The Deliberate Exchange - Navigating Stress, Sobriety & Self-Trust — One Deliberate Step at a Time
Chelsea Powell
65 episodes
3 days ago
If you quit drinking and feel more emotional, anxious, or dysregulated instead of better, you’re not alone and nothing has gone wrong. In this episode, I explains why quitting alcohol can initially feel harder, not easier, through a nervous system lens. You’ll learn how alcohol acts as a form of stress regulation, why emotions and anxiety often intensify after quitting, and what your body is actually asking for during this phase of change. This conversation is especially for women who are alc...
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If you quit drinking and feel more emotional, anxious, or dysregulated instead of better, you’re not alone and nothing has gone wrong. In this episode, I explains why quitting alcohol can initially feel harder, not easier, through a nervous system lens. You’ll learn how alcohol acts as a form of stress regulation, why emotions and anxiety often intensify after quitting, and what your body is actually asking for during this phase of change. This conversation is especially for women who are alc...
You Don’t Need Another Lesson. You Need to Breathe. A 6-Minute Nervous System Reset Before Christmas EP 60
The Deliberate Exchange - Navigating Stress, Sobriety & Self-Trust — One Deliberate Step at a Time
6 minutes
3 weeks ago
You Don’t Need Another Lesson. You Need to Breathe. A 6-Minute Nervous System Reset Before Christmas EP 60
Three days before Christmas, you don’t need another podcast episode with lessons, takeaways, or mindset shifts. You need breath. This 6-minute guided breathwork episode is a gentle nervous system reset designed to help you release tension, slow your breathing, and come back into your body during one of the most emotionally charged times of the year. Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed, emotionally raw, overstimulated, or navigating the holidays without alcohol, this short practice offers simpl...
The Deliberate Exchange - Navigating Stress, Sobriety & Self-Trust — One Deliberate Step at a Time
If you quit drinking and feel more emotional, anxious, or dysregulated instead of better, you’re not alone and nothing has gone wrong. In this episode, I explains why quitting alcohol can initially feel harder, not easier, through a nervous system lens. You’ll learn how alcohol acts as a form of stress regulation, why emotions and anxiety often intensify after quitting, and what your body is actually asking for during this phase of change. This conversation is especially for women who are alc...
