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EPISODE · Dec 12, 2025 · 14 MIN

MY Story: From Burnout, to Slow Burn

from You Are the Answer · host Naomi Mills

What if the life you built was perfect on paper and punishing in your body? Naomi opens up about scaling a successful chiropractic clinic while quietly slipping into chronic fight-or-flight—shallow sleep, IBS, skin flare-ups, and a short fuse that signalled a system stuck in survival. The turning point arrived at an intense retreat in Spain, where breathwork, sweat lodges, firewalking, and deep connection made enough space to feel the honest answer: the blueprint she followed fit someone else’s nervous system, not her own.From there, everything changed. We talk through the decision to sell the business, move back to Scotland, and rebuild a rhythm that respects physiology—periods of creative work balanced with slow time in nature, family, and community. Along the way, Naomi shares how somatic practices, nervous system education, and compassionate boundaries became the foundation of a new kind of success. Instead of chasing scale, the focus shifted to regulation: better sleep, steadier moods, improved digestion, and the natural return of energy and purpose.You’ll learn why health truly radiates from the inside out, how to spot early signals of sympathetic overdrive, and what it looks like to design a life that keeps you in a healing state more often. We explore practical tools for nervous system regulation, the myth of being “fixed,” and why patience and consistency are the unsexy truth of lasting change. Whether you’re navigating burnout, rethinking work, or seeking deeper fulfilment, this story offers a clear path: protect your baseline, then build from there.If this resonates, follow the show, share it with someone who needs it, and leave a review to help others find their way back to their body. Your story might be the nudge someone else needs to trust their own.

What if the life you built was perfect on paper and punishing in your body? Naomi opens up about scaling a successful chiropractic clinic while quietly slipping into chronic fight-or-flight—shallow sleep, IBS, skin flare-ups, and a short fuse that signalled a system stuck in survival. The turning point arrived at an intense retreat in Spain, where breathwork, sweat lodges, firewalking, and deep connection made enough space to feel the honest answer: the blueprint she followed fit someone else...

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