Episode · ChooseFI · 2026-10-19
Books mentioned on 622 | Before Burnout Makes You Quit, Know About FMLA | Leah Kaylor, Alison & Em
When your Apple Watch alerts you that your heart rate is spiking while simply parking outside your workplace, your body is screaming a message you can't ignore.
Mentioned: The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Body Keeps the Score
The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk is a landmark scientific exploration of how psychological trauma physically alters the brain and body, storing deep emotional pain within human physiology.
Recommended“There's a book that I've read since I had my seizure, which is called The Body Keeps Score by Bessel van der Kolk. While I haven't had trauma in my life, which is a focus of most of that book, there are parts of that book that I really identify.”
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Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing The Body Keeps the Score
“Just like she said, the body keeps a score. My first FMLA leave, I mentioned I had a concussion.”