I'm Dr Ru Ahweyevu, a physician and integrative coach. For over seventeen years I've worked with people facing some of life's most challenging physical and emotional experiences. Throughout my medical career, I became increasingly interested in what happens long before burnout, illness or crisis occur. Many of the women I meet are highly capable, successful and outwardly functioning well. Yet beneath the surface they are experiencing the cumulative effects of years spent caring for others, carrying responsibility and pushing themselves to meet the demands of work and family life. My work combines medical insight, coaching and evidence-informed approaches to behaviour change, helping women understand the patterns driving chronic overperformance, recover from its effects, and create a healthier, more sustainable way of living and succeeding. My interest in this work is not only professional. It is personal too. Earlier in my medical career, I experienced burnout myself. It was a difficult period that forced me to re-evaluate some fundamental assumptions about achievement, responsibility and what it means to live a sustainable life. That experience deepened my curiosity about the hidden costs of chronic overperformance and the ways in which capable, caring and successful people can gradually become disconnected from their own needs whilst continuing to function at a high level. Through my work as a doctor, I have come to realise that I am far from alone in this. Many of the women I meet are not failing. They are not lacking resilience. They are often carrying extraordinary levels of responsibility whilst navigating demanding careers, family life and the expectations they place upon themselves. Supporting these women to recover from the effects of chronic overperformance and create a healthier, more sustainable way of living and succeeding has become a driving force behind my work.