Is Burnout a Nervous System Problem? w/ Dr. Amir Vokshoor

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🗓️ 16 January 2026

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Despite what you may think (or what you've been told), burnout isn’t a mindset issue—it’s a nervous system response. Stacy talks with Dr. Amir Vokshoor, a board-certified neurosurgeon about how chronic stress reshapes the brain and body, why so many people are stuck in fight-or-flight, and how burnout, chronic pain, and trauma are biologically connected. We explore what modern life does to the nervous system and why healing requires more than willpower. If your body feels exhausted, overwhelmed, or unable to recover, this episode reframes burnout as a biological signal, not a personal failure. 00:00 | Is burnout a nervous system problem? 07:20 | Chronic stress and nervous system overload 14:50 | Pain, trauma, and energy depletion 22:30 | Recovery, regulation, and breath 30:40 | Prevention and brain-spine health Find Dr. Vokshoor: drvokshoor.com neurovella.com inifoundation.org instagram.com/drvokshoor Use code STACY for a discount on neurosurgical consultation with Dr. Vokshoor!Find Stacy: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠realeverything.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/realstacytoth⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠missionmakersart.com⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠missionalchemists.com⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:16.5	doctor of the year. Dr. Amir Vokshore is here, board certified neurosurgeon and we were
1:23.7	just chatting before the show. I think we're going to have lots to talk about and for
1:28.5	listeners to enjoy. Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and how you got into
1:33.7	neurosurgery and just a passion for all that happens inside that we can't see?
1:40.9	I'll try to be brief for your listeners.
1:47.2	I'm a board certified neurosurgeon.
1:58.1	I got into it due to a variety of things, but one of the things was basically I wanted to know how to body works because I was getting injured as a young skateboarder in Virginia.
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