Beyond Wellness Culture | Women Over 40, Nervous System Regulation, Burnout, Listen to Your Body

Are you exhausted from trends, protocols, supplements, and routines that worked for a while… until they didn’t? Does managing your health feel like a full-time mental job instead of something that supports your life? Do symptoms send you into a spiral... ChatGPT’ing, overthinking, and wondering what you missed or how to make it all work? I’m so glad you’re here. This podcast is for women who are ready to detox from health obsession and step into a calmer, more sustainable way of caring for their bodies, one that fits real life, restores peace, and rebuilds trust instead of pressure. This podcast helps you move away from fear-based health decisions and into confidence, clarity, and steady understanding without tracking every metric, chasing every trend, or feeling like you’re never doing enough . I’m Dr. Brook, a chiropractor, wife, and mom who lived inside welln

Beyond Wellness Culture | Women Over 40, Nervous System Regulation, Burnout, Listen to Your Body is a health podcast hosted by Unknown Host, with 64 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 81.

Unknown Host hosts Beyond Wellness Culture | Women Over 40, Nervous System Regulation, Burnout, Listen to Your Body, a health show with 64 episodes published.

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  Episode #9

  65: Doing Everything Right but Still Unfulfilled? How to Know When You’ve Outgrown Your Life ft. Katie Pulsifer

  Sep 30, 202637 minS5

  What happens when the life you worked so hard to build looks good on paper, but no longer feels right? Katie Pulsifer knows that feeling well. For years, she did what so many high-achieving women learn to do: follow the rules, be dependable, take care of everyone else, and keep pushing forward. Then in her mid-40s, the life she had built started unraveling. Her marriage ended. Her corporate career no longer felt right. And for the first time, she had to ask herself a question she had spent years avoiding: What do I actually want? In this episode, Katie joins Dr. Brook for an honest conversation about what happens when you outgrow a life that once made sense. They talk about the messy middle between knowing something needs to change and actually knowing what comes next, why capable women can become disconnected from their own needs, and what your body may be trying to tell you when you keep overriding what you feel. Katie also shares a different way to think about legacy, one built through the small choices you make while you are still here, like resting, speaking honestly, asking for what you need, and changing patterns you do not want to pass down. And if you have ever caught yourself thinking, “I should be further along by now,” this conversation may help you question whether that thought is even true. In this episode, you’ll hear: What it feels like to outgrow a life you once worked hard to build Why the “messy middle” can last longer than we expect How high-achieving women learn to suppress what they actually need The connection between emotional stress and what shows up in the body Why asking for help is not a failure of capability What changes when you begin trusting your yeses and your noes How rest, healing, and honesty can become part of your living legacy Why wanting more does not mean you are ungrateful How gratitude can sometimes become a way of silencing your own desires What to do with the thought, “I should be further along” One simple question that can help you find clarity when life feels overwhelming Sometimes reducing overwhelm does not start with doing less. It starts with getting honest about why you are doing what you are doing in the first place. And asking: Do I still like my reasons? CONNECT WITH KATIE Website: katiepulsifercoaching.com Substack: You Are Golden by Katie Pulsifer LinkedIn: Katie Pulsifer Instagram: @katiepulsifer Facebook: Katie Pulsifer ✨ Your body has been trying to tell you something. Find out what it's saying with the free 30-second Body Signal Decoder Assessment. Pick your signal, get your personalized guide straight to your inbox, and finally start making sense of what's going on inside. Get it here: os.drbrooksheehan.com/decoder And if you caught the mention of the Talk to Me, Body affirmation card deck during the episode, here's where to grab yours. 63 scripture-anchored cards to help you trust the body God designed for you. Get yours here: drbrooksheehan.com/talk-to-me-body/ Come say hi on Instagram: @drbrooksheehan ⭐ If this episode spoke to you, would you take a second to leave a five-star review on Apple or Spotify ? It helps more women find this show. And more women learning to listen to their bodies is exactly why I do this.

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  Episode #8

  64: Burnout or a Sign It’s Time to Let Go? How to Find Your Next Right Step ft. Melissa Wilkinson

  Sep 23, 202644 minS5

  What happens when the life you worked so hard to build no longer feels like where God is asking you to stay? Melissa Wilkinson knows that tension well. She has walked away from a six-figure corporate career, built a successful direct sales business, stepped away from that too, worked in ministry, experienced burnout, and repeatedly found herself asking God the same question: What is my next right step? In this episode, Melissa joins Dr. Brook for a conversation about purpose, burnout, big dreams, obedience, and what happens when God’s plan looks different from the one you carefully mapped out. They talk about the pressure women carry to manage every role well, why accomplishment does not always mean alignment, and how creating enough space to evaluate your life can help you recognize what needs your attention without immediately trying to fix everything. Melissa also shares the process she uses to help women dream again, especially when they have spent so much time being a wife, mom, leader, business owner, caregiver, or everything to everyone else that they no longer know what they want. And if the thought of figuring out your purpose feels like one more thing to add to your list, Melissa offers a simpler place to begin: Ask God to show you the next right step. In this episode, you’ll hear: Why Melissa walked away from a successful career even when things looked good on paper How burnout became part of her journey toward greater alignment Why accomplishment and purpose are not always the same thing What to do when you have spent so much time caring for everyone else that you have forgotten how to dream Why Melissa starts with a life evaluation before setting new goals How to dream without turning your dreams into another source of pressure Why some unanswered dreams may make more sense when you look back later How prayer changes the way you approach vision boards, goals, and plans Why you do not need the entire roadmap before taking action A simple prayer for asking God to reveal your next right step Dr. Brook also connects Melissa’s story back to the four pillars of health: physical, spiritual, emotional, and mental. Because health is not only about finding the next solution for a symptom. Sometimes the deeper work is noticing where you have been pushing, controlling, carrying too much, or staying attached to something God may be asking you to release. CONNECT WITH MELISSA Website: anchoredwithpurpose.com Podcast: Anchored with Purpose Podcast Book: Anchored with Purpose Faith Journal Instagram: @melissajwilkinson FREE Life Evaluation Unplugged: An Anchored with Purpose Retreat The Bible App: From Lent to Lifestyle: Building a Daily Faith Practice that Lasts The Life Evaluation Reset ✨ Your body has been trying to tell you something. Find out what it's saying with the free 30-second Body Signal Decoder Assessment. Pick your signal, get your personalized guide straight to your inbox, and finally start making sense of what's going on inside. Get it here: os.drbrooksheehan.com/decoder And if you caught the mention of the Talk to Me, Body affirmation card deck during the episode, here's where to grab yours. 63 scripture-anchored cards to help you trust the body God designed for you. Get yours here: drbrooksheehan.com/talk-to-me-body/ Come say hi on Instagram: @drbrooksheehan ⭐ If this episode spoke to you, would you take a second to leave a five-star review on Apple or Spotify ? It helps more women find this show. And more women learning to listen to their bodies is exactly why I do this.

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  Episode #7

  63: 3 Nervous System Regulation Practices Nobody Talks About

  Sep 16, 202627 minS5

  You have had that day. Nothing catastrophic happened, but by 4pm you are done. A text irritates you out of nowhere. You said yes to something you did not want to do. You pushed through hunger for the third time this week. In this episode Dr. Brook shares three nervous system strategies that go past the usual advice of breathwork and grounding, because those tools can calm your body for a moment without ever reaching what is actually underneath the stress. The first strategy is saying the thing, which means naming what is really bothering you, even just to yourself or in an honest, unsanitized prayer, instead of deciding it is too small to count. The second is closing an open loop, because unresolved decisions and unanswered messages keep pulling on your mental energy even while you rest. The third is responding to the quiet signal before it becomes a loud one, learning to notice hunger, tension, or the need for a pause and actually honoring it instead of overriding it. This is not about adding another routine to optimize your mornings or another rule to follow. It is about building a relationship with your body so it learns that when it speaks, you respond. Your body is communicating constantly. This episode is an invitation to stop managing stress from fear and start listening from trust. Grab the Body Signal Decoder in the link below for a guided walkthrough of the bodyOS framework and what your stress signals might be communicating. ✨ Your body has been trying to tell you something. Find out what it's saying with the free 30-second Body Signal Decoder Assessment. Pick your signal, get your personalized guide straight to your inbox, and finally start making sense of what's going on inside. Get it here: os.drbrooksheehan.com/decoder And if you caught the mention of the Talk to Me, Body affirmation card deck during the episode, here's where to grab yours. 63 scripture-anchored cards to help you trust the body God designed for you. Get yours here: drbrooksheehan.com/talk-to-me-body/ Come say hi on Instagram: @drbrooksheehan ⭐ If this episode spoke to you, would you take a second to leave a five-star review on Apple or Spotify ? It helps more women find this show. And more women learning to listen to their bodies is exactly why I do this.

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  Episode #6

  62: The Overlooked Environmental Trigger Behind Brain Fog and Fatigue ft. Ariana Thacker

  Sep 9, 202635 minS5

  You can be doing everything right and still not feel like yourself. That's the conversation Dr. Brook has with Ariana Thacker, a chemical engineer, venture capitalist, and founder of MoldCo, a health tech platform built after her own health crashed from hidden mold exposure. Ariana shares what her recovery actually looked like, from unexplained brain fog and hair loss to gut issues and fatigue, and how she eventually traced it back to mold hiding in her HVAC system. They talk about the environmental signs worth paying attention to, like musty smells, past water damage, and high indoor humidity, and why anxiety, irritability, and disrupted sleep can be part of the body's response to mold, not just a mental health issue on its own. Ariana walks through the three questions MoldCo helps answer: am I being exposed, is it affecting my biomarkers, and how do I get better, along with affordable testing options and where to start. This episode isn't about adding one more thing to fear or fix. It's about giving your body's signals a fair, curious look instead of jumping to panic or ignoring them altogether. Ariana also busts a few common myths about mold treatment and shares what actually helped her get her life back, including a simple daily question that shifted her whole outlook. If your environment has ever felt like the missing piece in your health story, this episode is worth the listen. You can connect with Ariana and learn more about MoldCo at moldco.com , where you can create an account, order the home test, or access their free guide and symptoms tool. You can also reach the team directly at support@moldco.com, or follow along on Instagram at @themoldcompany and on Twitter/X at @m0ldilocks . ✨ Your body has been trying to tell you something. Find out what it's saying with the free 30-second Body Signal Decoder Assessment. Pick your signal, get your personalized guide straight to your inbox, and finally start making sense of what's going on inside. Get it here: os.drbrooksheehan.com/decoder And if you caught the mention of the Talk to Me, Body affirmation card deck during the episode, here's where to grab yours. 63 scripture-anchored cards to help you trust the body God designed for you. Get yours here: drbrooksheehan.com/talk-to-me-body/ Come say hi on Instagram: @drbrooksheehan ⭐ If this episode spoke to you, would you take a second to leave a five-star review on Apple or Spotify ? It helps more women find this show. And more women learning to listen to their bodies is exactly why I do this.

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  Episode #5

  61: The Bagel Test That Proved Food Isn't the Enemy ft. Cassandra McKenney

  Sep 2, 202637 minS5

  Dr. Brook Sheehan sits down with Cassandra McKenney, a fitness coach and registered nurse whose fourteen-year health journey took her from a controlled, obsessive relationship with food and exercise to a place of genuine peace in her body. Cassandra opens up about the eating disorder that began in middle school, the years-long binge and restrict cycle that followed, and how chasing the "right" protocol, the right supplement, the right test, and the right coach never actually gave her what she was searching for. What did change everything was recognizing that the fear driving her behavior, not the food itself, was the real problem. The conversation gets specific and practical. Cassandra explains why her body would react differently to the exact same food on different days, and how that pattern led her to stop trusting food sensitivity tests and start paying attention to her nervous system instead. When the body senses threat, blood moves away from digestion, so a meal eaten in a state of fear will almost always feel worse than the same meal eaten at ease. She walks through the story of a client who avoided bread and carbs for years, only to discover that eating the very food she feared left her with more energy and a stronger workout, not the disaster she expected. Brook and Cassandra also talk honestly about where the line sits between stewardship and obsession. Culture pushes women toward extremes in both directions, either total restriction or total permissiveness, and neither one is peace. The episode makes the case that healing doesn't start with more information or more discipline. It starts with getting curious about what's actually driving the fear underneath the behavior, and being willing to ask for help instead of trying to white-knuckle it alone. Cassandra shares where listeners can find her and her own podcast, and closes with an invitation that echoes throughout this whole conversation: the noise, the rules, and the constant search for certainty aren't the answer. Relationship, trust, and support are. You can find Cassandra on Instagram and TikTok at @cmckfit , and listen to her podcast, Dumbbells & Discipleship, on Spotify , YouTube , and soon Apple Podcasts. ✨ Your body has been trying to tell you something. Find out what it's saying with the free 30-second Body Signal Decoder Assessment. Pick your signal, get your personalized guide straight to your inbox, and finally start making sense of what's going on inside. Get it here: os.drbrooksheehan.com/decoder And if you caught the mention of the Talk to Me, Body affirmation card deck during the episode, here's where to grab yours. 63 scripture-anchored cards to help you trust the body God designed for you. Get yours here: drbrooksheehan.com/talk-to-me-body/ Come say hi on Instagram: @drbrooksheehan ⭐ If this episode spoke to you, would you take a second to leave a five-star review on Apple or Spotify ? It helps more women find this show. And more women learning to listen to their bodies is exactly why I do this.

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