#86 - When Your Body Tells You Something's Wrong - A Former PE Executive's Guide to Nervous System Wisdom - Elena Shirokaya

Elena Shirokaya spent 12 years crushing it in private equity - until her body forced a reckoning. Now she teaches high-achieving women what she learned the hard way: your nervous system speaks a language most of us ignore.She's not here to tell you to meditate more. She's here to explain why your chronic fatigue, anxiety, and Sunday night dread are data - not weakness. And how somatic practices create the kind of resilience that mindset work can't touch.In this episode we explore how your body signals career misalignment before your brain admits it, what nervous system regulation looks like in real-life chaos, and why your regulation affects everything from business decisions to your kids' emotional development.Her message: You don't have to choose between ambition and wellness. Sustainable success is built from the body up, not despite it.Topics: Nervous system regulation • Burnout recovery • Somatic practices • Ambitious motherhood • Emotional resilience