Ideally, we would spend a lot of the time in green mode.

This should be when the body is digesting its food properly.

We can think clearly.

We can find our words eloquently because the language centre is housed there.

We can problem solve.

We can visualise and picture things in the future.

You know, we want to spend a lot of the time there, really,

because that's where we are functioning optimally. But if our ability to escape is blocked, or there's just more stresses

than we can manage, we will do what we call dropping down into dorsal shutdown, part of the

nervous system designed for immobilising us for safety.

Running on empty, feeling numb, disconnected, while Dr. Claire Plumley is here to help you come back

from burnout.

I'm Liz Earle.

Welcome to the Lizzie Well-Being Show, the podcast that's all about ways for us to have a

better second half, no matter what your age or stage in life. In other words,

it's never too soon or too late to be tuning in to the benefits of our conversations here.

I'm Liz Earle and I am on a bit of a mission to find ways for all of us to thrive in our later

life by investing in our health and our well-being today.

And all this month, we are looking at ways to rest and recharge and recover because that

resting piece in particular. I think it's something that we as midlife women with our numerous

roles and responsibilities are pretty quick to overlook in the bigger picture of our health and

well-being. And I'm especially interested in exploring the differences between burnout and stress.

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