Why High Performers Miss Their Own Burnout | Our Family Invests

<p>Sports medicine physician Dr. Annie Purcell spent 13 years running her own private practice before a COVID shutdown gave her something she hadn&#39;t had in over a decade: time to sit still. What she found wasn&#39;t clarity, it was insomnia, spiraling anxiety, and a body that had been sending warning signs for years while she stayed too competent to notice.</p><p>Annie tells Mike and Caroline what it actually looked like when her body forced the stop her mind refused to make, including the moment her own doctor told her flatly it wasn&#39;t her thyroid, and the line she wrote that stopped us cold: you can be highly competent and completely disconnected from yourself, and sometimes the competence is how the disconnection survives.</p><p>What you&#39;ll learn:</p><ul><li>Why high achievers are often the last to recognize their own burnout</li><li>The physical warning signs that show up before the mental ones do</li><li>How Annie used a CARES Act 401k withdrawal to fund her first rental property</li><li>How real estate professional status combined with a W2 can work for a two income household</li><li>What it actually costs to keep performing instead of pausing to ask why</li></ul><p>Want more free tools and articles on wealth, growth, mindset, and family? Head to <a href="https://www.ourfamilyinvests.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferer">OurFamilyInvests.com</a>.</p><p>Build intentionally. Let it compound.</p>