Burnout Prevention: How to Restore Your Energy When You Can’t Slow Down | #031

The Physiology of Ambition · Oct 29, 2026 · 40m

Have you ever had one of those weeks when you wake up already depleted, but the deadline will not move, your mother needs help, your son needs you to review his college applications, and somehow everyone still expects dinner? You tell yourself you will catch your breath when things settle down. And just as one demand lifts, another takes its place.

If you are in midlife, you may be carrying all of this while hot flashes, brain fog, energy crashes, and 3 AM wakeups have you feeling anything but yourself.

One year ago, my father died while I was in flight, traveling to Munich with my family. I…