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Stay ConnectedYou’re a healer.
A helper.
A woman who has spent years—maybe decades—supporting the emotional, physical, and spiritual wellbeing of others.
And now you’re exhausted.
Not a little tired.
Not “I need a vacation” tired.
You’re living with compassion fatigue and burnout.
They don’t show up separately.
They work together.
They feed each other.
Compassion fatigue is the emotional and nervous system depletion that comes from holding space for others’ pain, trauma, crises, and needs.
Burnout is the physical, cognitive, and soul-level collapse that follows when you’ve spent too long surviving on adrenaline, responsibility, and self-abandonment.
Most women healers 50+ aren’t dealing with one or the other —
You’re dealing with both at the same time.
And you’ve been taught to survive it, not heal it.
This podcast is a lifeline for women who feel:
• Chronically tired or emotionally numb
• Disconnected from purpose, passion, or identity
• Resentful, checked-out, or quietly angry
• Overwhelmed at work and at home
• Sleep-deprived, dysregulated, or shut down
• Unsure whether to quit, collapse, or just keep pushing
I’m Dr. Julie Merriman — Professor, counselor, burnout researcher, polyvagal science nerd, and unapologetic midlife reinvention sexpert.
After 30+ years working with healers (and nearly becoming a compassion fatigue–burnout casualty myself), I learned the truth:
You’re not exhausted because you’re weak.
You’re exhausted because you were never taught to protect your nervous system while doing the work you were born to do.
In every episode, we talk about compassion fatigue and burnout together:
How emotional labor, caregiving, and “being the strong one” overloads your nervous system
How chronic stress reshapes your hormones, brain chemistry, and identity
Why women healers over 50 experience the highest rates of depletion, resentment, and midlife collapse
Why society rewards your sacrifice… but never teaches you recovery
How to begin healing without quitting your calling or abandoning yourself
We talk trauma physiology, polyvagal theory, chakras, somatic reset, boundary repair, and nervous system regulation.
We talk identity, purpose, sensuality, spirituality, meaning, and the parts of you that got buried under responsibility.
We talk about your Radiance Chapter — the season of life where your wisdom, body, and calling stop competing and finally align.
You’ve spent a lifetime holding everyone else up.
It’s time to learn how to lift yourself.
Welcome to Compassion Fatigue Cure: From Burnout to Radiance for Women Healers 50+.
This is where you rise.
Ready to begin your recovery?
👉 Download the Compassion Fatigue Cure Starter Guide — the essential roadmap to stop over-functioning, calm your nervous system, and reclaim your spark.
👉 Get the From Burnout to Radiance Reset — the step-by-step path to rebuild your identity, regulate your system, and rediscover who you were before the exhaustion took over.
Your radiance isn’t lost.
It’s buried.
And together, we’re bringing her back into the light.
