Burnout isn't just mental.
It's not laziness.
It's not a mindset problem.
It's physiological.
In this episode, I sit down with Elizabeth Gaines, Director of Education at Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® (FDN) and a Functional Wellness Practitioner specializing in burnout recovery.
Before stepping into the functional health space, Elizabeth spent over a decade working in nonprofit trauma recovery, supporting victims of domestic minor sex trafficking. The relentless pace, emotional intensity, and lack of boundaries eventually led her into full-blown burnout and chronic fatigue.
When conventional medicine dismissed her symptoms as "normal" or emotional, she turned to functional lab testing. Through FDN's data-driven approach, she uncovered hidden dysfunction, rebuilt her health, and now trains practitioners around the world to do the same.
In this conversation, we unpack the hidden physiology of burnout — what's really happening inside your body when you can't "push through" anymore.
Burnout isn't your fault — but healing it is your responsibility, and this episode will show you where to begin.
