Episode 18: Lisa McJunkin on Integrative Medicine, Trauma Recovery, and Executive Coaching for High Performers
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LISTEN ON SPOTIFYLisa McJunkin is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has specialized in complex trauma for two decades. She co-owns Daydream MD, an integrative health and wellness clinic in San Diego offering ketamine-assisted therapy, functional medicine, trauma recovery, and executive coaching under one roof. In this episode, Lisa and I talk about why business owners run their companies with more structure than their relationships, and what it actually takes to build that same structure into a marriage or partnership.
"We don't tend to run our marriages with similar standards."
We also get into over-functioning: what it is, how it shows up, and why it so often gets mistaken for a personality trait instead of a pattern you can change. Lisa breaks down the nervous system in plain terms, the difference between compassion fatigue and burnout, and why three conscious exhales a day can shift how intense a moment feels. We close on a question every founder eventually has to answer: whether taking care of yourself and taking care of your business are actually in competition, or whether that's just a story we've been telling ourselves.
What we cover:
Why we run our businesses with more structure than our relationships
The difference between compassion fatigue and burnout, and how to tell them apart
Over-functioning: what it actually is and how to recognize it in yourself
A plain-language breakdown of the nervous system and how it drives behavior
Proactive vs. reactive breathing, and why three exhales a day matters
Why "get yourself together first, then handle the business" is the wrong order
Lisa McJunkin is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, executive coach, and co-owner of Daydream MD: daydreammd.com
Guest: Lisa McJunkin, LMFT and Executive Coach: daydreammd.com & social media @day_dreammd