Your Strategist Is In with Dr. Loren M. Hill

Summer Yay 2025: The Emotional Cost of Excellence

• Dr. Loren M. Hill • Season 5 • Episode 52

Welcome to the annual Summer Yay episode! šŸŒž In this special reflection, Dr. Loren M. Hill explores the emotional cost of excellence and invites high-achieving scholars and professionals—especially BIPOC first-gen leaders—to pause, breathe, and reclaim joy.

You’ll hear:

  • Why rest is not a luxury but a necessity
  • How burnout hides behind words like ā€œinnovationā€ and ā€œresilienceā€
  • The hidden grief of being brilliant and unseen
  • A personal Summer Yay story about flowers, Miles Davis, and mindfulness
  • Five joy-centered practices to replenish your nervous system
  • A powerful reframe: You don’t need to earn rest. You are allowed to feel joy.

This episode is your invitation to reconnect with your humanity—one breath, one moment of stillness, one joy-filled act at a time.

šŸŽ§ Listen in and then tag your joy using #SummerYay2025 or connect at theacclivity.com.

Dr. Loren M. Hill is a licensed clinical psychologist, the founder of The Acclivity and a Senior Executive Consultant for Transformational Leadership in Higher Ed helping Higher Ed leaders lead with clarity, courage and purpose. She is an APA Feminist Academic Leadership Academy Fellow, RAND Faculty Workshop Fellow, and member of Psi Chi, she also serves as Resident Psychologist for KBLA 1580’s Urban Family Focus talk radio. Dr. Hill specializes in helping women, BIPOC, and first-generation professionals gain clarity, confidence, and leadership impact.

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