70: Nikki Foord on Life After… Three Burnouts: Endometriosis, medical dismissal, and redesigning your business

70: Nikki Foord on Life After… Three Burnouts: Endometriosis, medical dismissal, and redesigning your businesshace 6 días39 min

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What happens when the identity you built your whole career around no longer has anywhere to live? Nikki Foord is a mentor, speaker, and podcast host who spent two decades pushing herself to 110%; first in elite sport and clinical work, then in business; before three separate burnouts forced her to rebuild from the ground up. Along the way she battled years of dismissed and misdiagnosed endometriosis, was told she'd never have children, and eventually walked away from the very business she'd built her identity around, before retraining as a psychotherapist to help others avoid the same collapse. In this episode, we chat about:<ul><li>Nikki's early career working with professional athletes at Geelong Football Club and why she said yes to everything in her 20s</li><li>Her first burnout at 23, being flown home from Bali, and the doctor who told her "if you don't change your lifestyle, you'll never work again"</li><li>Living with undiagnosed, dismissed endometriosis for over a decade; including a doctor who told her it was "all in her head"</li><li>Being told years later that "women like her" who wanted a career and a family were the problem, and that she was already past her fertility window</li><li>Having a hysterectomy, the infertility diagnosis, and going through it in the middle of COVID</li><li>Her third and biggest burnout; losing her business and income overnight and hitting a genuinely dark place</li><li>Naming the "identity lag effect"; why we keep operating from outdated versions of ourselves</li><li>What it actually looks like to build a business and a life that protects your health instead of costing you it</li></ul> Nikki's story is a reminder that burnout isn't a lack of resilience; it's often the body's last resort when everything else has been ignored. This episode is for anyone who has ever been told "it's all in your head," anyone quietly running on empty and calling it ambition, and anyone waiting for permission to build their life differently. You don't have to burn everything to the ground before you're allowed to change it. Connect with Nikki:<ul><li>Website: <a href="https://www.nikkifoord.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.nikkifoord.com.au/</a></li><li>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/nikki__foord/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.instagram.com/nikki__foord/</a></li><li>Podcast: <a href="https://www.nikkifoord.com.au/podcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">https://www.nikkifoord.com.au/podcast</a></li></ul> Connect with Cat:<ul><li>Join my mailing list: ⁠<a href="https://catlouisedunn.myflodesk.com/mailing-list">https://catlouisedunn.myflodesk.com/mailing-list⁠</a></li><li>Instagram: ⁠<a href="https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterileftpodcast/">https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterileftpodcast/⁠</a></li><li>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/catlouisedunn/">https://www.instagram.com/catlouisedunn/</a></li><li>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/catlouisedunn/">https://www.facebook.com/catlouisedunn</a></li><li>Linkedin: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/catlouisedunn/">https://www.linkedin.com/in/catlouisedunn</a></li><li>Website: <a href="https://catlouisedunn.com/">https://catlouisedunn.com</a></li><li>Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/life-after-i-left/id1815891092">https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/life-after-i-left/id1815891092</a></li><li>YouTube: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/@catlouisedunn">https://www.youtube.com/@catlouisedunn</a></li></ul> Support the show:Got a topic idea or would love to share your story on the podcast? Connect with me on Instagram <a href="https:/