Calm the Chaos with Dori Martin

About this episode

Dori Martin discusses the challenges of caregiver burnout and shares strategies for self-care and nervous system reset.

Dori Martin knows firsthand what true burnout and midlife mayhem feel like. At the busiest time of her life, she was a divorced single mom while caregiving for a parent through end-of-life. Then she started navigating a terminal diagnosis with her second husband — and that's when her body began to shut down. What she discovered changed everything: what many women are told is "just stress, aging, or hormones" is often something much deeper. In this episode, Dori talks about the invisible weight caregivers carry, why so many are stuck in a state of chronic stress and fight-or-flight, and why not feeling safe in your own body is at the root of so much burnout. She shares small but powerful ways to nurture and reset your nervous system. She even credits a future pacing exercise with leading her and her family (including her husband) to take up scuba diving as a joyful, soul-filling practice — proof that healing can open doors you never expected. If you're a caregiver who's been running on empty and putting everyone else first, this episode is your permission slip to finally put yourself back on the list. Show notes with product and resource links: https://bit.ly/HHCPod228 Receive the…

People in this episode

Host: Elizabeth Miller

Guest: Dori Martin

Topics covered

• burnout
• caregiving
• mental health
• nervous system
• self-care

Keywords

• burnout
• caregiver
• chronic stress
• self-care
• nervous system
• healing
• scuba diving

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