In January, we focused on safety — what it feels like in the body, how to recognize when you’re surviving instead of truly living, and why change isn’t simple even when you know something isn’t serving you anymore.

But once safety begins to return, a new question often arises:

Now what?

In this episode of Loving Your Life Again, Christina explores what comes after safety — capacity — and how learning to support yourself changes everything.

You’ll hear a real-life story about travel delays, shifting plans, and choosing safety over forcing, and how those moments mirror what happens inside our nervous systems when we stop pushing and start listening.

This episode is an invitation to rethink structure — not as pressure or control, but as something that can hold you, support you, and help you grow.

✨ In this episode, we explore:

• The difference between safety and stagnation
• Why capacity isn’t built by doing more, but by being supported
• How structure can soothe instead of suffocate
• What your nervous system is telling you about your current season
• Why flexibility is a sign of regulation, not weakness

You’ll also get a gentle check-in to help you notice:

• Where you’re holding too tightly
• Where support is already present
• And where you might be asking yourself to do too much alone

This conversation sets the foundation for February’s theme of capacity and integration, and leads naturally into later discussions about practical support — including money, structure, and sustainable growth.

If you’re navigating change, healing old patterns, or learning how to live with more ease and self-trust, this episode is for you.

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If this episode stirred something in you and you’re not quite sure what the next best step is, you don’t have to figure that out alone.

You’re always welcome to book a conversation with me, and we can feel into what kind of support would actually serve you right now — whether that’s the Breath of Renewal membership, 1:1 somatic support, or something else entirely.

You’ll find the link to start that conversation in the show notes.

https://calendly.com/breathofrenewal/breakthrough-session

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So many women think their money struggles are about discipline, willpower, or “not being good with numbers.”

Most of the time, they’re not.

They’re about safety.

In this episode of Loving Your Life Again, Christina continues the conversation about the nervous system and brings it into a very real, very practical place: your relationship with your money and your numbers.

You’ll explore why looking at your finances can trigger overwhelm, shutdown, or control — and why that doesn’t mean you’re bad at money. It means your nervous system learned that money wasn’t safe.

Christina breaks down the two most common survival responses around money:

• Avoidance (not looking, procrastinating, “I’ll deal with it later”)
• Hypervigilance (over-checking, over-controlling, over-restricting)

Both are protective strategies. Neither means you’re broken.

You’ll also hear why:

• Your numbers are not a verdict on your worth or success
• Mixing personal and business finances often creates unnecessary overwhelm
• Separating them is not just a financial best practice — it’s a nervous-system intervention
• You don’t need a perfect system — you need a simple, tolerable, repeatable one
• Safety and capacity come before consistency and discipline

This episode includes a gentle check-in to meet yourself where you are, without shame or pressure, and to help you identify the next kind, supportive step forward.

If you’ve ever felt:

• Overwhelmed by your numbers
• Afraid to look at your finances
• Or stuck in a cycle of avoidance or over-control

This episode will help you understand why — and how to begin creating clarity in a way your nervous system can actually sustain.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn

• Why money is a nervous system issue, not just a mindset issue
• The difference between avoidance and hypervigilance around finances
• Why your numbers are neutral information, not a moral score
• How separating personal and business finances reduces overwhelm
• What kind of system actually works for a stressed nervous system
• How to take the next step without pressure, shame, or burnout

Christina is currently creating a workshop to help you:

• Separate personal and business finances
• Clean up you

Support the show

If this episode stirred something in you and you’re not quite sure what the next best step is, you don’t have to figure that out alone.

You’re always welcome to book a conversation with me, and we can feel into what kind of support would actually serve you right now — whether that’s the Breath of Renewal membership, 1:1 somatic support, or something else entirely.

You’ll find the link to start that conversation in the show notes.

https://calendly.com/breathofrenewal/breakthrough-session

Enjoying the show, be sure you follow the show, so you never miss when a new episode drops.
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So many women think they’re anxious, broken, or “too much.”

But often, they’re not.

They’re braced.

In this deeply grounding episode of Loving Your Life Again, Christina explores what nervous system bracing really is — what it looks like in real life, why so many of us don’t realize we’re doing it, and what it costs us over time.

Using the movie Alice, Darling as a mirror — and weaving in her own lived experience — Christina shows how bracing develops in emotionally unsafe relationships and environments, and how it slowly leads to isolation, shrinking, and losing yourself.

Bracing isn’t a mindset problem.
It’s a safety problem.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• What “bracing” actually is in the nervous system
• How to recognize if your body is living in survival mode
• Why bracing often looks like “being strong,” “being responsible,” or “having it together”
• The hidden cost of living in constant hypervigilance
• Why you can’t heal bracing by forcing yourself to relax or just “setting boundaries”
• How safety — not willpower — is what allows the armor to come off
• And what the very first gentle steps out of bracing actually look like

This episode also includes a gentle somatic check-in to help you notice where your body might be holding tension right now — and how to begin creating small moments of safety and space.

If you’ve ever felt:

• Always on edge
• Always tired
• Always managing
• Or like you’ve slowly disappeared inside your own life or relationships

This episode will help you understand why — and where real healing begins.

You don’t heal bracing by thinking differently.
You heal it by experiencing safety in your body.

Christina supports women through:

• Breathwork - Check out The Renewal Room
• And 1:1 sessions focused on nervous system regulation, self-trust, and coming home to yourself - Explore Your Options

Support the show

If this episode stirred something in you and you’re not quite sure what the next best step is, you don’t have to figure that out alone.

You’re always welcome to book a conversation with me, and we can feel into what kind of support would actually serve you right now — whether that’s the Breath of Renewal membership, 1:1 somatic support, or something else entirely.

You’ll find the link to start that conversation in the show notes.

https://calendly.com/breathofrenewal/breakthrough-session

Enjoying the show, be sure you follow the show, so you never miss when a new episode drops.
Leave a 5-star review, so others can also find me.
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You can support this podcast:
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Christina can be found on:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/breath_of_renewal/
Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/christina.sommers.96

E-mail Christina:
hello@breathofrenewal.com

Check out Christina's website at www.breathofrenewal.com