67 Days to Rewire Your Brain and Wipe Out Burnout and Compassion Fatigue

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Have you ever noticed that every December you promise yourself "next year will be different," yet by February you are right back in the same cycle of exhaustion, over-giving, and people-pleasing?

If you can’t seem to break the patterns that no longer fit who you are, it isn't a personality flaw—it is a neural groove. For women over 50 and healers, the belief systems that keep you running on empty are deeply entrenched survival modes built over decades of compassion fatigue and responsibility. Your nervous system has automated self neglect. Research shows that it takes 67 days—not 21—to rewire these pathways. If you start now, you can close the loop on burnout before the new year even begins.

In this strategic episode, Dr. Juls breaks down Dr. Shannon Irvine’s 67-day neural rewiring research and why December is the optimal time for transformation. You will learn to interrupt the automatic behaviors that keep you overwhelmed and build new pathways rooted in clarity and sustainable energy. Discover:

• The Neuroscience of Change: Why your end-of-year fatigue isn't emotional failure—it’s your nervous system hitting capacity (and how to fix it).
• Why 67 Days? Why the "21-day habit" myth sets you up to fail, and the true timeline for shifting the deep-seated beliefs of midlife women.
• The Soul Joy 67-Day Reset: A research-backed, 5-step process to identify your core burnout belief, interrupt it somatically, and finally claim your inner peace and authenticity.

Don't wait for January 1st to save yourself. Press play to start rewiring your brain today and reclaim your mindset.

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Episode Transcript

(00:01):
Have you ever noticed how everyDecember you promise yourself
things will be different nextyear, but by February you're
right back in the same patterns,the same exhaustion, the same
over giving, the same peoplepleasing, huh?
The same resentment hummingunder your skin.

(00:22):
Today I'm going to teach you.
Why that happens and how yourbrain can absolutely be rewired
by spring, not metaphorically,neurologically, we are talking
about the 67 day brain rerewiring window.

(00:44):
Empowering brilliant women inhealthcare over 50 to transform
burnout and compassion fatigueinto renewed passion.
Reigniting your spark to createa life that energizes you every
single day.
I'm your host, Dr.
Jules.
Let's get to it.

(01:05):
Identified by Dr.
Shannon Irvine and her researchteam and how women healers over
50 can use the next few weeks toclose out old neuropathways that
were built in survival mode andbuild new ones, rooted in
groundedness, clarity andradiance.

(01:28):
You are gonna walk away todaywith the science, the strategy,
and the soul joy for turningthis year in season into your
most powerful reset yet, so whyyour end of year energy feels

(01:49):
like a crisis according toneuroscience.
Let's dig into that y'all.
When we hit December, ourbodies.
Don't just feel tired.
Our neural pathways areoverstimulated and over
rehearsed.
Helpers have spent decadesrunning the same patterns.

(02:11):
I should say.
Yes.
I can push through.
My needs come last.
I'll rest later.
They need me more than I needmyself.
These are not just thoughtsy'all, they're.
Well worn neural highwayscreated over years of compassion
fatigue over responsibility, andthe invisible curriculum of

(02:36):
being a woman healer in America,Dr.
Shannon Irvine shows that aneural pathway becomes automated
the same way a habit does.
And the more stress, pressureand repetition, the deeper the
path becomes.

(02:56):
This, my friend, is why you feelstuck, not broken, not weak, not
behind, stuck.
Your nervous system is simplyrunning code that was written
when you were surviving, notthriving.

(03:16):
So let's dig into the 67 dayrule.
It really caught my attention.
How long it actually takes torewire the burnout brain.
Most wellness advice tells youit takes 21 days to change a
habit.
I think we've been taught that along time, but that research was

(03:38):
misunderstood.
Dr.
Shannon Irvine's work shows theactual number is 67 days.
67 days to weaken an old neuralpathway and strengthen a new one
to the point that it becomes thedefault.

(03:59):
That means this belief pathwayscan be closed, burnout pathways
can be shut down.
Survival responses can bereplaced with grounded,
regulated, empowered ones.
I think this is exciting.
And here's the part most peopledon't know.

(04:22):
The most powerful time to beginrewiring is exactly when your
system feels the most exhausted,because your brain is more open
to restructuring when oldpatterns are breaking down.
December is not the end of theyear.
It is the neuroplastic sweetspot.

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So what this means for us womenhealers over 50, your brain and
midlife becomes more efficientat pattern recognition.
And unfortunately, it alsobecomes more efficient at
reinforcing old pathways unless,unless my friend, you interrupt

(05:04):
them.
This is why burnout feelsheavier at 50 than it did at 40.
Your neuropathways have decadesof reinforcement behind them.
But here's the good news.
Neuroplasticity does not declinewith age.
Huh?
It evolves.

(05:26):
It actually becomes moreresponsive once you understand
how to access it.
This is why my entire Soul Joymethodology blends polyvagal
informed grounding, chakra basedenergy clearing, somatic
practices, cognitive rewiring,belief deconstruction, and

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nervous system recalibration,y'all.
This is how we close outdatedburnout pathways and build new
radiant ones.
So the 67 day end of year resetour soul joy method way.

(06:10):
This is how to begin your resettoday.
First, I want you to identifythe core burnout, belief driving
your exhaustion.
And for most women, healers,it's one of these, I can't let
people down.
If I slow down, everything'sgonna fall apart.
My worth is my productivity.

(06:31):
I don't have time to take careof myself.
Pick one of those that punchesyou in the gut.
Two, bring that belief into yourbody.
We're walking around thesehighly educated heads.
We need to pay attention to ourbody.
Do those body scans getembodied?

(06:52):
But you bring that belief intoyour body, not your mind.
You sit.
You exhale, you let yourshoulders drop, you let your
belly soften, and you wonder,where do I feel that belief
living?
Is it in my chest, my throat, myjaw, my stomach locating this?

(07:18):
Oh, this is exciting.
Locating.
This begins the unwiring.
How cool is that?
Next, you need to interrupt thepathway daily for 67 days.
This is what Dr.
Irvine's work shows.
Neural pathways weaken when youinterrupt them consistently,

(07:44):
y'all, it's not perfect.
It's consistent.
Your interruption might be agrounding breath, a pause
instead of a yes.
A 62nd hand on your heart reset.
A reframed, regulated thought.
Every interruption closes theold pathway, another inch.

(08:10):
Then number four, you install anew belief that your nervous
system can actually receive.
Now this isn't.
A pretty affirmation.
This is a truth your body cantolerate.
I know when I'm working with myclients, I will be working on

(08:32):
thoughts, and I ask'em, doesthat feel real?
Can you believe that?
Because that's very important aswe're rewiring neural pathways.
So some examples for us, over 50gals who are healers might be, I
matter too.
My needs are not negotiable.
Rest makes me more effective.

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I can choose differently today.
And y'all, you pair this with asomatic cue.
This is what seals the pathway.
So somatic cue, that's somethingwithin your body maybe.
Maybe it's a tapping, maybe it'sa deep breath.
There's a cue that you are goingto pair that with.

(09:19):
And number five, you track that67 days cycle.
February 6th is gonna be herereally fast.
67 days is gonna go really fastand if you start now, your brain
will not be the same in 67 days.

(09:40):
Alright, here's the closing micdrop.
Sweet soul.
You are not ending a year.
You are ending a neural era.
Old pathways were built insurvival.
They started y'all when we werelittle.
I mean, stuff we've built.
Neural pathways are no longertrue for ourself.

(10:05):
They were built in survival, newpathways.
Will be built in radiance andthe greatest act of service you
will ever give the world isstaying connected to yourself in
this radiant manner.
I'm Dr.
Jules and y'all.
I am here to redefine what itmeans to heal.

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