In this episode, Naina sits down with Dr. Eric Williams — licensed clinical mental health counselor supervisor, marriage and family therapist, associate professor at Walden University, 82nd Airborne veteran, and founder of Coastal Family Services and Coastal Family Media. They explore what happens when high-performance culture follows you home, how adopted truths quietly drive relationship strain, and why the way you communicate at work is actively working against you in your marriage. Dr. Williams also shares his four Rs framework — retreat, regulate, reflect, reconnect — a deceptively simple model for transitioning out of work mode before you cost the people you love the version of you they actually need.

Guest Resources Dr. Eric Williams — Coastal Family Services, PLLC coastalfamilymedia.com Free quiz: Why We Fight Free bi-weekly community sessions — Fridays at 12:00 p.m.

Work With Me — Naina Rana, LCSW Peakworks Counseling Center — Private therapy for individuals and couples in Connecticut peakworkscounseling.com

Keynote Speaking — Burnout, sustainable performance, and team culture.

Organizational Consulting — S.Y.S.T.E.M.S. Framework™ for leadership teams.

In this episode, Naina sits down with Megan Rees — drama therapist, ADHD assessor, organizational consultant, and founder of her own therapy and coaching practice — to make the clinical case for why burnout in a neurodivergent brain is a different experience requiring a different response. They cover psychological safety beyond the poster on the wall, what undiagnosed ADHD actually looks like in a high-performing tech professional, and why doing a burnout workshop for a company that won't change anything is something Megan refuses to do. This one is for anyone who has spent years interpreting their own brain as a character flaw.

• Megan Rees — meganelrees.com
• LinkedIn — Megan Rees
• Instagram — @workshrink (consulting, coaching, and organizational content)
• Amy Edmondson — researcher who coined psychological safety; original research conducted in hospital systems
• Google's Project Aristotle — referenced in discussion of psychological safety as the common denominator in high-performing teams
• Internal Family Systems (IFS) / Parts Work — referenced in relation to drama therapy techniques
• Drama therapy — explained in episode; Megan's clinical training and modality

Guest Resources Megan Rees, MA, Drama Therapist | ADHD Assessor | Consultant meganelrees.com LinkedIn: Megan Rees Instagram: @workshrink Services: Therapy (California), Coaching (worldwide), Executive Functioning Coaching, Organizational Consulting

Work With Me — Naina Rana, LCSW Peakworks Counseling Center — Private therapy for individuals and couples in Connecticut peakworkscounseling.com

Keynote Speaking — Burnout, disability & work and sustainable team culture

Organizational Consulting — S.Y.S.T.E.M.S. Framework™ for leadership teams.

In this episode of Systems Check™, Naina Rana sits down with Ingrid Johnston, LMFT, MDFT, a marriage and family therapist specializing in chronic pain, couples conflict, and the intersection of nervous system health and relationships.

Together, they explore what happens when chronic pain becomes the “third thing” in a relationship—an organizing force that can quietly shape communication, intimacy, routines, conflict, caregiving, and emotional connection.

Learn more about Ingrid Johnston, LMFT, MDFT: Ingrid Johnston Therapy

https://www.ingridjohnstontherapy.com/

This episode is for educational and informational purposes and is not a substitute for individualized medical or mental health care.