Alive & Well – Nervous System, Productivity, Time Management, Somatic Tools, Work-Life Balance, Burnout, Anxiety

You’re good at managing stress.You solve the problems.You handle what needs to be handled.You keep going.And yet, your body still feels tight, tired, or on edge — even after the situation is over.That’s because managing a stressor and releasing stress are not the same thing.In this episode, I’m breaking down the difference between the stressors in your life and the stress response happening in your body, why stress isn’t just mental but physiological, and how uncompleted stress responses quietly drain your nervous system capacity over time.In this episode, you’ll learn:The difference between handling a stressor and discharging stress from your bodyWhy your nervous system doesn’t automatically “stand down” when a problem is solvedHow accumulated stress contributes to allostatic load and narrows your window of toleranceWhat it actually means to say we “store stress in the body”Why releasing stress — not just managing it — is essential for expanding your capacityThis episode is for you if you function well, cope effectively, and keep showing up — but feel like stress never fully leaves your body.If you want to stop carrying stress from one moment into the next and start building real capacity instead of just getting through your days, this conversation will help you understand what actually works — and why.-- Free Somatic Workshop - Experience the Shift >> REGISTER HERE <<

Free Somatic Workshop - Experience the Shift >> REGISTER HERE <<--This year, I’m not setting goals around being calmer, more productive, snapping less, or being more disciplined.I’m focusing on one thing: expanding my capacity.Because I’ve learned that when your nervous system has more capacity, everything else follows. In this episode, I’m sharing why capacity expansion is the lens I’m using this year, how it’s grounded in nervous system science, and why it’s what so many high-achieving women are actually craving — even if they don’t have language for it yet.In this episode, you’ll learn:What “capacity” really means from a nervous system perspectiveThe difference between shrinking your life and expanding your capacity to hold itHow your window of tolerance shapes overwhelm, reactivity, and resilienceWhy experience — not more insight — is what actually changes your nervous systemThis episode is for the woman who loves her life, has worked hard to build it, and is tired of feeling like she’s holding it all at the edge of her capacity.If you’ve been sensing that this year needs to feel different — not quieter or smaller, but more sustainable — this conversation will help you understand why.-- Free Somatic Workshop - Experience the Shift >> REGISTER HERE <<

Free Somatic Workshop Jan. 8 & 9, 2026 -  >> REGISTER HERE <<--If you’ve ever told yourself to “just calm down” — and felt even more stressed afterward — there’s a reason for that.Most high-achieving women are trying to regulate stress from the top down: thinking their way into calm, forcing stillness, or pushing their body to quiet before it’s ready. And while that approach sounds logical, it often backfires.In this episode, I’m unpacking why trying to calm down can actually increase stress, how your nervous system interprets those efforts, and what works instead when your body is in fight-or-flight.This conversation reframes calm not as something you force, but something that emerges when the right physiological conditions are present.In this episode, we explore:Why “calm down” often becomes a form of suppression, not regulationHow effort, control, and “doing it right” keep the stress response turned onWhy your nervous system responds to signals — not self-talk or logicWhat actually allows the body to downshift and settle when it’s activatedIf you’ve been doing the breathing, the mindset work, and the meditation — and still feel keyed up or exhausted — this episode will help you understand why, and what your body has been asking for instead.And if you’re ready to stop managing stress and start experiencing real nervous system regulation, I’m hosting Experience the Shift on January 8th and 9th — a live, experiential event designed to help your body feel safe enough to actually calm.-- Free Somatic Workshop - Experience the Shift >> REGISTER HERE <<

Free Somatic Workshop - Experience the Shift >> REGISTER HERE <<--You already know what to do.You know you should slow down, breathe, set boundaries, and stop pushing so hard.And yet your body still feels tense. On edge. Braced.If calm feels like something you understand intellectually but can’t reliably access in your body, this episode is for you.In this conversation, I’m breaking down the real reason so many high-achieving women feel stuck between knowing and feeling. The problem isn’t a lack of insight or discipline — it’s a missing step most of us were never taught.This episode is about why awareness alone doesn’t change nervous system state, what your body actually needs in order to feel calm, and how capacity — not willpower — is the key to everything you’re trying to create this year.In this episode, we explore:Why knowing what to do doesn’t automatically change how your body feelsThe three requirements for real change — and where most women get stuckWhy calm is a physiological state, not a mindsetHow expanding your nervous system capacity changes everything downstreamIf you’ve been doing all the “right” things but still feel overwhelmed, reactive, or stretched thin, this episode will help you understand what’s missing — and why it finally makes sense.And if you’re ready to move from understanding into experience, I’m hosting Experience the Shift on January 8th and 9th — a live, experiential nervous system event designed to help you actually feel the difference in your body.-- Free Somatic Workshop - Experience the Shift >> REGISTER HERE <<

If you’ve done the mindset work, built the awareness, and still feel pulled back into anxiety or overdrive, this episode will make sense of what’s happening.Because most of the time, it’s not your thoughts that are the problem.It’s the subconscious beliefs driving them.In this conversation, I’m joined by Tim Shurr, a master hypnotist with decades of experience helping high-achievers release the beliefs underneath anxiety, burnout, and perfectionism. We talk about why so many patterns persist despite years of mindset work, talk therapy, or self-awareness — and how hypnosis works at the level where real change actually happens.This episode demystifies hypnosis, explains why it can create rapid and lasting shifts, and explores how unconscious beliefs formed early in life continue to shape our stress responses as adults.In this episode, we cover:Why subconscious beliefs drive burnout, anxiety, and perfectionismHow unconscious “life rules” get installed and shape behaviorWhy talk therapy can feel like managing symptoms instead of changing patternsWhat hypnosis actually is and how it creates rapid changeWhy worthiness is often the core belief underneath overachievementHow people-pleasing and perfectionism are stress responses, not personality traitsWhy old patterns return — and how to reinforce real, lasting changeIf you’re a high-achiever who has done the work, read the books, tried the tools — and still feels like something invisible keeps pulling you back into the same loops — this episode will help you understand what’s really happening and show you a new way forward.Press play if you’re ready to stop managing symptoms and start changing the beliefs running your life.Related Episodes:Previous EpisodeAre You High or Low Energy? Nervous System Balancing Exercises Based on Your Energy TypeBurnout Trifecta: 3 Personality Traits that Are Draining Your EnergyStart Doing This Today to Reclaim Your Energy with Chloe WardEnergy Drains Aren’t a Time Problem — They’re a Boundary Problem-- Free Somatic Workshop - Experience the Shift >> REGISTER HERE <<