What if your ambition was costing you everything – and you didn’t even realise it?
In this powerful episode of SHE-talks, Lisa sits down with Megan Dalla-Camina, founder of Women Rising and one of the world’s leading voices on feminine leadership, burnout recovery and sustainable success.
From a high-flying corporate career to a complete breakdown that became the catalyst for her life’s work, Megan shares what it really takes to heal, lead and live differently. Together, Lisa and Megan get radically honest about burnout, addiction to hustle, and the hidden narratives driving so many women to the brink.
This is more than a conversation – it’s a wake-up call and a roadmap to a new way of doing business, one grounded in wisdom, spaciousness, and self-trust.
From Burnout to Breakthrough: Megan’s Exit from Corporate Life
Megan didn’t quit her corporate job in a blaze of drama – she created an exit plan four years in the making. As a single mother, she couldn’t afford to leap without a safety net. But after years of pushing through exhaustion, juggling parenting and post-grad study, and climbing the ranks to Director of Marketing at a $5B company, Megan finally hit her limit. She walked into her CEO’s office and quit.
What followed was a crash into burnout – and a slow, intentional rise into a new kind of life and leadership.
“I was Director of Marketing for a $5 billion company. I’d worked my entire life for that job. And I literally walked into my CEO’s office one day and I said, I’m done. I can’t do this one more second.”
Nervous System Regulation, Feminine Leadership, and Inner Critics
Burnout isn’t just about being tired – it’s about being disconnected from yourself. Megan shares practical tools for healing and transformation, including nervous system regulation, breathwork, and listening to your inner wisdom instead of your inner critic.
She also dives into her groundbreaking framework of 13 Inner Critic Archetypes – like the Perfectionist, the Good Girl, the Overachiever – and how recognising your patterns can free you from self-sabotage and scarcity thinking.
“We all have multiple inner critic archetypes. But what it does when we really start to pinpoint three to work with, we get to go deeper into the stories that hold us back and the stories that keep us stuck.”
Lisa Gets Vulnerable: Burnout, Control, and the Real Reason She Works So Hard
In one of the most emotional moments ever aired on SHE-talks, Lisa opens up about her own experience with burnout, trauma, and the need for control after surviving an abusive marriage. Megan gently unpacks the deeper drivers behind overwork, high achievement, and fear of stillness – offering both compassion and strategy for entrepreneurs caught in the cycle.
Doing Business Differently: Spacious Calendars and Soft Power
Megan shares the radical shift that’s redefined her business: making space. She schedules unscheduled time into her calendar for creativity, reflection, and feminine power. She’s also building a company culture grounded in sustainability – not just environmentally, but energetically.
“Where can you create some space? If you look at your calendar and you are just meetings, meetings, tasks, tasks, all day long, there’s no space for the feminine in that. That’s all masculine energy. And we need that, but we also need the space.”
What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
✨ What burnout really looks like (and why you might be in it without realising)
✨ How regulating your nervous system can radically transform your life
✨ The 13 inner critic archetypes holding women back (and how to rewrite them)
✨ How to tap back into your feminine power in business and life
✨ Simple daily practices to shift from hustle to harmony – without losing momentum
If you’re craving more calm, more clarity, and more connection, this episode is your invitation to stop striving and start rising.
