The Rincon Horizons podcast is where we talk about what it means to reach the summit on your leadership journey. We want to help you lead better so your organization can climb higher. Todd and Dylan welcome Maggie McCane, LCSW, the founder of Rehoboth Health & Wellness to the podcast. Most entrepreneurs and leaders work with advisors to improve their finances, consultants for their businesses, trainers for their health, but seeing a therapist to improve their mental health is like grabbing the third rail. High achievers often run on constant elevated cortisol and adrenaline, a state so normalized they stop even recognizing it as stress. While small bursts of these hormones are healthy and performance-enhancing in short spurts, staying flooded with them nonstop leads to long term mental and physical problems. Intense workouts like CrossFit, often framed by leaders as their "mental health outlet," can actually perpetuate this stress-hormone cycle rather than relieve it. For leaders stuck in this toxic stress loop, Maggie’s counterintuitive prescription is to slow down deliberately: gentle walks and easy bike rides meant to lower heart rate and help the nervous system re-regulate, rather than elevate it further. Slowing down is not laziness or lack of work ethic. She reframes it as being in control rather than giving something up, explaining that leaders can still work hard for ten hours a day, but they can also intentionally "turn it off" to be present with family and friends. Maggie offers this advice and much, much, more in this episode of Rincon Horizons: Nothing Changes When Nothing Changes. Key Topics: - Why leaders accept help for many things, but not their mental health - The link between stress and autoimmune disease - Why you should add some slow walks to your workout routine - Three questions to know if you need therapy Moderator & Co-Host Dylan Mitchell Dylan is the Brand Strategist, Creative Director, and Founder of DM.supply. He’s passionate about helping churches, nonprofits, and businesses of all kinds build brands that are clear, meaningful, and built to last. Find Dylan on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dylnmtchll/ DM.supply: https://www.dm.supply Primary Contributor & Co-Host Todd Tuthill Todd is the Managing Partner of Rincon Aerospace - A consulting company guiding aerospace and defense companies to exceptional. Todd is an aerospace executive and systems engineer with more than three decades of experience designing aircraft flight control systems Find Todd on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddtuthill/ Rincon Aerospace: https://www.Rincon.Aero Our Guest: Maggie McCane, LCSW Maggie McCane, LCSW, is a licensed clinical social worker and founder of Rehoboth Therapy & Wellness. She specializes in trauma and works extensively with high-achieving individuals and leaders to address the hidden impact of stress, anxiety, and burnout. Maggie has a background in child welfare, corrections, and nonprofit leadership, and was recognized as a 40 Under 40 honoree by the Tucson Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. She is passionate about helping individuals build sustainable mental health so they can lead stronger families and communities. Rehoboth Therapy & Wellness: https://rehobothtucson.com Maggie on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggie-mccane-lcsw-678452286 Links mention in the podcast: Keep Sharp: Build a Better Brain at Any Age by Dr. Sanjay Gupta: https://a.co/d/03pxONsN Modern Wisdom Podcast - 33 Brutal Truths To Stop Wasting Your Potential with Chris Williamson and Alex Hormuzi: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-AdkwqkE20M Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy: Basic Principles, Protocols, and Procedures by Francine Shapiro PhD: https://a.co/d/04QGRLLX Habits of the Household by Justin Earley: https://a.co/d/0hdpxz4X The content shared in this episode is for informational and educational purposes only. It is not therapy and should not be considered a substitute for professional mental health care diagnosis or treatment.
