Compassion Fatigue Cure: From Burnout to Radiance for Women Healers 50+
Are you a dedicated healer over 50 who feels trapped by exhaustion? This show helps high-achieving women healers—doctors, nurses, therapists, and caregivers—navigate midlife transitions and move from emotional burnout to radiance. Tune in weekly to: Discover how to release resentment and break the cycle of self-neglect to reclaim your energy and overcome burnout. Gain clarity through a unique blend of science-backed research and chakra work to find inner peace and beat compassion fatigue. Reconnect with your body, reciprocal relationships, and your sacred purpose. Reignite your passion and creativity to design a playful, purposeful next chapter that feels like freedom. I’m Dr. Julie Merriman I am the leading expert in burnout and compassion fatigue for women healers over 50, blending three decades of clinical experience with trauma-informed nervous system work to create lasting transformation. As the creator of the Soul Joy Empire™ and author of In Pursuit of Soul Joy™, I guide brilliant women to reconnect with their bodies, reclaim their purpose, and rise into their most radiant chapter. Ready for your reset? Start by listening to our fan-favorite episode 2, Burned Out & Disconnected? A Chakra Wake-Up Call for Women Over 50—we rise together.
Episodes
Do you sit in your driveway for ten minutes after a shift just staring at the garage door? You aren't checking emails. You are hiding. You are dreading the moment you walk inside and someone asks you for "one more thing."
You are the most competent person in the room but you have become a "floating head" who is completely severed from your own body. This isn't just exhaustion. This...
Are you a woman over 50 in the healing professions feeling trapped by emotional exhaustion and high-functioning burnout?
In this episode of Compassion Fatigue Cure, Dr. Julie Merriman explores the deeper roots of identity burnout influenced by the "Good Girl" conditioning that once served you but now contributes to compassion fatigue. Discover how your nervous system, through the lens of polyvagal th...
Throw away the resolution list. Seriously. Burn it. You do not need to lose 10 pounds or "work harder" to be worthy of a good year.
Today, we stop trying to "fix" you because you aren't broken—you just need to feel free. In this explosive finale of the Radiance Reset, we aren't planning your year with willpower, which usually runs out by January 15th. We are planning it with Soul P...
Who are you without the stethoscope around your neck or DSM, without the title "Mom," or without that "Clinic Director" badge? If asking that question makes your chest tighten or panic rise in your throat... good.
That panic is just the doorway to the greatest adventure of your life. For decades, you have confused your worth with your paycheck and your role with your soul. But the rules are ...
When was the last time you did something absolutely pointless, not because it was "healthy" or productive, but just because it felt like fun? If you can't remember, your spark isn't just dim; it is suffocating under decades of duty.
As high-achieving women, we have been brainwashed to believe that play is lazy. But neuroscience proves the opposite: play is the only thing that unlocks the rig...
Have you ever found yourself agreeing to a favor while your stomach was physically knotting up in protest? Or perhaps you have caught yourself apologizing to a patient or family member who was actively yelling at you?
You aren't just "nice," and you aren't just a "people pleaser." You are reacting from the Fawn Response. This is a biological survival strategy where you instinctivel...
Do you feel a sudden, white-hot rage when someone asks you to do something you used to say "yes" to with a smile?
Society tells you that menopause is the end—the drying up, the fading away. Biology tells a different story. Biology says you are waking up. As the "caregiving hormone" (Estrogen) leaves your system, the veil lifts. You aren't becoming "difficult" or "bitter.&...
You would never let a patient ignore a gaping wound, and you would never let a client starve themselves. So why are you committing that exact violence against your own soul every single day?
Today, the doctor becomes the patient. We aren't talking about skipping lunch; we are talking about "Pathological Altruism"—the medical and caregiving training that taught you to view your own survival as sec...
Do you lie in bed at night, body exhausted, but your brain is frantically grocery shopping, replaying patient charts, and worrying about your aging parents like a browser with 4,000 tabs open? You are secretly terrified that your forgetfulness is a sign of something serious.
This isn't just insomnia, and it definitely isn't early-onset dementia. This is the Mental Load, and it is crushing your spirit....
If you stopped fixing everyone's problems today—right this second—would you still feel valuable, or would you panic? If you hesitated, I need you to know something: You aren't just "kind." You are addicted to being needed.
For 50 years, the "Good Girl" identity has ruled your life, convincing you that your worth is transactional—that you only matter as long as you are useful. But t...
Do you walk into a room and feel like you have slowly turned into a ghost in your own life? Or perhaps you speak up in a meeting only to be talked over like you aren't even there. You aren't imagining it. The "Invisibility Cloak" of midlife is real, but today we burn it.
If you have spent decades "keeping the peace" and fixing everyone else by swallowing your own truth, your Throat...
Resentment isn't just a bad mood. It is a biological poison. Every time you say "yes" when you desperately want to say "no," you are literally drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die. If you are a healer suffering from unexplained inflammation or fatigue, you aren't just tired—you are under attack from within.
Today, we tackle the ugly emotion you aren't suppos...
Do you come home after a long shift, sit in your car, and feel like your soul has been scraped raw? You feel like you have absorbed every single ounce of your patient's pain, and no matter how long you shower, you cannot seem to wash the heaviness off.
Dr. Julie needs you to listen very closely: That is not standard burnout. That is something far more dangerous called "Secondary Traumatic Stress"...
Have you always prided yourself on being the one who "handles it well" while everyone else falls apart? You are the rock in a crisis, the calm in the storm, and the one who can endure impossible workloads without complaining. But what if that incredible capacity to endure isn't resilience? What if it is actually a sign that your nervous system is stuck in a permanent state of survival?
For women ...
Are you finding it impossible to actually enjoy the holiday season because your brain is stuck in hyper-drive? You are obsessively managing everyone else's emotions, menus, and memories, all while you slowly burn out in the background. If the idea of sitting down to relax makes you feel anxious rather than peaceful, you are trapped in the role of the "Magic Maker."
For women healers over 50, this...
Have you ever hit December and thought, "I swear I’m doing everything right, so why does this still feel like too much?" It is not because you are weak, and it is certainly not because you cannot handle pressure. That deep exhaustion you feel is the invisible emotional labor of the holidays landing on women healers over 50 with twice the force.
For high-achieving women, the holiday season triggers a s...
If you’ve ever caught yourself staring in the mirror and thinking, "When did I stop feeling like me?"—this episode explains exactly why.
Burnout and compassion fatigue in women over 50 aren’t caused by doing too much. They are caused by disconnection—from your body, your relationships, and your purpose. This is the piece no one talks about, and it is the hidden engine keeping you exhausted, overwhelme...
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...
It’s Black Friday. Did you just spend all of Thanksgiving making everyone else's holiday perfect while eating cold food standing at the sink? Are you already dreading the sheer physical labor of Christmas before the leftovers are even put away?
If you are a helper, healer, or caregiver, you have likely defaulted to "over-functioning" mode. For women over 50, this isn't just generosity; it is...
Have you ever felt like you’re drowning, but everyone keeps telling you to "focus on your blessings"? Does the pressure to be thankful make you feel guilty for being tired?
That isn’t spiritual maturity. That is toxic gratitude, and it is keeping women over 50 and healers stuck in a cycle of self-abandonment. When you force positivity over your pain, you aren't healing; you are silencing your ner...
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