When Stress Feels Safer Than Stillness

 Have you ever sat down to “relax” only to realize your jaw is clenched, your mind is racing, and your body is still bracing for impact? What if the real reason you can’t rest… is because stress has become your comfort zone?

In this episode, we sit down with Tracie Braylock- nurse, wellness educator, and author of Radical Relaxation—to explore why stillness feels so foreign and how we can rewire our nervous systems to embrace it.

We unpack:

• How chronic stress becomes part of our identity
• What it means to practice relaxation like a muscle
• Faith, healing, and the burdens we were never meant to carry
• Practical rest rituals (that don’t require a plane ticket or a perfect day)

🔗 Mentioned in the episode:

– Radical Relaxation: Releasing the Stress You Were Never Meant to Carry by Tracie Braylock

– Insight Timer app for daily meditation

– Calming rituals: lavender, jasmine, and chamomile

– Music that soothes: Spirit Earth: Relaxing Native Flute

Guest Spotlight: Tracie Braylock is a holistic nurse educator, wellness consultant, and the author of Radical Relaxation. She is a mother of 4 and a former operating room nurse. She’s seen the inner workings of the human body and is on a mission to help people release the stress they’re embodying.

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Be Well, Sis is hosted by Dr Cassandre Dunbar. This episode was edited by Victoria Marin. Our Production Manager is Kathleen Speckert.

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