🗞️ The Wellness Briefing – Edition No. 03: “Optimize Your Nervous System, Not Just Your To-Do List” | July 15, 2025

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Performance isn’t just mental—it’s biological. And yet, most ambitious professionals try to out-plan burnout with better task lists instead of addressing the actual operating system driving their behavior: the nervous system. This edition is about working with your physiology—not against it.


Let’s begin.


Preview of this week’s newsletter:

📰 1 Study to Know: Gallup’s 2024 State of the Global Workplace report shows that employees who don’t feel they have control over their workload are 3x more likely to report symptoms of burnout.

💡 What That Means for You: You can’t fix burnout with better time management alone. You have to start with nervous system regulation—creating space to actually feel safe, grounded, and resourced.

✅ Try This: Use the 90-second reset between tasks:

  • 3 deep breaths

  • One body stretch

  • One intentional thought ("I’m safe. I’ve got this.")

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Michelle Porter

About the Author

Michelle Porter is a health and wellness coach specializing in chronic stress management and burnout recovery for high-achieving professionals. Through personalized strategies and evidence-based practices, she helps clients reclaim their energy, focus, and joy to excel in work and life.

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