Mom guilt isn’t just emotional...it’s physiological. And for many women, it’s one of the biggest reasons their bodies feel stuck, inflamed, exhausted, or resistant to healing.

In this episode, we unpack how chronic mom guilt quietly drives stress responses in the body, why that stress blocks healing, and what actually helps, beyond “thinking positive” or doing more.

This is for the mom who:

• Feels guilty resting

• Feels guilty working

• Feels guilty staying home

• Feels guilty prioritizing her health

• Feels like no matter what she does, it’s never enough

And yet… wonders why her body won’t respond.

Mom guilt isn’t a character flaw. It’s a chronic internal stress loop driven by:

• Constant self-monitoring

• Fear of letting others down

• Internalized expectations

• Lack of true rest or recovery

📊 Research shows chronic perceived stress activates the same physiological stress pathways as external threats, even when nothing “bad” is happening.

When guilt becomes constant, the body doesn’t feel safe.

That leads to:

• Elevated or flattened cortisol patterns

• Poor sleep quality

• Increased inflammation

• Blood sugar instability

• Hormone disruption

• Slower metabolism and healing

📊 Studies show prolonged cortisol dysregulation is linked to fatigue, weight retention, anxiety, and impaired immune function.

You can eat well. You can exercise. You can “do all the right things.”

But if your nervous system is stuck in:

• Hyper-responsibility

• Self-criticism

• Emotional vigilance

…the body prioritizes survival over repair.

📊 Healing processes (digestion, hormone balance, tissue repair) only fully activate when the nervous system perceives safety.

Unchecked mom guilt often shows up as:

• Burnout that doesn’t resolve

• “Unexplained” symptoms

• Emotional numbness or overwhelm

• Feeling disconnected from your body

• Frustration with health plans that don’t work

📊 Research links emotional suppression and chronic guilt to higher inflammatory markers and poorer stress recovery.

What doesn’t help:

• More discipline

• More restriction

• More pressure

• Pushing through exhaustion

What does help:

• Nervous system regulation

• Understanding stress patterns in your body (Inside our GET REGULATED™ System)

• Removing self-blame through data and clarity

• Supporting healing without adding more to your plate

This is where regulation changes everything.

You are not failing. Your body isn’t broken. It’s responding exactly how a stressed system responds.

When we stop blaming moms and start supporting their nervous systems, healing becomes possible again.

• Moms who feel stuck in their health

• Women who feel guilty resting or prioritizing themselves

• Anyone who’s tried “everything” and still feels exhausted

• Moms ready to heal without shame, pressure, or burnout

Healing doesn’t require you to become a better mom. It requires your body to feel safe enough to let go.

And that starts with understanding, not guilt.

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In this episode, we go straight into the heart of a silent struggle so many women carry alone. This one is for the mom who is doing everything; working, caregiving, cleaning, remembering appointments, pouring into her kids, pouring into her marriage, and still trying to squeeze in care for her own body and heart...yet somehow feels like she’s not measuring up.

It’s for the woman who loves being a homemaker, who loves creating a home, who loves caring for her family…

but quietly wonders if her husband wishes she were someone “easier,” “lighter,” “younger,” or untouched by motherhood.

It’s the episode for the woman who feels replaced by a fantasy she can never, and should never, compete with.

We’re breaking that open today.

Why so many women feel like they’re losing to a younger, childless version of womanhood, and why that feeling isn’t actually rooted in truth.

We talk about fantasy vs. reality, and why partners sometimes escape into the idea of “someone easier,” and what that actually signals (hint: it isn’t that you’re not enough).

A raw look at how becoming a mother deepens your identity, wisdom, emotional capacity, and power… even when the world doesn’t recognize it.

Including:

• Releasing the pressure to be the woman you were before kids

• Returning to your own approval

• Redefining homemaking as world-building

• Choosing nourishment over punishment

• Healing the “never enough” narrative in your body, not just your mind

A truth-telling conversation about letting go of the fantasy self and honoring the deeply lived, deeply layered woman you’ve become.

The closing message every mother, wife, and exhausted, stretched-thin woman needs to hear.

• You feel like your husband admires women you can’t relate to anymore

• You compare yourself to your pre-baby body or pre-kid life

• You feel invisible or taken for granted

• You love your role at home but also want to feel chosen, seen, valued

• You’re tired of feeling like you’re not enough — in your marriage, in your body, in your life

You are not losing. You are not falling short. You are not replaceable.

You are becoming — deeper, wiser, fuller. And you deserve a love that honors the woman you are now.

If this episode spoke to you, share it with a woman who needs the reminder today.

And if you’re ready to heal your stress, hormones, and nervous system from the inside out, the Get Regulated™ Beta is officially open!! Founders pricing. High-touch support. Limited to 10 women.

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Stacy

In this episode, we uncover what chronic stress is really doing inside a woman’s body; far beyond the tension, fatigue, or mood swings you can feel. We break down how stress rewires your hormones, your metabolism, your sleep, your emotional regulation, and even your relationships.

You’ll learn:

• How survival mode changes your brain and body

• The hormone pathways most impacted by chronic stress

• Why women experience higher rates of stress-related illness

• The overlooked connection between stress, cardiovascular risk, and long-term health

• The symptoms that show up first, and the ones most women miss

And inside it all… the part no one talks about: how chronic stress influences the very statistics that determine women’s morbidity and mortality.

If you’re ready to get out of survival mode and finally understand your stress-hormone patterns, join my free Get Regulated Workshop. We’ll break down your nervous system, your hormone pathways, and the exact steps to reverse the effects of chronic stress.

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If you’ve ever found yourself holding it all together; career, kids, marriage, healing, goals...and thought, “I can’t keep doing this by myself,” this episode is your permission slip to stop trying to.

In today’s conversation, I’m getting real about the power of community as a form of self-care, nervous system regulation, and feminine healing.

Because let’s be honest, for most of us, “joining a group” or “finding a tribe” sounds like just another thing to add to an already overloaded to-do list.

But true community? It’s not something you do. It’s something you receive. It’s nourishment. It’s grounding. It’s the reminder that you are not the only one feeling stretched thin, craving connection, and trying to hold it all together.

We’ll explore: ✨ Why doing it all alone leads to emotional exhaustion and disconnection ✨ How real, supportive community helps regulate your hormones and calm your stress response ✨ The science behind why connection heals (hello, oxytocin!) ✨ How to find — or create — the kind of women’s circle that actually feels safe, not performative ✨ What happens when women stop competing and start co-regulating

This isn’t another “networking” episode. It’s an invitation to remember that leaning into other women isn’t weakness, it’s wisdom.

So take a deep breath, let your guard down, and come home to the power of we.

“Community isn’t another task on your to-do list: it’s the medicine your burnout has been begging for.”

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Ever wonder why you keep ending up in the same kind of relationship, even when you know it’s not good for you? Why you crave closeness, then pull away when someone gets too near? Or why love feels like a rollercoaster you can’t get off?

In this episode, Stacy takes you into the tender truth behind our patterns of love and connection; where attachment styles and trauma bonds quietly shape who and how we love.

This isn’t about labeling or fixing yourself. It’s about understanding why your nervous system learned to love this way and how to gently begin rewriting that story.

• What attachment theory really means and how it develops

• The four attachment styles: Secure, Anxious, Avoidant, and Disorganized explained with real-life examples

• How trauma bonds form and why they can feel like love

• The difference between chemistry and safety

• Steps to begin healing your attachment patterns without losing your softness

Your attachment style isn’t who you are, it’s how your body learned to stay safe. You’re not broken; you’re beautifully wired for survival. And with awareness, you can rewire for love that feels safe, steady, and true.

Use these questions to deepen your self-awareness after listening:

1. Which attachment style feels most familiar to me right now?

2. When do I feel most unsafe or unseen in love — and how do I respond?

3. What patterns do I notice repeating in my relationships?

4. What would it feel like if love felt calm, mutual, and consistent?

5. What part of me still confuses chaos with connection?

Healing your attachment wounds isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about remembering who you were before you learned to guard your heart.

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If you’ve ever found yourself saying, “I don’t even know what’s wrong, I just know something’s off…” — this one’s for you.

In this episode, Stacy gets real about what it means to live dysregulated, constantly running on empty, snapping at the people you love, crashing every afternoon, and feeling like your body’s working against you no matter how hard you try.

We’ll dive into: ✨ What “dysregulated” actually means (and why it’s not just in your head) ✨ Why you can’t out-discipline your nervous system ✨ How trauma, stress, and survival mode keep you stuck in the same cycle, even when you’re “doing everything right” ✨ The moment everything starts to change, when you finally stop fighting your body and start listening to it ✨ The difference between “knowing what to do” and actually being able to do it

This episode is for the woman who’s done surviving and is ready to start living, not in constant fight or flight, but in flow, alignment, and peace with her body.

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You love deeply. You give, you stay, you hope...even when it hurts.

In this episode, we peel back the layers of love and pain; the kind that blurs the line between devotion and self-abandonment. We’ll talk about what happens when your heart confuses love with safety, and why you can't help but return to what’s familiar, even when it’s not healthy.

We’ll explore subconscious stories that shape who we love and how we love. This isn’t about blame though, it’s about awareness, compassion, and learning to love without losing yourself.

Because healing doesn’t mean hardening; it means learning how to keep your softness and your self-respect.

• Why “staying” can sometimes be a survival response, not a choice.

• The role childhood wounds play in adult relationships.

• Steps to begin healing without shutting down your heart.

Loving someone doesn’t mean abandoning yourself.

Real love expands you, it doesn’t erase you.

Use these as journal prompts or quiet reflections after the episode to begin uncovering what needs to be healed:

1. When have I confused comfort or familiarity with love?

2. Do I often feel responsible for other people’s emotions or healing?

3. What part of me feels afraid to leave — even when something hurts?

4. What did love look like in my childhood home? What did I learn about giving and receiving love?

5. Do I believe I can have love and peace — or do I feel I must choose one?

6. How do I show myself the same compassion I offer others?

Healing doesn’t happen by cutting off your capacity to love — it happens by bringing love back home, to you.

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You’ve been feeling it, that quiet tug in your chest that whispers, something isn’t working anymore. You keep trying, hoping, holding it all together… but deep down, you know you can’t keep doing it this way.

In this episode, we talk about that sacred moment of truth, the one where exhaustion meets awakening. It’s not dramatic. It’s not loud. It’s that quiet, undeniable knowing that the way you’ve been living, loving, or showing up… just isn’t aligning anymore.

We’ll explore:

• How resistance shows up: in over-explaining, resentment, or emotional fatigue

• What it really means when “trying harder” stops working

• The difference between giving up and letting go

• The beginning of surrender: and the power in finally saying, I can’t keep doing this

Because this is where change begins: not in chaos, but in quiet honesty.

Key Reflection:

“Where in your life do you keep saying ‘it’s fine’ when it’s not?”

Takeaway: You don’t have to have a plan to change, just the courage to admit that something needs to.

Listen if you’re:

• Feeling stuck in the same cycle of trying and hoping

• Exhausted from being the one who always fixes things

• Starting to sense that your peace deserves a seat at the table

Just Breathe!