When Blame Feels Safe And Change Feels Scary

Описание: Tired, inflamed, foggy... and your labs still look “fine”? We’ve been there. Today we pull back the curtain on why the brain under chronic stress craves a single villain and how that hunt can keep you stuck when real healing requires layers. As a women’s health nurse practitioner and a mindset coach, we blend clinical insight with nervous system work to explain how allostatic load, disrupted sleep, under-eating, caffeine reliance, people pleasing, and relentless pace stack into the symptoms you feel every day.

We dig into the neuroscience of stress. What shifts in the amygdala, hippocampus, and prefrontal cortex do to decision making and emotional regulation, and why those changes push us toward black-and-white answers. You’ll hear candid personal stories about comparative suffering and the hidden costs of minimizing your own experience. Most importantly, we show why even a “perfect” protocol can stall if your body doesn’t feel safe, and how to pair smart labs, nutrition, and hormones with boundaries, breath, and better rest so your physiology finally gets the signal to heal.

You’ll leave with practical tools you can use today: a two-column self-audit to identify where you’re abandoning yourself, a symptom translator to uncover what your body is asking for, a 90-second breath practice to downshift your stress response, and a simple seven-day anchor experiment across sleep, blood sugar, nervous system, and boundaries. No shame, no magic bullets—just clear steps to move from blame to agency and build momentum one anchor at a time.

If this resonated, share it with a friend stuck in the “what’s wrong with me” loop, then hit follow, leave a quick review, and tell us which anchor you’re testing this week. Your feedback helps more women find the tools and the safety that they need to heal.

If you liked this episode, please consider sharing it out with a loved one and telling us what you think below with a kind review and rating on Apple or Spotify:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To rate and review the show on Apple Podcasts, click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠To rate and review the show on Spotify, click here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠


Feel free to reach out at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.rejuvenatinghealth.net⁠

And be sure to follow along on the socials:

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠

⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠