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Have you ever had that moment where you think, "If one more person asks me for just one more thing, I'm going to fake my own death and move to New Mexico"?

You're not broken. You're not losing it. You're a woman healer over 50 whose soul is DONE being overused.

In this episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on what burnout REALLY looks like for high-achieving women in medicine, mental health, and caregiving professions—and why your 30-year-old coworker with the Stanley cup does NOT understand your level of exhaustion.

This is identity burnout. This is compassion fatigue at the PhD level. And it's NOT solved with bubble baths.

You'll discover:

• Why burnout hits women over 50 differently (backed by research, not wellness industry fluff)
• A 5-minute nervous system reset you can do anywhere (clinic, car, bathroom stall—wherever you hide from humans)
• The uncomfortable truth about why traditional self-care might be keeping you stuck
• Why burnout isn't your decline—it's your turning point into your Phoenix Era

Spoiler alert: Your soul is waking up, not breaking down. And it's time to stop recovering INTO the same life that broke you.

KEY STAMPS

The Science of Midlife Burnout for Women Healers

• Research on emotional labor load in women over 50
• Compassion fatigue + aging nervous systems
• Why women over 50 feel invisible at work (NIH study)

The Truth You Don't Want to Admit

• You didn't burn out because you're weak
• Why the healthcare system loves women like you (until you crack)
• Burnout as awakening, not collapse

The Phoenix Reset — 5-Minute Nervous System Intervention

• The exhale that tells your body you're safe
• Vagus nerve release technique
• The 3-foot rule for interrupting spiraling thoughts
• Permission statement: "I get to rest because I matter"

The Reframe That Changes Everything

• Burnout is the turning point, not the end
• You've outgrown the role of "everyone's everything"
• Welcome to your Phoenix Era
• This is your return to Soul Joy

The Plot Twist No One Told You

• The uncomfortable truth about the wellness industry banking on your burnout
• Research: Why MORE traditional self-care without systemic change = HIGHER burnout
• Self-preservation vs. self-care
• What if you're not supposed to recover back into the same life that broke you?
• Introducing: The Radiance Chapter

RESEARCH CITED IN THIS EPISODE

📚 Dr. Arlie Hochschild's research on emotional labor in women
📚 Figley's compassion fatigue model
📚 2023 NIH study on women over 50 feeling invisible at work
📚 2024 Journal of Occupational Health Psychology study on the recovery paradox

RESOURCES MENTIONED

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