What if the version of you that everyone respects… is also the one that’s quietly burning out?

This episode originally aired on UnMute Podcast with my dear friend and part-time mentor Andreea Zoia.

I’m incredibly grateful to her for letting me share it here on my podcast channel. It was one of the most honest, unscripted conversations I’ve had on leadership, burnout, and what it costs to keep performing when your system’s already overloaded and you feel stuck.

We covered everything from adult ADHD and anxiety to the pressure of being the one who always holds it together and how that pressure can disconnect you from your purpose without you even realizing it.

It’s about the quieter stuff, the slow self-abandonment, the people-pleasing and the most dangerous: "I'm fine".

We also talk about:
➤ What burnout actually feels like (hint: it rarely looks dramatic)
➤ Why masking works until it doesn’t
➤ The slippery slope of performing instead of being present
➤ What it really means to hold space for yourself
➤ How my J.U.M.P. Shift Framework™ was born from lived experience rooted in behavioral science.

If you’ve ever felt exhausted by the version of you that gets praised the most…
If you’ve ever wondered when it’s your turn to exhale…
This one’s for you.

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Full episode breakdown:
00:00 – When performance replaces presence
02:45 – The small moments that shift everything
06:10 – Burnout and the pressure to appear “fine”
13:25 – Adult ADHD and late diagnosis
20:30 – People-pleasing, anxiety, and the nervous system
28:00 – Self-trust and the cost of constant overgiving
40:25 – How the J.U.M.P. Shift Framework™ was born
46:45 – Moving forward without needing a full reinvention
53:15 – Unmuting your voice in the parts of life you’ve ignored