REWIRE with Rhona- The Burnout Podcast https://rhonan.podbean.com
Welcome to REWIRE with Rhona - The Burnout Podcast. Here I talk about all things burnout, from the latest research to interviews with various experts. 
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]]> Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:00:43 -0300 https://podbean.com/?v=5.5 en Copyright 2026 All rights reserved. Health & Fitness:Mental Health 1440 episodic rhonan rhonan No false https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22372500/PODCAST_Graphic_for_Podbeana1rff.jpg REWIRE with Rhona- The Burnout Podcast https://rhonan.podbean.com 144 144 Episode 3- Hidden Burnout in Women Leaders Episode 3- Hidden Burnout in Women Leaders https://rhonan.podbean.com/e/episode-3-hidden-burnout-in-women-leaders/ https://rhonan.podbean.com/e/episode-3-hidden-burnout-in-women-leaders/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2026 09:00:43 -0300 rhonan.podbean.com/4e7ee637-2268-3451-9f8d-aea922e32031 Hidden Burnout in High-Achieving Women Leaders: Signs, Science, and Recovery | Rewire with Rhona Ep. 3 In episode three of Rewire with Rhona, Rhona explains why high-achieving women leaders are especially vulnerable to hidden, silent burnout and how it often goes unnoticed behind continued performance. She distinguishes true leadership from box-ticking and describes how women absorb structural pressures such as emotional labor, higher behavioral expectations, workplace bias, and domestic responsibility, creating chronic stress. Rhona outlines burnout symptoms that can appear subtly in leaders: cognitive changes like memory lapses and impaired decision-making tied to chronic cortisol effects on the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex; emotional numbness, irritability, and loss of joy; physical impacts including non-restorative fatigue, headaches, gut disruption, frequent illness, muscle tension, and cardiovascular risk; and “celebrated” behaviors like overwork and inability to rest. She shares case examples, challenges the stigma of acknowledging burnout, and emphasizes recovery starts with honest assessment, support, and changing how success, limits, work, and rest are defined.

00:00 REWIRE with Rhona- Episode 3- Hidden Burnout in Women Leaders-31July2026

05:43 Why Women Leaders Burn Out

09:10 Cognitive Symptoms

11:23 Emotional Symptoms

13:28 Physical Symptoms

16:01 Behavioral Symptoms

21:10 Recovery

 

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]]> Hidden Burnout in High-Achieving Women Leaders: Signs, Science, and Recovery | Rewire with Rhona Ep. 3 In episode three of Rewire with Rhona, Rhona explains why high-achieving women leaders are especially vulnerable to hidden, silent burnout and how it often goes unnoticed behind continued performance. She distinguishes true leadership from box-ticking and describes how women absorb structural pressures such as emotional labor, higher behavioral expectations, workplace bias, and domestic responsibility, creating chronic stress. Rhona outlines burnout symptoms that can appear subtly in leaders: cognitive changes like memory lapses and impaired decision-making tied to chronic cortisol effects on the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex; emotional numbness, irritability, and loss of joy; physical impacts including non-restorative fatigue, headaches, gut disruption, frequent illness, muscle tension, and cardiovascular risk; and “celebrated” behaviors like overwork and inability to rest. She shares case examples, challenges the stigma of acknowledging burnout, and emphasizes recovery starts with honest assessment, support, and changing how success, limits, work, and rest are defined.

00:00 REWIRE with Rhona- Episode 3- Hidden Burnout in Women Leaders-31July2026

05:43 Why Women Leaders Burn Out

09:10 Cognitive Symptoms

11:23 Emotional Symptoms

13:28 Physical Symptoms

16:01 Behavioral Symptoms

21:10 Recovery

 

Grab my book on the subject at https://amzn.eu/d/0b05i8fR

Try the App at https://hiddenburnoutcheck.base44.app

Join the REWIRE with Rhona 6-month program at https://breakfreefromburnouttheultimateblueprintseries.com/join

]]> rhonan false No 1777 4 full REWIRE with Rhona- Episode 3- Hidden Burnout in Women Leaders-31July2026 REWIRE with Rhona- Episode 3- Hidden Burnout in Women Leaders-31July2026 https://rhonan.podbean.com/e/rewire-with-rhona-episode-3-hidden-burnout-in-women-leaders-31july2026/ https://rhonan.podbean.com/e/rewire-with-rhona-episode-3-hidden-burnout-in-women-leaders-31july2026/#comments Fri, 31 Jul 2026 08:54:50 -0300 rhonan.podbean.com/02267b7e-f3bd-3e67-ae8e-786453b5296d Hidden Burnout in High-Achieving Women Leaders: Signs, Science, and Recovery | Rewire with Rhona Ep. 3 In episode three of Rewire with Rhona, Rhona explains why high-achieving women leaders are especially vulnerable to hidden, silent burnout and how it often goes unnoticed behind continued performance. She distinguishes true leadership from box-ticking and describes how women absorb structural pressures such as emotional labor, higher behavioral expectations, workplace bias, and domestic responsibility, creating chronic stress. Rhona outlines burnout symptoms that can appear subtly in leaders: cognitive changes like memory lapses and impaired decision-making tied to chronic cortisol effects on the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex; emotional numbness, irritability, and loss of joy; physical impacts including non-restorative fatigue, headaches, gut disruption, frequent illness, muscle tension, and cardiovascular risk; and “celebrated” behaviors like overwork and inability to rest. She shares case examples, challenges the stigma of acknowledging burnout, and emphasizes recovery starts with honest assessment, support, and changing how success, limits, work, and rest are defined.

00:00 REWIRE with Rhona- Episode 3- Hidden Burnout in Women Leaders-31July2026

05:43 Why Women Leaders Burn Out

09:10 Cognitive Symptoms

11:23 Emotional Symptoms

13:28 Physical Symptoms

16:01 Behavioral Symptoms

21:10 Recovery

 

Grab my book on the subject at https://amzn.eu/d/0b05i8fR

Try the App at https://hiddenburnoutcheck.base44.app

Join the REWIRE with Rhona 6-month program at https://breakfreefromburnouttheultimateblueprintseries.com/join

 

]]> Hidden Burnout in High-Achieving Women Leaders: Signs, Science, and Recovery | Rewire with Rhona Ep. 3 In episode three of Rewire with Rhona, Rhona explains why high-achieving women leaders are especially vulnerable to hidden, silent burnout and how it often goes unnoticed behind continued performance. She distinguishes true leadership from box-ticking and describes how women absorb structural pressures such as emotional labor, higher behavioral expectations, workplace bias, and domestic responsibility, creating chronic stress. Rhona outlines burnout symptoms that can appear subtly in leaders: cognitive changes like memory lapses and impaired decision-making tied to chronic cortisol effects on the hippocampus and prefrontal cortex; emotional numbness, irritability, and loss of joy; physical impacts including non-restorative fatigue, headaches, gut disruption, frequent illness, muscle tension, and cardiovascular risk; and “celebrated” behaviors like overwork and inability to rest. She shares case examples, challenges the stigma of acknowledging burnout, and emphasizes recovery starts with honest assessment, support, and changing how success, limits, work, and rest are defined.

00:00 REWIRE with Rhona- Episode 3- Hidden Burnout in Women Leaders-31July2026

05:43 Why Women Leaders Burn Out

09:10 Cognitive Symptoms

11:23 Emotional Symptoms

13:28 Physical Symptoms

16:01 Behavioral Symptoms

21:10 Recovery

 

Grab my book on the subject at https://amzn.eu/d/0b05i8fR

Try the App at https://hiddenburnoutcheck.base44.app

Join the REWIRE with Rhona 6-month program at https://breakfreefromburnouttheultimateblueprintseries.com/join

 

]]> rhonan false No 1777 3 full REWIRE with Rhona: Episode 2 - Sleep When the Baby Sleeps? Let’s Do Better with Dotty Drysdale. REWIRE with Rhona: Episode 2 - Sleep When the Baby Sleeps? Let’s Do Better with Dotty Drysdale. https://rhonan.podbean.com/e/episode-2-sleep-when-the-baby-sleeps-let-s-do-better-with-dotty-drysdale/ https://rhonan.podbean.com/e/episode-2-sleep-when-the-baby-sleeps-let-s-do-better-with-dotty-drysdale/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2026 11:03:36 -0300 rhonan.podbean.com/c4b04474-fcf1-3741-9aed-9e431123b6b8 Episode 2 — Sleep When the Baby Sleeps? Let's Do Better

In this episode of REWIRE with Rhona — The Burnout Podcast, I'm joined by Dotty Drysdale, Baby Sleep Expert and founder of Back to Sleep, to talk about one of the most under-discussed triggers of parental burnout: chronic sleep deprivation.

We dive into why "sleep when the baby sleeps" is well-meaning but not enough, what sleep deprivation actually does to a parent's nervous system, the truth about sleep training (and why it doesn't have to mean crying it out), and how helping your baby sleep can transform your mental health, your relationship, and your sense of self.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

1:10 Dotty's journey into baby sleep

5:08 Navigating conflicting advice

10:08 What chronic sleep deprivation does to the parent's nervous system

15:34 "Sleep when the baby sleeps" — well-meaning but not enough

16:04 The truth about sleep training & mom guilt

28:34 The most common mistakes parents make

32:21 How sleep connects to the REWIRE framework

37:31 The one sleep myth Dotty wants gone

44:39 How to work with Dotty

In this episode:

  • Why sleep is the second survival need — for baby and parent
  • How adrenaline and melatonin create a vicious cycle of exhaustion
  • The psychology behind Dotty's approach to sleep coaching
  • The one sleep myth Dotty wishes would just disappear
  • What transformation looks like on the other side

Find Dotty: 🌐 backtosleep.co.uk 📸 Instagram: @Dotty_Drysdale

Connect with Rhona: 📱 @rojdeemsc | @roj_dee_msc 

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]]> Episode 2 — Sleep When the Baby Sleeps? Let's Do Better

In this episode of REWIRE with Rhona — The Burnout Podcast, I'm joined by Dotty Drysdale, Baby Sleep Expert and founder of Back to Sleep, to talk about one of the most under-discussed triggers of parental burnout: chronic sleep deprivation.

We dive into why "sleep when the baby sleeps" is well-meaning but not enough, what sleep deprivation actually does to a parent's nervous system, the truth about sleep training (and why it doesn't have to mean crying it out), and how helping your baby sleep can transform your mental health, your relationship, and your sense of self.

Timestamps:

0:00 Intro

1:10 Dotty's journey into baby sleep

5:08 Navigating conflicting advice

10:08 What chronic sleep deprivation does to the parent's nervous system

15:34 "Sleep when the baby sleeps" — well-meaning but not enough

16:04 The truth about sleep training & mom guilt

28:34 The most common mistakes parents make

32:21 How sleep connects to the REWIRE framework

37:31 The one sleep myth Dotty wants gone

44:39 How to work with Dotty

In this episode:

  • Why sleep is the second survival need — for baby and parent
  • How adrenaline and melatonin create a vicious cycle of exhaustion
  • The psychology behind Dotty's approach to sleep coaching
  • The one sleep myth Dotty wishes would just disappear
  • What transformation looks like on the other side

Find Dotty: 🌐 backtosleep.co.uk 📸 Instagram: @Dotty_Drysdale

Connect with Rhona: 📱 @rojdeemsc | @roj_dee_msc 

www.breakfreefromburnouttheultimateblueprintseries.com

Get my free reset https://breakfreefromburnouttheultimateblueprintseries.com/freebie

Join my 6-month program at https://breakfreefromburnouttheultimateblueprintseries.com/join

 

]]> rhonan false No 2814 1 2 full REWIRE with Rhona - Episode 1 - Leading through the Wild with Petra Biberbach REWIRE with Rhona - Episode 1 - Leading through the Wild with Petra Biberbach https://rhonan.podbean.com/e/rewire-with-rhona-episode-1-leading-through-the-wild-with-petra-biberbach/ https://rhonan.podbean.com/e/rewire-with-rhona-episode-1-leading-through-the-wild-with-petra-biberbach/#comments Mon, 25 May 2026 08:37:31 -0300 rhonan.podbean.com/1899da12-17ef-3d77-8b46-094aa30bcf7d REWIRE with Rhona – The Burnout Podcast: Rhona discusses all things burnout, exhaustion, and recovery. The first episode is with Petra Biberbach, an executive coach whose unique approach is to use nature as our companion to regain our edge. 

 

Rhona, who writes under ROJ Dee, MSc, focuses on helping high-achieving, driven, ambitious women on the verge of or in burnout. By using science-backed techniques, neuroscience, lived experience, and her Master's in translational medicine, she helps women to REWIRE, taking women on a journey from recognising the signs and symptoms of burnout, to recovery, and regaining their energy. 

]]> REWIRE with Rhona – The Burnout Podcast: Rhona discusses all things burnout, exhaustion, and recovery. The first episode is with Petra Biberbach, an executive coach whose unique approach is to use nature as our companion to regain our edge. 

 

Rhona, who writes under ROJ Dee, MSc, focuses on helping high-achieving, driven, ambitious women on the verge of or in burnout. By using science-backed techniques, neuroscience, lived experience, and her Master's in translational medicine, she helps women to REWIRE, taking women on a journey from recognising the signs and symptoms of burnout, to recovery, and regaining their energy. 

]]> Leading Through the Wild: Nature as a Nervous System Reset for Burnout-Proof Leadership In this episode of Rewire with Rhona, Rhona speaks with executive coach Petra Biberbach of Biberbach Consultancy about preventing and recovering from burnout through leadership practices rooted in nature. Petra shares her lifelong connection to nature, from childhood walks in Bavaria to time in Scotland, and explains how she shifted from traditional coaching to nature-based experiences, including hosting clients in rural Portugal for long walks. She discusses nature as a companion that reconnects people to their five senses, helps regulate the nervous system, and moves leaders beyond one-dimensional, success-driven thinking toward deeper self-awareness, humanity, and perspective. Petra describes using staff walks to strengthen relationships and offers a simple practice for city dwellers: find a local green haven, walk to it, and explore repeatedly. Contact Petra: biberbachconsultancy@gmail.com. Contact me: rhona@breakfreefromburnouttheultimateblueprintseries.com Grab my free 30-day reset: https://breakfreefromburnouttheultimateblueprintseries.com/freebie  00:00 Welcome and Guest Intro 01:21 Nature as Companion 04:52 From Boardrooms to Portugal 06:44 Burnout in the Wild 08:28 Nervous System Reset 10:14 Walking Builds Better Teams 11:46 Success Culture and Rest 13:09 Five Senses Neuroscience 14:25 Bringing It Back Home 16:23 Nature and Early Awareness 19:25 Switzerland and Mountain Calm 23:15 City Nature Practice 24:34 How to Work With Petra 25:48 Success Without Burnout 26:36 Final Reflections and Goodbye ROJ (Rhona) Dee, MSc false No 1682 1 1 full