Burnout isn’t just exhaustion — it’s your nervous system signaling that something about the way you’re working isn’t sustainable. In this episode, we break down what’s actually happening inside your body when leadership stress goes unchecked, why it impacts your clarity and decision-making, and how to restore your capacity so you can lead with more steadiness and presence.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How chronic activation and responsibility push leaders into sympathetic overdrive
• Why burnout often shows up as irritability, numbness, or mental fog
• The three most common nervous system states leaders get stuck in
• How stress undermines clarity, decision-making, and emotional availability
• Practical resets to regulate your system before you lead, decide, or communicate
• Why burnout is not a failure — it’s physiology

You’ll walk away with:
Simple, science-backed ways to downshift out of urgency, reclaim your presence, and restore your leadership capacity — without needing a week off to recover.

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