Episode 030
Worn Out and Over It Journey to a Life That Fits with Jesseca Tighe
She had the PhD, the healthcare leadership job, and the burnout badge of honor. Then COVID and E. coli said, “Sit down.” So she did – and stood up for her life.
Before she became a burnout coach and psychology-whisperer to high achievers, Jesseca Tighe was a therapist-turned-healthcare exec just trying to keep it all together. She had the title, the inbox, and the never-ending calls at all hours.
But the truth? She was one exhale away from collapse.
Then the curveballs came in fast – first COVID, then E. coli, then back-to-back losses that left her physically wrecked and emotionally cracked open. But it was in that wreckage – jobless, speechless, and horizontal on the couch – that Jesseca decided to finally listen to her body and rebuild from scratch.
Today, she helps other overworked, under-nurtured women trade burnout for boundaries, and reconnect with the lives they almost forgot they wanted.
“Burnout doesn’t always blow up your life – it seeps in like water under a door.”
Connect with JESSECA:
- Website: soulutionsforhealth.com
- Facebook: Jesseca Tighe
- Instagram: @jessecatighe
- LinkedIn: Jesseca Tighe, Ph.D. - Leadership Coach
Timestamps:
00:00 – Climbing the ladder, burning out, and the HVAC guy epiphany
03:50 – Burnout in a blazer: pivoting, then crashing with COVID and E. coli
06:15 – Healing like it was her job (literally eight hours a day)
07:30 – Losing three colleagues and waking up to the real cost of burnout
09:00 – What burnout actually is (and the three medical types you’ve never heard of)
12:45 – Why smart, driven women miss the signs until it’s too late
14:20 – The asset that turns into a defect when we ignore the tripwire
16:30 – Burnout as a dog whistle: how to hear what your body’s saying
18:00 – Creating space in your nervous system before change can happen
20:15 – Rest, recovery, and the behavioral drift that drags us back
23:30 – Work addiction, loyalty guilt, and the jacket-on-chair contest
25:50 – When her narcissistic mom moved in (and the mama bear line got crossed)
29:10 – Trauma loops, tapping, and rewiring old emotional patterns
33:45 – Who she works with now (hint: people on the brink, ready to choose themselves)