Have you ever noticed how one small thing can turn into a day that completely derails you?
You wake up behind, something goes wrong, your body gets tense, your patience disappears, and by the end of the day, you’re exhausted, overwhelmed, and wondering why everything feels so hard.
In this episode, Heidi explains what’s really happening beneath the surface: your nervous system is moving in a direction. It’s either sliding deeper into a stress spiral (where your capacity shrinks and everything feels harder) or building a safety spiral (where your system becomes more regulated, resilient, and able to handle life).
You’ll learn:
Most people try to change their habits, their goals, or their lives while their nervous system is already maxed out. This episode shows you why that rarely works, and what to do instead.
If you’ve been feeling like you’re always behind, always pushing, or always one small thing away from overwhelm, this conversation will help you start catching it earlier and shifting your system before you crash.
Want to go deeper?
Join Heidi inside the Pocket Resets for Stress community for the upcoming 7-Day State Awareness Practice, where you’ll train your nervous system to recognize stress patterns early and shift them in real time. This is the foundational skill that makes real change sustainable.
👉 Join us and start building real nervous system capacity, one small reset at a time.
If you’ve ever made a New Year’s resolution and then watched it fall apart by January 15th… this episode is going to feel like someone finally turned the lights on.
We’re told that success relies on discipline, motivation, and willpower, but if those were enough, you wouldn’t be here searching for a “hack,” right?
The reality is your nervous system has more to do with your resolutions than your morning routine ever will.
In this episode, we talk about:
Why your body hits the brakes when you try to “become a new person”
The hidden gap between who you are and who you're trying to be
Why your body reads ambition as a threat (and shuts down)
Why consistency feels impossible when change feels unsafe
The difference between resistance and protection
A simple reset you can use before you self-sabotage
The two-minute hack to make change feel possible again
ork with your body so change doesn’t feel like abandonment.
Join Resolution Reset inside the Journeys With My Body community. 30 days of body-based tools to create change without punishing yourself into temporary compliance.
If you've ever started the year motivated, only to feel tired, resistant, or strangely avoidant a few weeks later, this episode is for you.
Most conversations about New Year's resolutions focus on discipline, willpower, or motivation. But what if that's not what's actually getting in the way?
In this episode, we explore why your nervous system, not your mindset, is often the deciding factor in whether change sticks. You'll hear why familiar stress can feel safer than unfamiliar growth, what's really happening when motivation disappears, and why pushing harder often backfires.
How your body responds to change and how to work with it instead of against it is what this is all about.
If you're ready to approach goals without burning yourself out, this episode offers a different starting point.
Want to go deeper?
✨ Journeys With My Body is a women's community where we explore body-led awareness, nervous system states, and gentle practices for building real capacity for change. You're welcome to join us there.
✨ Resolution Reset is a guided, regulation-first experience inside the community designed to help you set and follow through on goals without force, pressure, or self-betrayal, especially if resolutions have never worked for you before.
Take a breath.
Let your body come along this time.
Have you ever had a big emotional reaction to something small, maybe a gentle correction, a short message, or a perceived mistake, and wondered why your body completely spiraled?
In this episode, I share a very real, very human moment where a mild professional boundary triggered an outsized panic response in my body. Tears, freeze, people-pleasing, and that familiar feeling of being “in trouble,” even though nothing bad was actually happening.
If you:
…this episode will help you understand what’s really happening in your nervous system, and why logic alone can’t stop it.
We’ll talk about:
This isn’t about fixing yourself or never getting triggered again.
It’s about learning what to do when it happens, so a moment doesn’t turn into a spiral.
I created the Pocket Resets Community for exactly these situations: short (30–60-second), body-based resets you can use when panic, shame, or old patterns show up unexpectedly.
You don’t need more insight.
You need tools that work when your body takes over.
👉 Want tools you can actually use in the moment?
I created the Pocket Resets Community for exactly these situations: short (30–60-second), body-based resets you can use when panic, shame, or old patterns show up unexpectedly.
You don’t need more insight.
You need tools that work when your body takes over.
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If your life looks “fine” on the outside but everything feels harder than it should… this episode is for you.
When even simple tasks take extra energy, when you feel foggy, heavy, unmotivated, or disconnected from yourself, it’s a nervous system state.
In this episode, we explore the invisible load your body carries when it’s been in a low-level survival mode for too long. You’ll learn:
Take the first step to understanding what your nervous system has been holding, and giving your body the signals it needs to come back online.
You can shift this one small reset at a time.
Join the Pocket Resets Community for real-time nervous system support and a growing library of simple, powerful body-based resets.
👉 Want practical 30–60 second tools to help you feel clearer, calmer, and more hopeful throughout the day?
If you keep ending up in the same arguments with your partner, your mom, your sister, your kids, or even coworkers—it’s not because you “attract the wrong people,” have poor boundaries, or haven’t healed enough.
There’s a deeper reason your relationships feel repetitive and exhausting.
In this episode, we explore the nervous system mismatch at the core of repeated conflict: the survival roles your body learned in childhood and how those roles quietly shape every adult relationship you’re in today.
You’ll learn:
Why you keep becoming the “strong one,” “fixer,” or “emotionally responsible one”
Why certain people shut down while others escalate
How your body reads emotional energy before words are even spoken
Why the holidays and family dynamics reactivate old survival patterns
How nervous system “dialects” create invisible misunderstandings
The real reason your body panics when you stop fixing, helping, or managing others
What actually changes these patterns (hint: it’s not communication skills)
If you’ve ever felt drained after certain conversations, confused about your role in the family, or stuck in relationship patterns you swore you’d outgrown, this episode will help you finally understand why.
Your body is trying to keep you safe in the only way it learned how.
Let’s help it learn a new language.
Join the Pocket Resets Community on Skool for quick, body-based techniques that help you stay present, grounded, and regulated, especially around the people who activate your old roles.
Join us inside the community and learn the resets your nervous system has been waiting for.
If you’ve ever stayed too long in a job, a relationship, a city, or a life that quietly drains you, this episode is going to hit home.
Most people think they’re stuck because they’re indecisive, unmotivated, or “not ready yet.”
But the real reason you can’t leave the thing that’s wrong for you?
Your nervous system is convinced that the familiar is safer than the life you actually want.
In this episode, I share the true story of the six years I stayed in a job my body was begging me to leave… and the surprising science behind why so many high-achieving, capable people remain in situations they’ve clearly outgrown.
You’ll learn:
If you’re exhausted, foggy, restless, or living with a knot in your stomach, you’ve normalized… your body might be telling you something. This episode helps you understand that message with compassion, clarity, and nervous-system intelligence.
Let’s update your internal map together.
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Come inside and learn what your body has been trying to tell you.
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Are you following intuition, or a trauma response?
Here’s how to finally tell the difference.
Most of us have been told to "trust your gut," "follow your inner wisdom," or "listen to your body."
But what if the voice you're following isn't actually intuition at all, it's your nervous system in survival mode?
In this episode of Journeys With My Body, Heidi breaks down one of the most misunderstood concepts in the wellness world: the difference between true body wisdom and the three survival voices that masquerade as intuition, panic, shutdown, and fawn.
You'll hear a personal story of how following "intuition" led to years of misalignment… and how learning to read the body's signals correctly changed everything.
Inside this episode, you'll learn the 3 nervous system states people mistake for intuition
If you ever regret decisions you made because they "felt aligned at the time," or you constantly second-guess yourself, this episode will give you the roadmap to reclaim your clarity, confidence, and self-trust.
If you want daily 5-minute tools to help you regulate first—so you can actually trust your intuition, join the Pocket Resets Community. It’s where we practice real nervous system resets together, build self-trust, and take the guesswork out of body wisdom. Your clarity starts here.
Ever notice how sometimes a deep breath helps, and other times it just makes you want to scream?
That’s is your nervous system trying to tell you you’re using the wrong tool for the state you’re in.
In this episode of Journeys With My Body, Heidi unpacks how to recognize whether you’re in fight, flight, freeze, or functional freeze, and why the same “reset” doesn’t work for every state. You’ll discover how your body signals what it actually needs to return to safety, and how to align your practices with your physiology rather than pushing against it.
This is about learning your body’s language so you can finally regulate with less effort and more precision.
Want to explore this deeper?
Join the free Journeys With My Body Skool community, where we practice small, science-backed resets that actually fit real life.
Or visit the Embodied Expansionista Store for tools like The Body’s Yes/No audio + guide, a quick way to rebuild self-trust and tune into your body’s cues.
What if your exhaustion was an invitation to awaken?
In this deeply nourishing conversation, Heidi and Carla explore how midlife burnout often signals the beginning of something sacred: the reawakening of feminine aliveness. Together, they discuss science and spirit, diving into metabolism, hormones, nervous system regulation, and the sacred feminine to reveal how energy, pleasure, and purpose return when we finally stop running on survival mode.
Carla discusses:
➡️ Why burnout in midlife is a physiological and spiritual turning point
➡️ How to reconnect with your body's natural rhythm and vitality
➡️ The role of safety, rest, and sensuality in restoring metabolic and emotional balance
➡️ Simple, embodied ways to rebuild energy, confidence, and joy without forcing or performing
If you've been feeling disconnected from your spark, this episode will remind you: your body is calling you home and it's time to take the invitation.
Join the Journeys With My Body community for somatic practices and real conversations about midlife transformation.
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Connect with Carla + download The Vibrancy Guide: https://vibrancyreset.com or https://www.carlawainwright.com
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Can you really rewire your brain after 50? Discover the science of midlife neuroplasticity, and how safety, novelty, and body-led awareness can reshape your habits, emotions, and future.
Think your brain can’t change after 50? Think again. In this episode of Journeys With My Body, Heidi unpacks the surprising science of midlife neuroplasticity, how your brain and body keep evolving long after you thought the window had closed.
Discover why your nervous system still craves novelty, how safety unlocks rewiring, and why midlife might be the most potent time to reshape your habits, emotions, and sense of self. You’ll walk away with simple, body-led tools to activate real change, no hustle, no hype.
Join the Journeys With My Body community to practice these rewires in real time.
Explore the Embodied Expansionista Store to start tuning your nervous system today.
Because your midlife brain isn’t slowing down, it’s just getting started.
Most people hear “reset your nervous system” and think it’s just another wellness buzzword. But what if science and ancient wisdom both point to a way of actually doing it?
In this powerful conversation, Heidi sits down with Alistair Hawkes, a licensed therapist and burnout-recovery specialist, to explore how nervous system regulation, somatic therapy, and ancient energy practices come together to create real, lasting calm.
You’ll discover:
If you’ve ever wondered why you can’t “think” your way out of stress, or you’re ready to move beyond burnout into genuine balance, this episode will give you both clarity and tools that work, no hype, no jargon.
Want to go deeper? Inside The Spiral Reset Lab, Alistair offers practical tools, classes, and a Quick Reset Playbook all designed for real life, not just retreats.
Ready to start right now? Visit the Embodied Expansionista Store to explore tools like The Body’s Yes/No audio + PDF, a simple way to practice connection and regulation in real time.
Have you ever wondered why midlife can feel like an emotional storm where the smallest things set off big waves, or you find yourself reacting in ways that don’t make sense anymore? You’re replaying old survival scripts your body once used to keep you safe.
In this episode of Journeys With My Body, we explore how midlife triggers trauma responses that have been quietly running in the background for decades and how your body’s wisdom is inviting you to rewrite the story.
You’ll discover:
If you’ve been feeling restless, disconnected, or like the life that once fit no longer does, this episode will help you understand what’s really happening beneath the surface — and how to begin writing a new, body-led story.
Want to practice this in a supportive community? Join the free Journeys With My Body space, where women of all ages are exploring somatic healing, nervous system awareness, and gentle transformation together.
Ready to start right away? Visit the Embodied Expansionista Store to explore tools like The Body’s Yes/No, a short audio + PDF guide that helps you listen to your body’s signals and rebuild trust from the inside out.
Fawn Response vs. Kindness: Healing the People-Pleaser Pattern Through Nervous-System Boundaries
Have you ever said “I’m fine” when you weren’t?
Or smiled through tension just to keep the peace?
In this episode of Journeys With My Body, Heidi explores the truth behind the fawn response, the hidden people-pleasing reflex that shows up when your nervous system equates honesty with danger.
You’ll learn:
What’s really happening in your body during the fawn response
The difference between genuine kindness and nervous-system appeasement
How to recognize the early signs of “survival yeses” before burnout sets in
A simple micro-boundary practice that helps you pause before reflexively agreeing
A gentle 48-hour “de-fawn” experiment to retrain your body for safety in truth
This isn’t about becoming unkind; it’s about creating nervous-system boundaries that protect your peace without hardening your heart.
If you’ve ever wondered why saying “no” feels unsafe — or why being “nice” leaves you so tired, this conversation will change how you understand yourself.
Explore The Body’s Yes & No or join the free Journeys With My Body community for more body-based tools that teach your nervous system how to feel safe with truth and rest.
Most people start nervous system healing because they’re desperate for relief from anxiety, exhaustion, burnout, or the endless loop of survival mode. And while regulation can calm the chaos, it’s only the beginning.
In this episode of Journeys With My Body, we explore what happens after relief: the moment your body finally feels safe enough to awaken something deeper... desire.
You’ll discover:
This episode will show you how nervous system healing creates the safety to finally open to love, joy, creativity, and abundance.
Want real support as you step out of survival loops? Join the free Journeys With My Body community, where women are practicing somatic tools together and learning to anchor their desires in safety.
Ready for a tool you can start today? Explore The Body’s Yes/No audio + course in the Embodied Expansionista Store, your step-by-step guide to listening to your body’s signals in real time.
Relief is just the starting point; let your body guide you into desire, expansion, and abundance.
You’ve probably seen all the buzz about the vagus nerve, devices, gadgets, and “quick fixes” that promise to reset your stress in seconds. But which of these actually work… and which are just hype?
In this episode of Journeys With My Body, we cut through the noise and discuss:
If you’ve been feeling anxious, stuck in stress mode, or curious about nervous system regulation, this episode gives you practical ways to reset, without expensive tools or complicated routines.
Want to go deeper? Join the free Journeys With My Body community, where we practice nervous system resets together.
Ready for a tool you can use today? Check out The Body’s Yes/No audio + PDF in the Embodied Expansionista Store, a simple guide to listening to your body’s signals in real time.
Your calm is already wired into your body; let’s unlock it.
Are you tired of people-pleasing, saying yes when your body is begging you to say no? In this episode of Journeys With My Body, we uncover the hidden cost of people-pleasing and why it isn’t kindness at all, but rather a survival response wired into your nervous system.
You’ll learn:
If you’ve ever wondered how to stop people-pleasing, set healthy boundaries, or escape the exhaustion of always saying yes, this episode will give you practical steps to reclaim your energy and align with your body’s wisdom.
✨ Want ongoing support? Join my free Journeys With My Body community, where we’re practicing nervous system regulation and learning to honor the body’s yes and no together.
✨ Ready to start right away? Check out The Body’s Yes/No audio + PDF in the Embodied Expansionista Store, a simple, powerful guide for practicing boundaries and alignment in real time.
Have you ever been told to “just think positive” when your body was screaming otherwise? This episode is your permission slip to stop faking joy and start feeling what’s real.
I’ll walk you through the difference between being stuck in the loop—that exhausting cycle of push → crash → doubt—and stepping into the flow, where your body finally gets to release what’s stuck. You’ll learn how survival signals like fear, anger, or numbness aren’t proof that you’re broken; they’re proof your nervous system is trying to protect you. And when you meet those signals with presence instead of resistance, everything shifts.
We’ll even practice an Elemental Reset together to create safety so your body can lead you back to clarity, ease, and real joy.
✨ If this resonates, come join us inside the Pocket Resets Lab or Journeys With My Body. Two communities where we stop looping in survival and start living in flow. You’ll also find digital tools like The Body’s Yes/No and Reset with Self-Havening inside my Embodied Expansionista store, practices you can use right away to reset your system and open to what’s next.
Do you ever feel like you're running out of time, rushing decisions, overcommitting, or saying "yes" just to avoid missing out?
That's not motivation. That's your nervous system in a fear loop.
In this episode of Journeys With My Body, we're breaking down what really happens when urgency takes over and how to interrupt the cycle that keeps you chasing, crashing, and doubting yourself.
Discover:
💡 Whether you're navigating love, money, or your creative path, this episode will help you reclaim your calm, reset your focus, and finally trust your timing.
🌀 Tools included:
✨ Your body holds the wisdom to know when something's right without the scramble.
🛒 Explore my somatic reset tools in the Embodied Expansionista Store
🌱 Join the free community to practice this work in real time: Journeys With My Body
🎙️ Raw. Real. Regulated.
🎧 Listen now and step off the urgency treadmill.
Have you ever felt torn between what your mind says you “should” want… and what your body knows isn’t right?
In this episode of Journeys With My Body, we explore how to stop overthinking and start trusting your nervous system’s signals when making decisions. You’ll learn the difference between body-led desires and head-driven goals, and how to use your own somatic awareness as a guide toward emotional alignment and nervous system regulation.
Whether you’re facing a big life choice, a relationship crossroad, or a work opportunity, this episode will help you:
You’ll also learn 3 powerful nervous system-based tools:
✅ The Voice Truth Test
✅ The Energy Leak Check
✅ The Gut Compass
These practical, body-based practices are simple, profound, and immediately usable, even if you’ve never tried somatic healing before.
✨Your body is your compass. It already knows what’s aligned. You just need to start listening.
🌀 Raw. Real. Regulated.
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