On this episode of Bring Your Big Energy Podcast, I’m joined by Elana Merzin — marketing and social media designer, founder of The WildHERness Collective, and a woman who sees the world through color, healing, and connection.

This is a powerful conversation for anyone who has ever felt too sensitive, too intuitive, too creative, or too different for the systems they were trying to survive inside.

With over 15 years in nonprofit and Jewish communal spaces,

Elana opens up about burnout in impact work — the kind that hits your body, your spirit, and your sense of identity. What happens when the work you care about deeply starts to consume you? When your empathy becomes exhaustion?

We talk about:

• Burnout in mission-driven spaces

• Creativity as medicine

• Reclaiming your inner child

• Neurodivergence as a strength

• Why community is essential for healing

• The courage it takes to show off your gifts instead of hiding them

Elana shares how the pandemic became a turning point — leading her back to art, to stillness, and ultimately to founding The WildHERness Collective, a space designed for wildly creative, empathetic women in impact to reconnect with their purpose.

If you’ve ever felt like your sensitivity was a liability instead of a superpower — this episode is for you.

Big Energy isn’t about being louder. It’s about being fully expressed.

If this conversation resonated, make sure you’re on my newsletter list. Sign up HERE for deeper reflections, tools, and behind-the-scenes Big Energy leadership insights you won’t find anywhere else.