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Have you ever looked at the successful, responsible life you have built—the degrees, the practice, the family—and wondered why it feels less like a triumph and more like a cage?

If you are a woman over 50 in the helping professions, you are likely not suffering from work exhaustion; you are suffering from Identity Burnout. The "Good Girl" conditioning that served you in your 30s is suffocating you in your 50s. This isn't just about needing a vacation; it is about a nervous system addiction to being "The Strong One" that is physically blocking your ability to heal.

In this episode, Dr. Julie Merriman dismantles the toxic myth of resilience and offers a path to sovereignty.

The Neuroscience of Fawning: Discover why your body physically protests with anxiety when you try to set a boundary (it’s a survival instinct, not a character flaw).

Chakra Mapping: Learn how to identify "Good Girl" blockages in your Root (safety) and Throat (truth) Chakras that lead to physical pain and silence.

The Micro-Boundary: Master the specific script that retrains your nervous system to stop the auto-pilot "Yes" immediately.

Click here to listen to the episode and begin the detox process.

This podcast supports women healers over 50 navigating burnout, compassion fatigue, and midlife transitions with strategies for nervous system regulation, trauma-informed boundaries, and chakra alignment to heal resentment and self-neglect while cultivating soul joy, radiance, and a purposeful next chapter of freedom and inner peace.

THE DIAGNOSIS: Are you the Martyr who can't say no? Or the Warrior who fights until she collapses? You cannot heal what you cannot name.

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[CLICK HERE TO REVEAL YOUR ARCHETYPE] - You’ve spent your life healing others. But what is it costing you? Discover which of the 4 Shadow Archetypes is draining your energy—and get the 60-second protocol to stop the leak.

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