From Burnout to Resilience: Stress, Self-Belief, and Thriving in Midlife

What if stress isn’t the villain but the spark—and the real unlock is how extraordinary you decide to feel? We sit down with stress resiliency coach and former Microsoft leader Dat Tran to explore a fresh, human approach to burnout, anxiety, and midlife pressure. Dat shares how a car accident and cascading changes forced him to rebuild from the inside out, and why the turning point wasn’t stress reduction—it was expanding capacity.

Together, we unpack a powerful yet simple formula: resiliency equals how extraordinary you feel minus how much tension you carry. That insight reframes everything for women navigating perimenopause and menopause, when expectations, caretaking, and identity shifts can keep the nervous system on high alert. Dat shows how an “extraordinary” mindset calms the emotional brain, unlocks the executive brain, and makes room for better decisions, sleep, and connection. We also dig into why seeing others—kids, partners, aging parents—as resilient actually lowers your own anxiety and gives them back their growth.

You’ll hear practical tools from Dat’s 60-day accelerator: mindset work that returns you to your core worth, skill-building to strengthen, stretch, soothe, and release, and the role of community in sustaining change. We get specific about nervous system states (safe and social, activated, shutdown), release rituals that prevent blowups, and a single actionable step you can take today to shift from overwhelm. If you’ve felt like stress keeps filling every gap you clear, this conversation offers a kinder, sturdier path forward—one that honors your body, your season, and your ambitions.

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Dat is a Stress Resiliency Coach & Founder on a mission to redefine how the world views stress. He empowers leaders and teams to build the resiliency they need to achieve their boldest ambitions and lead with confidence under pressure. His work blends neuroscience with real-world leadership to create lasting mindset and performance shifts.

https://www.datstresscoach.com

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