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Burnout to Blueprint: How Dr. Jen Bourgeois Built a Business by Healing Herself First

This Wasn't My Plan··18 August 2026·39 min

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Guest Episode 6: Burnout to Blueprint: How Dr. Jen Bourgeois Built a Business by Healing Herself First In this episode, Ashlee welcomes Dr. Jen Bourgeois — pharmacist, nervous system expert, and founder of Peacefully Rich Coaching and Consulting — for a deeply honest conversation about burnout, identity, and what it actually takes to build a life by design. Jen shares how a decade of high-achieving corporate healthcare leadership led her to a breaking point, what she learned on the other side of it, and how she now helps high-performing founders and leaders scale their income and impact without sacrificing their health, relationships, or presence. WHAT YOU'LL LEARN * Why high-achieving women are specifically wired for burnout — and what the physiology actually looks like inside the body * How Jen went from burned out community pharmacist to nervous system expert and founder of Peacefully Rich Coaching and Consulting * Why the belief system that took you into burnout is not the same one that will bring you out of it * Why success does not require sacrificing what matters most — and what it looks like to build a life that actually fits ABOUT DR. JEN BOURGEOIS Dr. Jen Bourgeois is a nervous system expert, pharmacist, and founder of Peacefully Rich Coaching and Consulting. After 17 years in corporate healthcare leadership and her own experience with burnout in 2019, she spent years studying the science of the nervous system and its impact on leadership and success. Today she helps high-performing founders and leaders build the internal capacity to scale income and impact sustainably — without sacrificing their health, relationships, or presence. Connect with Dr. Jen: * Website: https://www.drjenbourgeois.com * LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drjenbourgeois * Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drjenbourgeois KEY MOMENTS * (02:00) Jen's original plan — and the decade that led to burnout * (06:00) What burnout actually looks like physiologically — and why the labs all come back normal * (14:00) Why high-achieving women are statistically more susceptible to burnout — and the physiology behind it * (37:00) What Jen would tell her 2019 self — and the permission she wishes someone had given her sooner CALL TO ACTION To learn more about Dr. Jen's work helping high-performing founders and leaders scale sustainably visit: 🔗 https://www.drjenbourgeois.com To learn more about Ashlee's leadership workshops: 🔗 https://www.rxashlee.com/executive-team-workshops ABOUT ASHLEE Ashlee is a leadership strategist and executive workshop facilitator who helps teams communicate with clarity so decisions move forward and performance improves. * Follow Ashlee on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleeklevenshayes/ * Follow Ashlee on IG: https://www.instagram.com/rxashleehayes/ * Learn more about Ashlee's workshops: https://www.rxashlee.com/executive-team-workshops