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The One Investment Strategy Nobody Teaches High Achievers
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In this episode, Tara breaks down the neuroscience of why burnout kills your joy, and why "just take a vacation" is some of the worst advice anyone can give. If you've ever sat on a free Saturday feeling nothing, or noticed that you can't stop thinking about work even when you desperately want to, this episode explains what's actually going on in your brain and what the path back actually looks like.
Topics covered:
- Why high-performance work creates powerful dopamine loops and what that costs you
- The neural atrophy that happens when all your emotional investment is in one place
- Why rest doesn't work the way you think it does
- What chronic stress actually does to your capacity for pleasure
- What rebuilding looks like and why it feels worse before it feels better
Resources mentioned:
- Your 6-Step Burnout Recovery System™ (https://stan.store/tarakermiet/p/burnoutrecoverycourse)
- Intro Call for Coaching Fit (https://stan.store/tarakermiet/p/free-initial-session)
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I’m Tara Kermiet, a leadership coach, burnout strategist, and host of The Balanced Badass Podcast®. I help high-achievers and corporate leaders design careers that are successful and sustainable.
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