30. The Antidote to Affirmations

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Radically You – Anxiety Relief, Nervous System Healing & Midlife Reinvention for Women 40+

Kate Garland – Nervous System Specialist & Midlife Transformation Coach

40 episodes

4 days ago

Anxiety Relief, Stress Recovery & Midlife Reinvention for Women 40+

Radically You is the go-to podcast for smart, sensitive women in midlife who are ready to heal anxiety, break the stress cycle, and reclaim their energy. If you’re tired of survival mode and craving radical alignment, purpose, and peace—you’re in the right place.

Hosted by Kate Garland, a midlife mentor specializing in nervous system regulation, somatic healing, and women’s reinvention, this show blends grounded science with soulful insight to guide your next-level transformation. With more than 30,000 hours immersed in stress physiology, energetics, and embodied healing, Kate brings practical tools, intuitive guidance, and midlife wisdom that helps you reclaim your life from the inside out.

Inside Each Episode:
– Nervous system and somatic tools for anxiety, stress & burnout
– Body-based practices for perimenopause, hormone shifts & emotional clarity
– Midlife reinvention strategies grounded in psychology + energetics
– Simple, science-backed ways to feel better now
– Real talk on relationships, boundaries & self-responsibility
– Breathwork, rituals & intuitive practices to come home to yourself

If you're ready to feel better, live deeper, and return to your aliveness—this isn’t about coping. It’s about healing, rewiring, and reinventing your life.

It’s time to stop surviving on stress—
and start living in fierce, full-spectrum alignment.
It’s time to BE. RADICALLY. YOU.

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30. The Antidote to Affirmations

Radically You – Anxiety Relief, Nervous System Healing & Midlife Reinvention for Women 40+

18 minutes 11 seconds

1 month ago

30. The Antidote to Affirmations

How to Ask Better Questions for Real Change

We’ve all tried them — affirmations.

“I am abundant.” “I am radiant.” “I am calm.”

But what happens when those words just… don’t land? When your brain (and your body) roll their eyes and whisper, “yeah, right.”

In this episode, Kate Garland — midlife reinvention coach, intuitive guide, and nervous system mentor — cracks open the science and soul behind why traditional affirmations often fail and introduces you to their powerful upgrade: afformations.

Afformations (coined by Noah St. John) flip the script — turning your statements into questions that work with your brain and body, not against them. The result? Less resistance, more curiosity, and a nervous system that finally says yes.

🌙 Inside this episode:

Why your subconscious doesn’t believe your affirmations — and what neuroscience reveals about self-talk, mirror neurons, and nervous system congruence
The hidden link between manifestation and embodiment (and why your body always tells the truth)
How a single word — afformations — pulled Kate out of a “deep existential funk” during eclipse season
The brain’s built-in search engine (your reticular activating system) and how to activate it with better questions
The ancient spiritual roots of inquiry in Yoga, Buddhism, Christianity, Sufism, Kabbalah, and Toltec wisdom — all pointing to one truth: transformation starts with curiosity
Why women in midlife especially need circles of safety, belonging, and shared inquiry to anchor real change
Five powerful “swap this for that” afformations you can try today

Email me or send me a DM on Instagram and tell me how trying afformations landed for you!

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