mental health education

Episode 161: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeView transcript on Buzzsprout This is Part 3 of the sleep anxiety series. Part 1 covered the science of why your nervous system resists sleep. Part 2 was the practical toolkit for what to do when you can’t fall asleep and when you wake up in the middle […]

Episode 160: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeView transcript on Buzzsprout Part 1 of this series covered the science: why your nervous system resists sleep, the two distinct flavors of sleep anxiety, and the four primary causes of middle-of-the-night wake-ups. If you haven’t read that one yet, start there — the understanding genuinely changes how […]

Episode 158: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeView transcript on Buzzsprout It’s 2am. You’re awake — either you never really fell asleep, or you woke up and now you’re staring at the ceiling. Maybe your chest is tight. Maybe your mind is running through everything you have to do tomorrow, or everything you should have […]

Episode 157: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeView transcript on Buzzsprout If you are currently struggling, please reach out. You can call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. You can also text HOME to 741741 to reach the Crisis Text Line. This article is educational and compassionate, and is not a […]

Episode 156: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeView transcript on Buzzsprout After wrapping up the five-part stress management series, several listeners wrote in with follow-up questions and reflections — and a few of them were too good not to respond to directly. The questions below get at something the frameworks alone can’t fully answer: what […]

Episode 155: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeView transcript on Buzzsprout Knowing different and doing different aren’t the same thing. If I had a dollar for every time someone told me, “I know what I should be doing to support my mental health, why can’t I just actually do it?!” — well I’d have at least […]

Episode 153: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeView transcript on Buzzsprout You’ve done the inventory. You’ve looked honestly at your stress bucket — what’s in there, how heavy it’s sitting, what’s on both sides of the see-saw. And now you’re staring at it wondering: okay, what do I actually do with all of this? The […]

Episode 152: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeView transcript on Buzzsprout Most people know they’re stressed. They feel it in their body, in their reactivity, in the way they hit a wall by mid-afternoon. But when it comes to actually naming what’s in their stress bucket with any real structure or honesty, most people have […]

Episode 151: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeView transcript on Buzzsprout Most of us have been taught to treat stress like a problem to be eliminated. Reduce it. Avoid it. Get rid of anything that causes it. But that approach keeps you in a constant battle with a biological process that isn’t going anywhere. And […]

Episode 125: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeView transcript on Buzzsprout Maybe you’ve noticed this pattern in your own life:You’ve been managing anxiety for years, and suddenly your gut starts acting up. Or you’ve struggled with depression, and now you’re constantly exhausted or catching every cold that comes around. Or maybe it went the other […]

Episode 123: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeView transcript on Buzzsprout What do you do when regulation is activating? When you find it hard to relax when life finally lows down or you find safety after years of survival mode? Have you ever found yourself sitting on the couch your to-do list is done (or […]

Episode 119: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTubeView transcript on Buzzsprout Ever wonder why a breathing exercise that works for your friend makes your own anxiety worse? The problem isn’t you – it’s that we’ve been treating nervous system regulation like it’s one-size-fits-all. In this episode, Amanda kicks off the five-part “Different States Series” by […]