When the Numbers Don’t Match the Calling: What Lowering My CE Prices Taught Me About Purpose, Rest, and Reality
Discover why Dr. Shayla Élise Walker lowered the price of her ASWB-approved CE courses for social workers.
Resting and Progressing: This Year I’m Choosing Progress Over Productivity and Balance Over Busy… Unapologetically
In her first blog of the new year, Dr. Shayla Walker explores why this is the year of Resting and Progressing, choosing balance over busy, progress over productivity, and building a life that’s booked and balanced.
Year-End Review: Acknowledge the Successes, Focus on the Achievements
In this year-end review, Dr. Shayla Walker, The Rest Doctor, breaks down the difference between success and achievement, shares her personal journey, and teaches high-achieving professionals how rest, self-awareness, and alignment shape true growth.
When Procrastination Steals Your Rest: A Confession, A Lesson, and an Invitation to Do Better
In this honest, relatable blog, Dr. Shayla Walker breaks down why rest requires intention, how high-achieving professionals can reclaim their “good hours,” and practical strategies to break the cycle of procrastination.
If You’re Anything Like My Husband, You Take Time Off Work to…Work
Discover why taking time off work to catch up on work is harming your well-being.
It’s Still Work… Even If You Love What You Do (Why your passion still requires boundaries, rest, and a whole lot of honesty, especially during the holidays).
Dr. Shayla Walker explains why your passion still requires boundaries, rest, and a whole lot of honesty, especially during the holidays.
15 Things I’m Thankful For That Are Commonly Overlooked
In the spirit of Thanksgiving, Dr. Shayla Elise Walker shares her top 15 overlooked things she is grateful for.
You’ve Spent Years Proving You Can Handle It. Maybe This Season Is About Proving You Don’t Have To.
Tired of overperforming and pushing yourself to the brink? Discover how to stop proving your worth and start resting in your success using Dr. Shayla Élise Walker’s Critical Self-Reflection Framework.
Why Rest Should Be Part of Our Professional Development Plan
Discover why rest is essential for sustainable professional growth. Dr. Shayla Élise Walker, LCSW shares how integrating rest into your professional development plan enhances leadership, learning, and well-being.
Rest is the Work (and Other Lessons Learned from my Favorite Animal)
Rest is the work: lessons from koalas on resilience, boundaries, and designing systems that let you rest without guilt
Speaking Truth with Grace: Lessons from Leadership and Life
Words can heal or harm. In this reflection, I share my journey as a professor and speaker learning to use my voice with both courage and compassion, and why silence isn’t always kindness.
Releasing Perfectionism: How to Redefine Boundaries and Take Up Space
Learn why letting go of perfectionism and taking up space matters. In this empowering blog, Dr. Shayla Élise Walker shares personal stories and professional development strategies for thriving authentically.
Rest and Productivity Strategies: Lessons from Hybrid Energy Vehicles
Burnout isn’t the baseline. Discover how rest, like hybrid energy vehicles, helps professionals refuel, thrive, and lead with balance.
Navigating Values, Ethics, and Morals in Politically Contentious Environments
Dr. Shayla Élise Walker explores how to hold space for humanity in politically charged times. Learn strategies for navigating values, ethics, and morals with empathy and balance.
What is Rest to a Strong Black Woman?
Explore the meaning of rest for strong Black women. Dr. Shayla Élise Walker unpacks the “Strong Black Woman” schema, shares strategies for healing, and invites you to reclaim rest through critical self-reflection, professional development, and continuing education.
Holding Ourselves (and Others) to the Same Standards: A Critical Self-Reflection Framework for Leaders and Professionals
Discover Dr. Shayla Élise Walker’s 4-part framework for critical self-reflection in leadership, professional development, and equity-driven growth.
You’ve Normalized Exhaustion So Deeply That Rest Feels Selfish—But Burnout Was Never Meant to Be Your Baseline
Dr. Shayla Élise Walker explores why professionals normalize exhaustion, how rest feels selfish, and why reclaiming energy is essential. Discover strategies for balance and burnout prevention.
The Hidden Cost of “Pushing Through”: Why Mental Health Matters at Work
Success shouldn’t require sacrifice. Explore strategies to set boundaries, normalize rest, and thrive personally and professionally at work.
Welcome to Boldly Balanced! Thriving in Life, Work, and Self with Dr. Shayla Élise Walker
Boldly Balanced by Dr. Shayla Walker offers actionable strategies, insights, and inspiration for mental health, self-care, workplace navigation, and personal growth, helping you thrive in life, work, and self.