They’re disciplined.They’re consistent.They’ve done the “right things” for years. And yet, in midlife, something starts to feel off: • mental clarity isn’t as sharp• sleep doesn’t fully restore • digestion becomes unpredictable • energy is less reliable • stress lingers longer than it used to This isn’t a motivation issue.It isn’t a character flaw.And it isn’t simply aging. It’s autonomic inflexibility. Y Years of operating in high alert train the nervous system to become extremely efficient at stress — and inefficient at recovery. When the system loses flexibility, physiology follows. This is why rest alone doesn’t solve the problem.This is why vacations don’t create lasting change. And this is why many high performers feel “stuck” despite doing everything right. The solution isn’t to remove stress.It’s to retrain the system that responds to it.