You cannot heal your mind or your body in the presence of chronic stress. Full stop.

And here’s the hard truth: all the money, supplements, and energy you’re spending trying to heal without addressing your stress load? It’s mostly wasted.

Because stress is cumulative.

It’s not just the tough conversation with your boss or the argument with your partner.

It’s also the poor sleep, the endless notifications, the skipped meals, and the emotions you never process.

The good news?

Healing doesn’t require extreme protocols or once-a-year retreats.

It comes from the daily habits you build into your life—the ones that teach your nervous system, over and over again: You’re safe. You can rest. You can heal.

In this episode, I’m sharing four practices I personally use every single day to keep my nervous system regulated and resilient.

You’ll learn:

✔️ Why unprocessed emotions drive stress—and how to release them without spiraling
✔️ How honoring your body’s signals builds safety and trust
✔️ Why time outdoors is the fastest reset for your system
✔️ Simple phone boundaries that protect your brain from constant micro-stress

💡 Healing isn’t about doing more. It’s about creating rhythms that lower your stress load and return your body to safety—day by day, habit by habit.

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• Tired, Anxious, and Overwhelmed? The Step-by-Step Process to Heal Burnout and Regulate Your Nervous System

There’s nothing worse than hitting Sunday night exhausted, resentful, and already bracing for Monday.

For years, my Saturdays and Sundays were one long to-do list: laundry, errands, meal prep, cleaning, maybe even “getting ahead” on work.

By Sunday night, I wasn’t recharged—I was exhausted and already dreading Monday.

Here’s the thing: weekends aren’t meant to just help you recover. They’re meant to restore.

Recovery is passive. Restoration is active.

And if you want to step into Monday with energy and presence, you need habits that actually reset your nervous system—not just your calendar.

In this episode of Alive & Well, I’m sharing three simple, science-backed habits that will transform how you use your weekends:

• 🔹 Slow, unstructured mornings — how easing into the day resets your cortisol rhythm and helps you stay grounded
• 🔹 Natural light + movement — why getting outside is one of the fastest ways to restore your circadian rhythm and regulate stress hormones
• 🔹 One thing just for you — how pleasure, flow, and play aren’t frivolous, but essential for resilience

✨ Because here’s the truth: restoration isn’t selfish. It’s what makes you resourced, creative, and present—for yourself, your work, and your people.

🎧 Tune in now and learn how to make your weekends work for you, not against you.

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• Rest Anxiety: 3 Subconscious Reasons You Resist Slowing Down

If you’ve ever looked at your kid mid-meltdown and thought, “Why am I reacting like this? I know better”—you’re not alone.

There’s a gap between what we know and how we show up in the heat of parenting.

And the bridge across that gap? Practiced, embodied mindfulness—not perfection or more willpower.

In this episode, I’m joined by Hunter Clarke-Fields, MSAE, RYT—international bestselling author of Raising Good Humans, creator of the Mindful Parenting course & teacher training, and host of the Mindful Mama podcast.

A former “parenting yeller” turned mindfulness teacher with 20+ years of practice, Hunter has been featured on CNBC, NBC, FOX, HuffPost, Tiny Buddha, MOPS, and more.

Her mission: help caregivers and kids live more mindfully and compassionately—without shame, rigidity, or 2-hour morning routines.

We’re diving into:
✔️ Mindfulness 101: what it really is (and how to practice it in 1–5 minutes, not just 20)
✔️ The neuroscience: shrinking amygdala reactivity, strengthening your prefrontal cortex (hello impulse control + clarity)
✔️ How to close the “I know better” → “I do better” gap with tiny, repeatable reps (not more information)
✔️ Practical tools to grow the pause before you snap—so you can respond instead of react

If you’ve been trying to “think your way” to calmer parenting while your nervous system is sprinting the other direction, this one’s for you.

🎧 Press play to learn simple, science-backed ways to regulate in the moment, parent with more presence, and bring real peace back into your home.

Connect with Hunter:

• Hunter’s Website
• Follow Hunter on IG
• “I just yelled at my kid. Now what?”

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