Why High Performers Break Down (And How to Stop It)
Jennifer Watson looked like the definition of high performance: a university-level track star, a clinic owner by her 30s, a TEDx speaker, and transformational coach. But under the surface, she was exhausted, overwhelmed, and questioning everything.
In this raw and powerful episode, Jennifer opens up about the hidden cost of achievement and the lies we tell ourselves about what it means to be successful. From burnout and emotional shutdown to intuition, flow state, and what real leadership looks like in 2025—this conversation is packed with depth, truth, and permission to finally do things differently.
If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing everything “right” but something still doesn’t feel right… this one is for you.
⏱️ Chapters
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0:00:11 – Intro & Guest Welcome
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0:01:00 – Who Were You Growing Up?
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0:02:56 – From Goofball to High Performer
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0:08:21 – Burnout & Identity Shifts
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0:14:40 – Self-Worth & External Validation
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0:21:42 – Redefining Burnout
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0:34:30 – Coaching & Self-Awareness
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0:37:34 – Building Intuition
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0:42:00 – Flow State Mastery
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0:46:20 – Why Run Your Race Global?
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0:49:06 – Quickfire Round
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0:56:27 – Where to Find Jennifer
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0:57:05 – Final Reflections & Outro
🔗 Guest Links
🌐 Website: jenn-watson.com
🎥 TEDx Talk: The Chemistry of Resilience
💼 LinkedIn: Jennifer Watson
📸 Instagram: @jennwatsonofficial
Jennifer Watson
Keynote Speaker, Performance-Transition Coach, Wellness Expert
Jennifer Watson, MPT, I.M.T.,C., is a healer and a dynamic speaker with a gift for intuitive and visionary coaching. She is an expert in integrative wellness, transformational leadership, mental
edge + resilience optimization, enhancement, sustainable high-performance, influential com-
munication, and soul-aligned living mastery.
Incorporating her expertise along with her athletic gifts as a former D1-collegiate track athlete and 2x All-American, she has had the honor to share here message on the TEDx stage, NBC, Fox Radio and top Summit & Podcasts. With 25+ years experience in wellness advocacy +
business leadership management, she inspires those to unleash their potential in all areas of their life.
She is the CEO of Watson World Wide (WWW) which supports the ambitious business leaders
and high-performers to create elite environments while optimizing health. WWW does this
through frameworks that access mind-body brilliance to that accelerates and sustains peace,
impact and profit.
Her gift is truly to tap into the leaders “Flow State” in Wellness + Performance and create their
extraordinary business and life with ease & joy.
In addition, Jennifer is the founder of Run Your Race Global whose vision is to create healing,
opportunity, and prosperity in every community and country around the world with mission to
accelerate influence of the 1% Leaders & Entrepreneurs in their area of impact to achieve am-
bitious results for good.
EDUCATION: She received her undergraduate degree in kinesiology and a Master…
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