
238: New “urgent” every day: burnout & your nervous system
Sustainable Success: Nervous System Alignment for Burnout-Free Leadership · Sheridan Ruth
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Show Notes
Do any of these feel familiar?
- your calendar keeps changing—no rhythm to your days.
- the plan changes every week.
- you’re asked to deliver without a clear definition of success.
- your income swings from month to month.
- the algorithms keep changing and your strategy feels outdated by morning.
- you’re stuck on the content hamster wheel—publishing but never feeling done.
- launch dates won’t stick, and timelines keep slipping.
- there’s no real “definition of done,” so nothing ever feels complete.
- you’re at a career crossroads with no map for what’s next.
Today’s episode names this specific flavor of burnout (the kind you can function through) and explains why uncertainty (not just workload) quietly drains the nervous system. we’ll look at the physiology behind it, why classic resilience tools alone don’t resolve it, and the small, predictable cues that do: completion, clarity, recognition, rhythm, connection.
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