In this solo episode of The Empowered Team Podcast, Kari Schneider tackles a challenge every high-performer faces but rarely talks about: chronic stress and burnout.

Are you stuck in survival mode? Feeling like you’ve been powering through for so long that burnout is now your baseline? Kari reveals how chronic stress hijacks your brain, drains your vitality, and derails your decision-making—and most importantly, how to reclaim your energy, clarity, and performance power.

She introduces the 3 R's Framework:

• Restore your thriving baseline
• Reframe your perspective for empowered performance
• Recover with micro and macro resets that fuel resilience

Kari shares personal stories, practical strategies, and brain-based insights that will help you spot the signs of burnout and take back your mental and emotional bandwidth.

This episode is for leaders and high-achievers who are ready to stop coping and start thriving.

🔑 Topics Covered:

• How chronic stress rewires your brain and kills your performance
• The signs of emotional dysregulation and decision fatigue
• Practical recovery rituals to recharge your nervous system
• Why reframing is your secret superpower
• How to identify your “thriving baseline”—and return to it daily

🔥 “You’re not broken—your stress is a signal, not a sentence.” Listen in and reclaim your leadership edge, your peace, and your performance.

➡️ Share this with someone who’s been carrying too much for too long.

Listen to our T.A.C.K. framework for Stress in episode 311: https://bit.ly/MasteringStress-TheTACKFramework-ETP-iTunes

👉 Ready to go deeper? Join the Empowered Team and take your leadership to the next level: https://theempowered.ca/

Resources on this topic:

https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/understanding-the-stress-response

https://www.webmd.com/balance/stress-management/effects-of-stress-on-your-body

https://www.verywellmind.com/what-is-the-yerkes-dodson-law-2796027

https://psychcentral.com/stress/our-brain-on-stress-forgetful-emotional