Why Rest Isn’t Fixing Your Midlife Burnout

Create The Best Me · Sep 3, 2026 · 51m · transcript

You can be getting everything done and still be burned out.

For many high-achieving women, burnout does not look like falling apart. It looks like continuing to work, care for other people, meet expectations, and handle responsibilities while feeling emotionally numb, mentally foggy, or disconnected inside.

And when you finally stop to rest, you may discover that rest does not make you feel restored.

In this episode, I sit down with transformational coach, author, and speaker Laura Cardwell to talk about functional freeze and what may be happening when your nervous system has been under…