REWIRE with Rhona- The Burnout Podcast

Are you struggling to distinguish between burnout and perimenopause symptoms? Learn to identify the root cause of your exhaustion. Many women over 40 find themselves trapped in a cycle of depletion, often mistaking hormonal changes for chronic work stress. In this episode of REWIRE with Rhona, guest Carly Simmons joins me to break down the nuance between these two states. We explore the GLOW method, a framework designed to help you analyse your daily experiences and reclaim your energy. We discuss how to identify specific markers like brain fog and persistent anxiety that often signal hormonal shifts rather than just professional burnout. We also cover the physical impact of fatigue in perimenopause and why recognising these signs early is critical for your long-term health. Subscribe for weekly leadership and wellbeing breakdowns, and let us know in the comments: what is one boundary you have set to protect your energy this week? 00:00 REWIRE with Rhona: Episode 6:- Perimenopause or Burnout? The Glow Method 01:59 Recognizing the Signs 05:26 Burnout vs. Perimenopause 10:41 The Glow Method 15:58 From Classroom to Coaching 17:39 The REWIRE Framework 19:32 Misdiagnosis & GP Awareness 23:47 Where to Find Carly Carly is found on  📍 Instagram: @nourishedlife.cj . Or on her website: www.carlysimmons.co.uk. Follow me at@roj_dee_msc or check out my website: www.breakfreefromburnouttheultimateblueprintseries.com For 1:1 coaching, visit www.breakfreeelite.com.

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Hidden Burnout in High-Achieving Women Leaders: Signs, Science, and Recovery | Rewire with Rhona Ep. 3 In episode three of Rewire with Rhona, Rhona explains why high-achieving women leaders are especially vulnerable to hidden, silent burnout and how it often goes unnoticed behind continued performance. She distinguishes true leadership from box-ticking and describes how women absorb structural pressures such as emotional labor, higher behavioral expectations, workplace bias, and domestic responsibility, creating chronic stress. Rhona outlines burnout symptoms that can appear subtly in leaders: cognitive changes like memory lapses and impaired decision-making tied to chronic cortisol effects on the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex; emotional numbness, irritability, and loss of joy; physical impacts including non-restorative fatigue, headaches, gut disruption, frequent illness, muscle tension, and cardiovascular risk; and “celebrated” behaviors like overwork and inability to rest. She shares case examples, challenges the stigma of acknowledging burnout, and emphasizes recovery starts with honest assessment, support, and changing how success, limits, work, and rest are defined.

00:00 REWIRE with Rhona- Episode 3- Hidden Burnout in Women Leaders-31July2026

05:43 Why Women Leaders Burn Out

09:10 Cognitive Symptoms

11:23 Emotional Symptoms

13:28 Physical Symptoms

16:01 Behavioral Symptoms

21:10 Recovery

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Hidden Burnout in High-Achieving Women Leaders: Signs, Science, and Recovery | Rewire with Rhona Ep. 3 In episode three of Rewire with Rhona, Rhona explains why high-achieving women leaders are especially vulnerable to hidden, silent burnout and how it often goes unnoticed behind continued performance. She distinguishes true leadership from box-ticking and describes how women absorb structural pressures such as emotional labor, higher behavioral expectations, workplace bias, and domestic responsibility, creating chronic stress. Rhona outlines burnout symptoms that can appear subtly in leaders: cognitive changes like memory lapses and impaired decision-making tied to chronic cortisol effects on the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex; emotional numbness, irritability, and loss of joy; physical impacts including non-restorative fatigue, headaches, gut disruption, frequent illness, muscle tension, and cardiovascular risk; and “celebrated” behaviors like overwork and inability to rest. She shares case examples, challenges the stigma of acknowledging burnout, and emphasizes recovery starts with honest assessment, support, and changing how success, limits, work, and rest are defined.

00:00 REWIRE with Rhona- Episode 3- Hidden Burnout in Women Leaders-31July2026

05:43 Why Women Leaders Burn Out

09:10 Cognitive Symptoms

11:23 Emotional Symptoms

13:28 Physical Symptoms

16:01 Behavioral Symptoms

21:10 Recovery

Grab my book on the subject at https://amzn.eu/d/0b05i8fR

Try the App at https://hiddenburnoutcheck.base44.app

Join the REWIRE with Rhona 6-month program at https://breakfreefromburnouttheultimateblueprintseries.com/join

Episode 2 — Sleep When the Baby Sleeps? Let's Do Better

In this episode of REWIRE with Rhona — The Burnout Podcast, I'm joined by Dotty Drysdale, Baby Sleep Expert and founder of Back to Sleep, to talk about one of the most under-discussed triggers of parental burnout: chronic sleep deprivation.

We dive into why "sleep when the baby sleeps" is well-meaning but not enough, what sleep deprivation actually does to a parent's nervous system, the truth about sleep training (and why it doesn't have to mean crying it out), and how helping your baby sleep can transform your mental health, your relationship, and your sense of self.

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0:00 Intro

1:10 Dotty's journey into baby sleep

5:08 Navigating conflicting advice

10:08 What chronic sleep deprivation does to the parent's nervous system

15:34 "Sleep when the baby sleeps" — well-meaning but not enough

16:04 The truth about sleep training & mom guilt

28:34 The most common mistakes parents make

32:21 How sleep connects to the REWIRE framework

37:31 The one sleep myth Dotty wants gone

44:39 How to work with Dotty

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Find Dotty: 🌐 backtosleep.co.uk 📸 Instagram: @Dotty_Drysdale

Connect with Rhona: 📱 @rojdeemsc | @roj_dee_msc 

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REWIRE with Rhona – The Burnout Podcast: Rhona discusses all things burnout, exhaustion, and recovery. The first episode is with Petra Biberbach, an executive coach whose unique approach is to use nature as our companion to regain our edge. 

Rhona, who writes under ROJ Dee, MSc, focuses on helping high-achieving, driven, ambitious women on the verge of or in burnout. By using science-backed techniques, neuroscience, lived experience, and her Master's in translational medicine, she helps women to REWIRE, taking women on a journey from recognising the signs and symptoms of burnout, to recovery, and regaining their energy.