Tired But Wired? Why You’re Exhausted But Can’t Shut Your Brain Off After 50

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Feeling exhausted but can’t shut your brain off after 50? 

In this episode, we dig into what may be happening in your brain and nervous system as hormones shift through midlife and why stress can start feeling very different. 

Ashok Gupta explains brain retraining, predictive processing, and why calming your nervous system may be only part of the answer. 

If you’re tired of being tired but still feeling like your brain is always “on,” this conversation gives you a whole new way to understand why you can’t shut your brain off after 50.

My Guest:

Ashok Gupta is an internationally recognized speaker and founder of the Gupta Program, a clinically researched brain retraining programme inspired by his own recovery from chronic fatigue syndrome. Today, he joins us to explore the brain–body connection—and what it could mean for women experiencing fatigue, brain fog or feeling “tired but wired” in midlife.

Questions We Answer in This Episode:

[00:04:42] How can chronic fatigue and brain retraining be connected

[00:07:11] What’s happening when you’re “wired but tired”?

[00:07:30] How might hormonal changes in menopause affect the brain’s response to stress and threat?