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Have you ever found yourself agreeing to a favor while your stomach was physically knotting up in protest? Or perhaps you have caught yourself apologizing to a patient or family member who was actively yelling at you?

You aren't just "nice," and you aren't just a "people pleaser." You are reacting from the Fawn Response. This is a biological survival strategy where you instinctively "merge with the aggressor" to avoid conflict. While this mechanism may have kept you safe in the past, today it is destroying your nervous system and driving deep compassion fatigue. It creates an internal war between your mouth (which says "Yes") and your body (which is screaming "No").

In this episode, we decode the biology of your compliance. You will discover why setting a boundary often feels like a death threat to your nervous system and how to realign your energy so you stop abandoning yourself to keep everyone else warm. We also teach you the exact script for "The Sacred Pause"—a vital tool that buys you time so you never have to fake a "Yes" again.

Your "No" is the guardian of your "Yes." Press play to stop fawning and start leading.

This podcast supports women healers over 50 navigating burnout, compassion fatigue, and midlife transitions with strategies for nervous system regulation, trauma-informed boundaries, and chakra alignment to heal resentment and self-neglect while cultivating soul joy, radiance, and a purposeful next chapter of freedom and inner peace.

THE DIAGNOSIS: Are you the Martyr who can't say no? Or the Warrior who fights until she collapses? You cannot heal what you cannot name.

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