Welcome to the Proactive Wellness Podcast — a functional medicine podcast for nurses and high-achieving women who want root-cause healing, nervous system regulation, and metabolic health restoration.

Are you stuck in fight-or-flight mode?
Struggling with nurse burnout, cortisol imbalance, anxiety, inflammation, brain fog, weight gain, or sleep disruption after years of chronic stress or night shift work?

In Part 2 of this nervous system regulation series, Jessica Veloza, APRN, FNP-C, breaks down the science of survival mode through a functional medicine and integrative health lens.

This episode explores:

• The autonomic nervous system and stress physiology
• Polyvagal theory and vagus nerve function
• HPA axis dysfunction and cortisol patterns
• How chronic stress impacts hormone balance and metabolism
• Inflammation and the gut-brain connection
• Circadian rhythm disruption from shift work
• Why burnout is a physiological adaptation — not a mindset failure

If you’ve been searching for a functional medicine podcast that explains stress, inflammation, and nervous system healing in a way that actually makes sense — this episode is for you.

This is science-backed, trauma-informed education on lifestyle medicine, metabolic resilience, and restoring safety to your body.

You are not broken.
Your nervous system adapted intelligently.

And with the right support, it can learn regulation again.

For more info:

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