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Work Stress Anxiety | Burnout Prevention & Work Anxiety Help

Work Stress Anxiety | Burnout Prevention & Work Anxiety Help

Cheryl Paris | Work Stress & Burnout Specialist 126 Episodes Sep 22, 2026

Work Stress Anxiety is a podcast for high-achieving women dealing with workplace stress, burnout, and anxiety. Host Cheryl Paris, a clinical hypnotherapist and stress recovery coach, shares practical strategies for nervous system regulation, stress recovery, and emotional resilience. Episodes cover topics like toxic work environments, job insecurity, and work-life balance. The show aims to help listeners prevent burnout and manage work-related anxiety, and it includes hypnotherapy techniques for stress relief.

Episodes

How High Achievers Stop Self-Sacrificing At Work: Creating Boundaries
How High Achievers Stop Self-Sacrificing At Work: Creating Boundaries Sep 22, 2026 1346 Why does one honest boundary feel like a confession of guilt?If “being dependable” is your default, boundaries can feel like betrayal, even when you’re drowning. Cheryl Paris is joined by EMDR specialist Stephanie McCallister for a candid look at why high-functioning people can look totally fine on the outside while running on fumes inside and how that gap quietly feeds workplace stress, anxiety,
Burnout Resilience and Work Stress: The Pattern Hiding in The "Yes"
Burnout Resilience and Work Stress: The Pattern Hiding in The "Yes" Sep 21, 2026 1356 I closed the laptop. Apparently my brain didn't get the memo.You can be great at your job and still feel like you’re quietly unraveling. If you’ve ever thought, “I should be able to handle this by now,” while you lie awake replaying a conversation from twelve hours ago, you’re not alone and you’re not broken. We dig into why work stress and work anxiety can hit hardest when you’re the compete
Work Stress: You Look Fine. So Why Does Resentment Feel So Heavy?
Work Stress: You Look Fine. So Why Does Resentment Feel So Heavy? Sep 18, 2026 1066 Resentment can feel ugly, but sometimes it’s your clearest signal that responsibility has started to blur. We share a personal moment that many high-functioning women will recognise: juggling work, study, and life, then getting a seemingly simple request from family that lands like one more demand on an already empty battery. Saying no is the easy part. The hard part is sitting with guilt, disappo
Work Stress and Work Anxiety: The Bedtime Work Anxiety Loop
Work Stress and Work Anxiety: The Bedtime Work Anxiety Loop Sep 17, 2026 1036 Why does one small work message pull me straight back into pressure?Wellness advice is everywhere, but when you’re already tired and stretched thin, it can feel like the internet is yelling a thousand different fixes at you at once. Cheryl Paris sits down with Tierra to slow things down and answer the real question: where do you start when you’re overwhelmed, juggling work and family, and noticing
Work Stress:  Reading Your Body's  Work Anxiety Signals
Work Stress: Reading Your Body's Work Anxiety Signals Sep 16, 2026 1087 Work is over, so why does it still feel like I'm in it?“I’m just stressed” can be true and still miss the point. When stress becomes the background noise of your life, it can start masking what your body is actually trying to tell you, especially if you’re a high-functioning woman juggling work, home, relationships, and the pressure to keep it together. We slow down and ask a sharper question
Work Stress Pattern Recognition | When Boundaries Keep Moving
Work Stress Pattern Recognition | When Boundaries Keep Moving Sep 15, 2026 1080 I am tired of needing fresh proof that I am not a fraud.When high-achieving women keep renegotiating their work boundaries, it's not weakness—it's your nervous system anxiety trying to protect you. In this episode, Cheryl reveals why capable women dismiss body anxiety signals as failure and uncovers the hidden pattern behind boundary collapse. Discover how to listen to your fatigue as in
Work Stress Stays Home | Breaking the 'Always On' Anxiety Cycle
Work Stress Stays Home | Breaking the 'Always On' Anxiety Cycle Sep 14, 2026 1134  I’m exhausted. So why can’t my body just bloody switch off? You shut your laptop, but your nervous system stays wired. Tight jaw, shallow breathing, jumpiness at notifications—this is work stress that doesn't clock out. In this episode, I walk through Joan's story and reveal why your body keeps acting like the next demand is already here. Learn the nervous system anxiety pattern hiding
Mistaking Burnout Signals for Failure | Work Stress & Nervous System Recovery
Mistaking Burnout Signals for Failure | Work Stress & Nervous System Recovery Sep 11, 2026 1179 Feel like nothing ever goes right at work? High-functioning anxiety and burnout prevention start by recognising that "bad luck" might be your nervous system sending SOS signals. In this episode, Cheryl explores how high-achieving leaders mistake early burnout symptoms for personal failure—and how reframing these patterns through nervous system awareness opens the door to real burnout rec
Burnout Recovery | Work Stress and Burnout Prevention Strategies for Women
Burnout Recovery | Work Stress and Burnout Prevention Strategies for Women Sep 10, 2026 1203 Cheryl Paris discusses with Dr. Carla Caturia the silent expectations that fuel work stress and burnout. Tune in for three effective strategies to recalibrate your mindset, supporting sustainable progress and emotional resilience.Success can be a trap when the only version you accept is “more, faster, higher.” I’m Cheryl Paris, and I’m joined by  Dr Carla Caturia  for a grounded, honest conversati
When Perfectionism Anxiety Eats Your Identity | Burnout Prevention Strategies for Women
When Perfectionism Anxiety Eats Your Identity | Burnout Prevention Strategies for Women Sep 9, 2026 1201 High standards or anxiety masquerading as ambition? Work stress & nervous system recovery expert Cheryl Paris sits down with Dr. Carla Caturia to untangle the achievement trap—that moment when ambition quietly becomes self-abandonment. Discover the hidden signs: people-pleasing, defensive reactions to feedback, and a nervous system stuck in overdrive. Learn how perfectionism anxiety differs fr
High-Functioning Anxiety | The Perfectionism Mask
High-Functioning Anxiety | The Perfectionism Mask Sep 8, 2026 1153 You can look perfectly pulled together and still be running on empty. High-functioning anxiety is the silent cost high-achieving women pay: the pressure to appear calm, capable, and endlessly available while stress builds invisibly underneath. In this episode, Cheryl sits down with Dr. Carla Caturia to name the mask that so many of you wear in silence—and more importantly, how to recognize when yo
Work Anxiety Peaks Sunday? | Nervous System Recovery Guide
Work Anxiety Peaks Sunday? | Nervous System Recovery Guide Sep 7, 2026 1279 That Sunday night panic isn't laziness—it's nervous system dysregulation. For high-achieving women, work anxiety peaks on Sunday evenings as your body senses the week ahead. Learn why this dread is actually valuable data, how nervous system awareness transforms panic into a reset signal, and the three body-awareness practices that turn Sunday anxiety into proactive recovery time—not sham

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