore it together. Book a Complimentary Reset Call (normally $88) and I’ll walk you through how each step can shift your energy, boundaries, and confidence. No scripts. No pressure. Just an honest conversation about what’s possible for you.

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Not ready to commit?
Start with clarity.

Because you can’t heal what you haven’t named. But once you do? You stop spinning. You start leading—with your body, not against it.

This 3-minute quiz helps you name the burnout pattern quietly running the show—and gives you science-backed, soul-rooted tools to interrupt it from the inside out.

Your Personalized Results Include:

  • Your Burnout Archetype, explained in plain English—so it actually makes sense.

  • How chronic stress is showing up
    In your nervous system, habits, and everyday decisions.

  • 3 things to try this week, simple practices based on how your brain and body actually recover

  • The behavior loop driving your burnout (And how to interrupt it gently, without shame.)

  • A Mini Recovery Toolkit—Unlocked after your free Burnout Strategy Session.

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