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Tracy Jackson

@msdrjackson

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🧠 Burned Out Pain MD → Coach for the Stuck & Struggling 🧭 Creator of TRUST Pathway™ 🚐 Van life | Seeker
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This.

This has been entirely true for me at every point along my journey.

I have always had a tendency to want to fix, change, heal - myself and my patients and my loved ones - and have overdone and overachieved and overextended and burned all the way out in that pursuit of perfection.

My big breaks and pivots, including these last years of mid-life opportunity in the van, have taught me everything worth learning: the answers are always in the pauses.

Slow. Flow. Allow. Surrender. Breathe. Listen. Notice. Watch. Wait. Trust.

Good IS better.

And enough IS enough.

Your values will speak, and your whole being will be drawn in their direction, over and again.

And it won’t feel forced or frenetic anymore.

It feels like relief. Inspired relief.

Yours.

❤️❤️❤️

As always, send me a DM if you’re ready to head that way. by @msdrjackson

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13 days ago

“Home” for me is always gonna be Little Washington, and the house and family that have always been my loving, stable foundation to roam.

Home is also always going to be - for me - the roaming itself.

And the people I meet and love out there.

Ultimately, I am my home, and you’re all in my same neighborhood.

Today, I feel safe and comfortable and accepted out here, in here, and all around.

People may not think of me and my life when they hear “homemaker” but I do.

It takes effort and love to make any home yours. And it’s so worth it.

Cheers to all of us homemakers out there.

What’s your dream home? Come move in by me ❤️❤️❤️ by @msdrjackson

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22 days ago

I met Kelly @kkbax in Interlaken, Switzerland EONS ago - as she was entering medical school - and have loved watching her career unfold alongside our longstanding friendship. Now CEO of @ovellahealth and living her dream in Montana, she has experienced and independently come to many of the same conclusions as I have regarding burnout.

Have a listen here on the @successgetscomplicated podcast! I'll put the link in a story because I can't figure out how to do it here. by @msdrjackson

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What are you waiting for?

There is no age or time limit on what you can do when you adopt a growth mindset and align it with your values.

I had no idea my life today would look like this eight years ago, nor do I know what it will look like eight years from now. There’s no predicting or controlling that kind of future trip.

But I have a pretty good idea how it all will feel, because my lens and all of my daily building blocks have the same essence - adventure, autonomy, learning and authenticity to beget more of the same. Whatever I’m doing, with anyone, wherever I am - that’s the special sauce.

So even when I suffer - like running (half limping) 31 miles in soft blowing Burning Man playa dust, a volunteer medic doing her first ultramarathon at 52, I can still appreciate and recognize the big picture ride as mine - a series of aligned choices making up my one, precious, curious connected life.

In the great mid-life opportunity of 2017, I left a lot of success and comfort and stability in my rearview mirror.

But it doesn’t hold a candle to the way my life feels looking forward through the windshield today….

How do you want to feel at the core of every day? Name it and nurture it and watch it multiply in ways you can’t yet imagine. taken in Burning Man by @msdrjackson

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2 months ago

You didn’t even have to know @dollyparton to love her. And, from what I can tell, everyone that knew her sure did, too.
What an absolute legend. by @msdrjackson

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2 months ago

I created the TRUST Pathway to help people feel more comfortable blowing up their outdated life stories using validated techniques of values alignment, nervous system regulation, accountability, and community support.

But you know what? Almost everyone I’ve coached already knew deep down what they needed to do and how they needed to get there.

It’s just hard and scary sometimes to jump, y’all. I get it.

And that’s why we need each other.

I needed coaching and support, too.

But man, what a life I’ve crafted out here on the road. My own extraordinary quirky life unfolding right in front of my eyes, every day.

What you crave to change is not just possible, it’s probable.

Just go on and do you, boo.

We’ve got you. ❤️ by @msdrjackson

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2 months ago

Because burnout isn’t just a work problem.

It’s a nervous system problem.

When danger signals outweigh safety signals for too long, your brain is not going to let you relax. It is also working overtime - to protect you.

That adaptation can look like exhaustion, cynicism, numbing, compulsive coping, or wanting to escape. It may look calm on the surface, but there is frantically paddling underneath just to stay afloat.

Your brain's thermostat is stuck in activation mode.
The brakes can only work so much when the foot is still on the gas.

And here’s the hopeful part:

What’s programmed can be revised.
What is learned can be unlearned.

Not with perfection.
With consistency.
With community.
With curiosity.

With alignment.

If you want to understand what your nervous system is actually doing & how to work with it instead of against it, follow along. 💚 🧠 🫶

***this is not medical advice***

#fyp #burnout #burnoutrecovery #nervoussystemreset #mindfulness by @msdrjackson

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3 months ago

All of helped, none of it lasted.

We pick the loudest part of the chaos and then pluck something out of the internet or a friend's advice or our hated bank of "shoulds" to address it.

overandoverandoverandoverandover

It's all too exhausting and demoralizing. And it keeps us stuck.

Values give you the tether, the lens and the direction you need.

That clarity is such an exhale. Commenr values and I'll send you a free tool to get you started figuring out YOUR next right step. 😉 by @msdrjackson

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3 months ago

I used to think freedom meant having no schedule, no rules, and no obligations.

What I learned is that freedom without structure often becomes chaos.

Alignment is not about doing whatever you want. It’s about creating the rhythms, support, and capacity to live according to what matters most.

Freedom feels best when it’s built around your values, not your impulses.

What helps you stay aligned when life feels unstructured?

(Like, say, your van home being in the shop for a month, for instance 😩). by @msdrjackson

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3 months ago

We crave certainty. Love the binary, the either/or. It reduces fear in the moment.

Clarity feels like an exhale.

But in reality, this reduces what is known as cognitive flexibility in the long term, hindering change and actually causing more fear when everything inevitably bleeds out into the gray anyway.

Curiosity is the antidote to fear.

And values can give you a safe and positive ideal to which to tether - and from there, swivel with wonder towards the magic.

You don’t have to stay stuck in suffering. There’s a way past it for you.

What could it be???? Let me know in the comments 👇 by @msdrjackson

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3 months ago

I’m SO excited.

I decided to publish my book content blog-style so I can keep it up-to-date and interactive while creating a free educational video repository of all I’ve learned for future reference. 🙌🏼

Every few weeks I’ll post a 10 min YouTube video and companion substack article.

This week, we learn more about neuroscience using an electric guitar analogy and how it relates to pain and burnout.

(I also just posted a copy of my 40 min masterclass on burnout recovery for those who want an in-depth overview of the whole shebang.)

Slowly, but surely, in fits and spurts, it’s coming together! 🐢🐇

Head over to YouTube and Substack and hit the subscribe buttons to get directly notified when the content drops. Links in bio.

Here we go, y’all! by @msdrjackson

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3 months ago

When symptoms get louder, it’s easy to assume something is broken.

But sometimes the issue isn’t the signal itself. It’s what is influencing the entire system.

Stress, uncertainty, lack of control, unresolved conflict, and values misalignment can all turn up the volume on your nervous system.

Instead of asking, “What’s wrong with me?” try asking, “What specifically is causing my system to appropriately respond like this?”

And examining the gaps in what you value and where you spend your time, energy and money can be a great place to begin.
For a full explanation of this, head over to my substack (link is bookmark icon in bio.)
And comment “values” and I’ll send you a free worksheet to begin your own personalized troubleshooting. #burnout #burnoutrecovery #valuesbasedliving #nervoussystemregulation by @msdrjackson

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