Welcome to episode six of the F*ck Around and Feel Better Podcast, and episode three of our Nervous System Mini-Series!

Today, we’re closing out the series with the hopeful stuff: how stress management actually helps your brain and body heal. We’re talking about what happens when you start practicing relaxation, self-regulation, and calm on purpose… and why that’s way more powerful than it sounds.

We’ll cover:

• How stress management literally rewires your brain

• Why regular relaxation helps you handle stress better over time

• The science behind why calm becomes your new “default setting”

• How managing stress improves your sleep, hormones, digestion, and immune system

• The real-life ways stress management changed my own anxiety, focus, and energy

• A simple grounding and gratitude mini-practice to help you shift into calm right now

If you’ve ever thought, “Okay, I get that stress is bad… but what do I do about it?”, this episode shows you exactly how to start changing your body’s response, one intentional breath at a time.

Welcome to episode five of the F*ck Around and Feel Better Podcast — and episode two of our Nervous System Mini-Series!

Today we’re diving into how stress impacts your body, both in the moment and over time, and why it sometimes feels like your system just won’t chill, no matter how many deep breaths you take.

We’ll cover:

• What happens inside your body when stress hits

• The short-term “survival mode” responses that actually keep you safe

• How chronic stress rewires your brain and body (and why you might feel tired, foggy, or on edge 24/7)

• The sneaky ways stress messes with your hormones, gut, and immune system

• Why your alarm system gets stuck in overdrive and how to start shifting out of it

• A simple guided breathwork practice to help calm your nervous system in real time

If you’ve ever wondered why you’re exhausted but can’t rest, or why your brain keeps looping through worst-case scenarios even when you know you’re fine, this episode breaks down exactly what’s happening under the surface… and helps you start to take your power back.

• Welcome to the first episode of our Nervous System Mini-Series! Today we’re breaking down the basics of your body’s wiring and why it sometimes makes you react like life is way scarier than it really is.

We’ll cover:

• The biology of the nervous system and why it matters

• The different states your body flips between (fight, flight, freeze, fawn, rest, digest)

• How your ancient brain isn’t always built for modern stress

• Why your nervous system sometimes gets it “wrong” — and how to bring it back into balance

• A simple practice you can use to calm yourself down in real time

If you’ve ever thought, “Why the hell am I like this?” — this episode explains it, and more importantly, gives you something easy (and surprisingly fun) to do about it.