You know that feeling—when you keep telling yourself,
“Once I get through this… once I hit that goal… then I’ll finally be happy.”
Yeah, that one.
In this episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on the real cost of delaying joy and waiting for life to settle down before you let yourself actually live. I’m sharing how this pattern—one I lived in for years—led me to burnout, major health issues, and a full-body breakdown that landed me in the hospital.
We’ll dive into:
- The dopamine trap that keeps high-achieving women stuck
- How anxiety and depression are often just signs your nervous system is begging for safety
- Why “embodying joy now” isn’t spiritual fluff—it’s survival
- The power of nervous system regulation and how it changed my life
- The truth about healing, joy, and choosing a different reality now
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