Your Nervous System on Overdrive: How to Tell if You’re Living in Survival Mode I’ll be honest—there was a time in my life when I thought being “busy” was just who I was. I wore it like a badge of honor. My days were back-to-back: work, kids, house chores, errands, repeat. My sleep was patchy, […]
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Body Signals, Not Body Shame: How to Tune In Without Tearing Yourself Down I used to think every pang in my stomach was a problem to fix. Hungry? I must be “bad” for not controlling myself. Tired? Clearly lazy. Bloated? Better punish myself with a salad and extra cardio. That’s the twisted game body
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Your Nervous System on Overdrive: How to Tell if You’re Living in Survival Mode I didn’t always realize I was living in survival mode. I just thought I was a tired mom, a nurse running on caffeine, and someone with “bad discipline” because I couldn’t stop craving carbs. But what I now know is that
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When Your Thoughts Don’t Match Your Goals: Building Mental Alignment for Change I’ve lost count of the number of times I set a goal—usually around health or weight—only to find myself sabotaging it with my own thoughts. Have you ever said, “This time will be different,” while secretly thinking, I’ll probably fail again? That mental
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What I’d Tell My Younger Self About Weight Loss, Worth, and Wellness If I could sit across from my twenty-something self—the one clutching a calorie-tracking notebook and chasing every fad diet—I’d start with a long hug and a tall glass of water. Then I’d talk about the weight loss mindset shift that took me years
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The Morning Routine That Changed My Brain (and My Blood Pressure) I used to roll out of bed in the morning like I was being shot out of a cannon. Alarm blaring, kids needing breakfast, my brain already running a mental checklist of a thousand things I had to do. Coffee first, obviously—but then I’d
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The Sneaky Ways Stress Hijacks Your Health—And How to Take It Back If you’ve ever found yourself elbow-deep in a bag of chips after a long day, convinced that this is the only thing keeping me going right now—you’re not alone. I’ve been there too. Sometimes it’s chips. Sometimes it’s scrolling while the laundry piles
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Your Body Isn’t Broken—It’s Talking to You (Here’s How to Listen) I used to think my body had turned against me.The brain fog, the joint aches, the stubborn weight that wouldn’t budge… it all felt like proof that something deep down was wrong. But here’s the thing I wish I could go back and
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Nourishing Your Brain Through Self-Care: How Kindness Rewires Your Nervous System There’s something I wish someone had told me years ago—before the late-night crying over the scale, before I pushed through exhaustion because “resting was lazy,” before I believed being hard on myself was the only way to get results. I wish someone had said:
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The Power of Rest and Relaxation: Recharging Your Batteries for Optimal Performance As women, especially those of us who’ve spent years in a cycle of yo-yo dieting and weight loss struggles, we’re often told that we need to push harder, do more, and sacrifice our time for health and wellness. It’s no wonder that rest
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