#136 - ROSIE UNDERWOOD - The Quiet Burnout Beneath “Wellbeing”
Rosie Underwood - yoga teacher, journalist, and integrative health coach — joins e for a deeply honest conversation about modern wellness, burnout and the quiet ways we lose touch with ourselves while trying to do everything “right”.
Rosie has worked with everyone from celebrities to stay-at-home parents, and what she’s noticed again and again is this: people are often praised for the very habits that are slowly burning them out. Overworking. Over-giving. Staying positive. Looking like they’re coping. And calling it wellbeing.
Together, we explore the tension between looking good and feeling good, and how wellness can easily become another performance — especially in a world shaped by social media, productivity culture, and constant comparison. We talk about why so many people struggle to recognise their own needs, how intuition gets drowned out by noise and expectation, and why being “high functioning” is often mistaken for being healthy.
Rosie brings a grounded blend of movement, neuroscience, heart-brain coherence, and practical tools, alongside a refreshing dose of humour and humanity. We get into nervous system regulation, values-based living, authenticity, and what it actually means to create a sustainable relationship with yourself — not one built on fixing, forcing, or striving.
This episode isn’t about doing more. It’s about doing less with more honesty. Slowing down enough to listen. Letting go of the idea that wellness should look a certain way. And finding your way back to balance, clarity, and joy — on your own terms.
If you’ve ever felt successful but disconnected, productive but exhausted, or “well” but quietly overwhelmed, this conversation will land. @rosiejunderwood
NOTABLE QUOTES
“We’re often praised for the very behaviours that are quietly burning us out.”
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“Looking like you’re coping isn’t the same as actually being okay.”
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“High functioning doesn’t mean healthy — it just means you’re still standing.”
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“Most people aren’t disconnected because they don’t care — they’re disconnected because they’ve never been taught to listen to themselves.”
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“Your nervous system doesn’t care how good your life looks from the outside.”
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“We confuse intuition with instinct because we don’t slow down enough to hear either.”
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“Balance isn’t about doing everything perfectly — it’s about being honest about what’s sustainable.”
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“If your version of wellbeing requires constant effort, it’s probably not wellbeing.”
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“Joy isn’t something you optimise for — it’s something you allow.”
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THE HOSTS
@adamhusler - Drawing from a variety of lives lived off the mat, Adam Husler brings a unique perspective to those who seek more from yoga than making pretty shapes. He offers creative, effective and clearly-sequenced teachings that focus on balancing flexibility and strength; physically and mentally. Educated by globally renown teachers, including Jason Crandell and Michael Stone, Adam specialises in a signature style of Alignment-Based Vinyasa— fuelled by a fascination with anatomy and a desire to ask ‘why?’.
Based in London, Adam teaches a robust schedule in one of the worlds top yoga studios, Triyoga, and world leading gym, Equinox. On top of this, Adam leads workshops, trainings and teaches festivals continuously around the world, leaving him with thousands of teaching hours under his belt and plenty of appearances in national and international media.
For workshops, trainings, events and retreats, find out more here.
