Launches June 17, 2026 · Pre-order now

LIVING WITH THE HEART IN MIND:

A Practical Guide to Healing from Burnout and Cultivating Purpose

Burnout can make you feel like you’re living on autopilot—tired, reactive, and unsure what you even want anymore. You may have tried time off, better routines, productivity fixes, or stress management advice, yet the emotional overwhelm keeps returning.

This book is different. Built on the HEART in Mind model and shaped by my own experience of burnout, it’s a warm, accessible emotional intelligence guide that blends mindfulness, positive psychology, and emotional skill-building into practices you can use immediately.

Heal burnout. Reset your life. Live with purpose.

Does this sound like your story?

  • You feel burned out, but not in a way you can fully explain.

  • You feel stuck in patterns you know aren’t working.

  • You feel disconnected from the people, work, or version of yourself you used to be.

  • You are questioning your direction, and you don’t have a clean answer for what comes next.

If any of that lands, you are not alone. And you’re not a failure. You’re in the middle of something that needs more than another productivity hack, and this book is for you.

Living with the HEART in Mind meets you where you are and gives you the emotional intelligence skills, habits, and qualities to find your way back.

Blending insights from affective neuroscience, positive psychology, emotional intelligence, and mindfulness, this book gives you more than inspiration. It gives you a life reset you can actually use—supported by 30+ tools to rebuild emotional maturity, strengthen self-worth, and create emotional intelligence habits that hold up in real life, including managing stress and workplace pressure.

Inside, you’ll learn how to:

  • Spot your burnout signals early so you can make changes before your body and mind hit empty.
  • Name emotions with precision to reduce overwhelm and regain self-control in hard moments.
  • Build self-compassion that sticks so your inner voice supports you when life gets demanding.
  • Set boundaries without guilt to protect your energy, time, and relationships.
  • Reconnect to meaning with self-discovery tools that clarify values and show you how to cultivate purpose in life—now.

Early Praise for the Book

“Reading Living with the HEART in Mind was a deeply meditative practice for me each evening. Lorea’s book is filled with actionable exercises to help you live authentically and with purpose. Her compassionate prompts helped me reconnect with myself and slow down in my busy life. This is a book I’ll return to again and again to realign my daily actions with my purpose and values!”
— Kim Burr, Chief Financial Officer, Google Ventures

“If you’re feeling overwhelmed by the chaos of life today, this book will feel like a friend who finally gets it. Lorea’s honest, direct writing about her own burnout is both touching and hopeful, especially as she lays out a step-by-step path from depletion back to meaning. It never asks you to fix yourself. It shows you how to care for yourself the way you’d care for someone you love.”
— Joshua Freedman, Cofounder, Six Seconds; author of Emotion Rules 

“As someone caring for children, aging parents, a mission-driven organization, and community, the heart of this book spoke deeply to me. If you are the person everyone relies on and quietly wonder how much longer you can carry so much, reading this book feels like sitting down with a cup of tea, a warm blanket, and your journal alongside a wise, compassionate friend who offers both deep understanding and practical tools to help you reconnect with your why and remember your agency.”
— Meena Srinivasan, Dharma Teacher, Author of SEL Every Day and Teach, Breathe, Learn, Founding Executive Director of Transformative Educational Leadership (TEL)

“‘You cannot have thoughts without feeling, and vice versa.‘ In this single sentence, Lorea Martínez shook what I have spent 50 years believing—that feelings interfere with the clarity of thought, crowding it with superfluous noise. In Living with the HEART in Mind, Martínez tells us that emotions are “data” critical to making better decisions. She gives us permission to feel all our emotions and to consider them integral to our decision-making and well-being. She offers practical, transformative tools like the emotion iceberg and the five-step process for honoring emotions, rather than just quick-fix self-care. Her work launched me on a journey to cultivate emotional intelligence, moving me from daily survival back to an intentional, service-driven purpose.” 
— Bess Kennedy, Executive Director, Aspire Public Schools Foundation

“We spend so much time taking care of everyone else—leading teams and supporting families—that it’s easy to forget to care for ourselves too. Living with the HEART in Mind was such a meaningful reminder that showing up better for others starts with taking better care of yourself. Lorea shares practical tools that help you reflect, reset, and lead with more intention at work and at home. If you want to be a better leader, parent, partner, or person, read this book.”
— Jennifer Atkinson, CEO, Destira

“Through personal stories, work with leaders, research, and indigenous wisdom, Lorea weaves together, in a seamless and artful way, the principles of living with HEART and gives readers the tools, practices, and habits to actually live them. Relevant, useful, and impactful, this book is a guide to living a full, joyful, and purposeful life.”
— Wendy Baron, MA, SEL Specialist and MTSS Coach, Santa Cruz County Office of Education; Co-Founder, New Teacher Center and Santa Cruz/Silicon Valley New Teacher Project; Chief Officer, Academic and Social-Emotional Learning, Emeritus, New Teacher Center

If you’re ready for a mental health reset that leads to hope and healing—not just another “grind harder” plan—this book is for you.

Bringing Living with the HEART in Mind to your team or organization?

Bulk purchases come with bonuses designed to help your team get more from the book–from a practice deck for small groups to a facilitator kit and a private Q&A for large ones.

Not sure where to start?

Take the free 5-minute self-assessment. You’ll find out where your HEART skills are strong, where they’re stretching, and what’s ready to grow next.