Sustainable Success and Burnout Prevention with Dr. Judy Wright: The PACE Method

Christine interviews Dr. Judy Wright, a physician and sustainable performance strategist, about self-leadership, burnout, and redefining success so it “elevates your life, not erode it.” Dr. Wright shares how missing mammograms while prioritizing others led to a 2019 breast cancer diagnosis, double mastectomy, and a wake-up call that she wasn’t caring for herself and her boundaries had become “a suggestion,” especially with blurred work-from-home lines; Christine relates her own 2022 breast cancer treatment experience and how it forced her to prioritize herself. They define burnout as more than exhaustion, including disconnection, irritability, loss of joy, and diminished achievement, often missed because overwork is glorified. Dr. Wright advises scheduling oneself, taking intentional pauses, and using her PACE framework—Pause, Audit, Calibrate, Elevate—to assess goals, manage decision fatigue, set boundaries, and build sustainable success, including creating one’s own “ladder” and identity beyond roles. Links to find Dr. Wright: LinkedIn and Instagram.

00:00 Meet Dr Judy Wright

01:23 Cancer Wake Up Call

04:06 Lessons on Boundaries

05:23 Scheduling Yourself First

09:23 Burnout Warning Signs

11:19 Why We Miss Burnout

12:11 Intentional Pauses Daily

13:29 PACE Framework Explained

16:43 Keeping PACE Consistent

17:18 Redefining Success Ladder

20:12 Sustainable Success Closing