Nervous System Regulation: Why High Performers Burn Out with Megan McDonald

Nervous System Regulation: Why High Performers Burn Out with Megan McDonald

June 8, 2026 · 31 min · Season 4 · Episode 40

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Megan McDonald discusses the importance of nervous system regulation in preventing burnout among high performers.

Send us Fan Mail Nervous system regulation is the missing piece in every burnout recovery conversation, and Soma Q founder Megan McDonald is here to change that. Megan McDonald spent 13 years as a healthcare technology executive leading through chaos while her own nervous system was quietly collapsing. An emergency hysterectomy, a skin cancer diagnosis, and a health crisis she almost did not survive forced her into the work she now teaches every day. In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, M...

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Hosts: Pamela Cass, Natalie Davis

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