# Nervous System Regulation: Why High Performers Burn Out with Megan McDonald

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Podcast: [Reignite Resilience](https://stenobird.com/podcast/reignite-resilience-6398898)
Published: 2026-06-08T12:00:00+00:00
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Send us Fan Mail Nervous system regulation is the missing piece in every burnout recovery conversation, and Soma Q founder Megan McDonald is here to change that. Megan McDonald spent 13 years as a healthcare technology executive leading through chaos while her own nervous system was quietly collapsing. An emergency hysterectomy, a skin cancer diagnosis, and a health crisis she almost did not survive forced her into the work she now teaches every day. In Part 1 of this two-part conversation, M...

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