Your brain is stuck in endless “Reply All” mode and it’s killing your focus. Chronic stress keeps your nervous system in fight-or-flight, flooding you with cortisol and leaving your mind scattered. Yoga can flip the switch, restoring calm, improving heart rate variability, and rewiring your brain for sharper thinking.

In high-stakes rooms, the calmest person wins. Meditation trains you to hold silence, read the room, and make the move that changes everything.

It doesn’t start with a breakdown. It starts with a missed detail, a short fuse, and a to-do list that might as well be in hieroglyphs. Burnout isn’t just in your head. It’s in your hormones, your nervous system, and your memory — and science can prove it.

What happens when evidence-based leadership becomes politically inconvenient? South Carolina’s rejection of Dr. Edward Simmer shows how public health roles are being reshaped by symbolism, memory, and cultural alignment as much as outcomes.