From Fight, Flight, or Freeze to Ease: Reconnecting with Your Nervous System with Kelly Hale

If you’ve ever felt like your body and your mind were working against you—stuck in stress, burnout, or exhaustion—this episode is for you.

Marianne sits down with Kelly Hale, a wellness practitioner with over 25 years of experience as an occupational therapist, restorative movement specialist, and nervous system regulation expert. Kelly’s not your typical wellness voice—she’s a self-proclaimed former meditation dropout who discovered that healing doesn’t come from doing more, but from listening within.

Through her Gutsy Brain Movement, Kelly helps people move from fight, flight, or freeze into ease by blending nervous system regulation, gut health, and gentle, intentional movement. In this conversation, Kelly shares how her own health struggles with celiac disease and fertility challenges deepened her understanding of the body’s innate wisdom—and how we can all learn to trust our own bodies again.

Together, Marianne and Kelly explore:
✅ What nervous system regulation really means (and why it matters in midlife)
✅ How gut health and emotional well-being are connected
✅ What it looks like to rebuild trust with your body after years of disconnect
✅ Simple, everyday practices to calm anxiety and restore balance
✅ Why “healing” doesn’t have to be complicated

If you’re ready to trade stress for self-awareness and exhaustion for ease, this episode will remind you that everything you need to heal already lives within you.

Connect with Kelly:

• Website: https://inspiredwell.com/
• Inner Peace Freebie: https://inspiredwell.com/innerpeace
• IG: https://www.instagram.com/inspired2wellness/
• FB: https://www.facebook.com/inspiredwellnesskelly

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• Website: Message In The Middle with Marianne
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• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marianne-demello-smith-678b9966
• Email: Contact | Message In The Middle with Marianne

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