When Quiet Burnout Takes Over — A Somatic Practice to Reset

About this episode

This episode discusses somatic practices to address quiet burnout and nervous system regulation for professionals under pressure.

When Quiet Burnout Takes Over — A Somatic Practice to Reset → Start to transform your nervous system regulation You're the one everyone relies on. The one who holds it together, keeps the plates spinning, makes the call when there's no clear answer. And somewhere underneath all of that competence, your nervous system is running on fumes. But there's something else too — something people rarely talk about. You're caught in the middle. Pressure from executives above you. The weight of the teams you manage below you. And a quiet, specific kind of alienation that comes from being the person who has to absorb stress from both directions while having no one above you who truly understands what you're carrying. This isn't mindset coaching. This isn't about thinking differently or reframing your stress. This is somatic coaching — working directly with your nervous system to shift the state your body is actually living in. Because here's what most professionals don't realise: the exhaustion, the brain fog, the sense that you're perpetually one step behind — that's not a time management problem. That's a nervous system that's been in overdrive for so long it's forgotten how to power…

People in this episode

Host: Damian Appleby

Topics covered

• quiet burnout
• nervous system regulation
• somatic coaching
• professional stress
• decision fatigue
• mental health

Keywords

• burnout
• nervous system
• somatic practice
• stress management
• mental exhaustion
• professional isolation

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