Katharine is invited to sit down with Dr. Rhonda Simmons on her podcast "Leadership Behind the Scenes".

This conversation explores how leaders learn to respond rather than react, why decision clarity protects your health and longevity, and what it really takes to build leadership that lasts.

Katharine shares how repeated health crises, high-stakes leadership roles, and decades of experience taught her that leadership exhaustion is rarely about effort. Instead, it comes from fear-driven indecision, constant second-guessing, and the unseen pressure of responsibility.

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It started with one gray hair.

Not a panic moment—just a curiosity moment: why do some people go gray at 20, while others barely go gray at 50?

And what does that reveal about what’s happening inside the body as we age?

In this episode of Mindset Medicine, Katharine breaks aging down in simple terms: your body is constantly balancing damage vs. repair. When stress stays high, the body shifts into survival mode, and long-term repair can fall behind—showing up as slower recovery, more inflammation, lower energy… and yes, more gray hair.

You’ll hear:

• Why hair goes gray (melanin + pigment production, explained simply)

• Why aging isn’t a “switch”—it’s a repair budget

• What stress does biologically (survival mode vs. repair mode)

• The 5 levers that support repair: sleep, muscle, movement, nutrition, stress recovery

• How better decisions shape health outcomes over time
  

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It shows whether you’re decision-ready right now—and if you’re not, it gives you practical strategies to get there before you make a choice that impacts the next year (or more).

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Something unsettling is happening to grown adults — and it’s showing up everywhere.

Capable, intelligent people are struggling with basic technology, freezing under pressure, and emotionally shutting down over tasks that used to feel manageable. This episode was sparked by a real moment I witnessed on a live AI coaching call: over 100 adults, clear instructions, a simple AI tool… and a full-scale meltdown.

This isn’t about being bad at technology.
It’s about overwhelm, pressure, identity, and modern life pushing people past their capacity.

In this long-form episode of Mindset Medicine, I break down why grown adults are melting down over simple tech and AI — and why this pattern has accelerated since 2020.

You’ll learn:

• why smart, capable adults freeze when routines break

• how overwhelm turns into complaining, blaming, avoidance, and shutdown

• why AI tools are exposing deeper confidence and competence gaps

• what happens to the brain when there’s too much input at once

• how chronic stress, uncertainty, and modern work environments lower tolerance for friction

• why this is not an AI problem — but a human capacity problem

• and what actually restores clarity, confidence, and agency in a fast-changing world

This episode also explains why I created DirectionDNA, a decision and clarity framework designed to reduce mental overload, simplify complex choices, and help people move forward when everything feels stuck.

If you’ve felt overwhelmed, reactive, scattered, emotionally exhausted, or unsure why “simple things” feel harder than they should — this conversation will give you language, insight, and perspective.

If you’ve felt your patience and focus shrinking, this episode will connect the dots.

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