Journeys With My Body

Heidi Reagan
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Are you tired of your body's stress responses hijacking precious moments? Discover gentle, 5-minute practices to transform your relationship with your body from battleground to sanctuary. Learn practical micro-habits that fit your busy life, helping you shift from constant fight-or-flight to lasting body peace. After years of battling anxiety and fluctuating weight challenges, Heidi discovered how stored trauma was keeping her locked in stress responses. Now she's helping other women find freedom through simple, practical approaches.

  1. 2D AGO

    Your Nervous System Is Healing, So Why Is Life Still So Hard?

    You’ve been doing the work, and you are beginning to notice small shifts. You recover faster from stress, you’re less reactive, maybe you even have a little more energy than you used to. And yet… your life still feels just as demanding. In this episode, we talk about the often-overlooked gap between internal healing and external reality. What happens when your nervous system is starting to feel safer and more regulated, but your calendar, responsibilities, and expectations haven’t changed at all? Heidi explores why this phase can feel confusing and exhausting in a new way, and why it doesn’t mean your healing isn’t working. As your capacity grows, your life doesn’t automatically reorganize to match it. Many of us built our routines, commitments, and roles around survival-mode coping.   In this episode, you’ll hear: Why healing internally doesn’t immediately make life feel easierHow growing capacity can actually reveal the pressure you’ve been carryingThe common traps of filling new bandwidth too quickly or assuming nothing is changingHow to begin matching external choices to internal shiftsWhy protecting your growing steadiness matters more than pushing forwardThis conversation is an invitation to honor what’s already changing inside you, even if your life hasn’t caught up yet, and to start making small, supportive adjustments so your healing can actually take root. ✨ Want support with this process? This is the kind of work we explore in my communities, where we practice not only regulating the nervous system but also learning to build a life that supports that regulation over time. If this episode resonates, check it out. Join our Skool community→ HERE Work with me HERE

    19 min

  2. FEB 11

    Why Your Body Won’t Heal When It Doesn’t Feel Safe

    If you’ve been trying to heal, physically, emotionally, or energetically, and it feels like your body just isn’t responding the way you hoped, this episode offers a different perspective. Many of us have been taught that healing requires positivity, discipline, or doing all the “right” practices. But the body doesn’t heal because we push it to. It heals when it has enough consistent moments of safety to stop defending and start repairing. In this episode, Heidi explores why a nervous system that feels even subtly on alert will prioritize protection over healing and why that isn’t a failure, but intelligent biology. You’ll hear how constant low-level tension, urgency, or pressure can quietly keep the body in defense mode, and how healing often begins not with doing more, but with allowing more moments of steadiness and ease. We talk about: Why you don’t need to stay positive or “high vibe” for your body to healHow the nervous system allocates energy when it still senses a threatThe subtle ways healing can become another thing we try to manage or perfectWhy small, ordinary moments of safety matter more than big breakthroughsHow to begin creating conditions where your body can shift out of defense and into repairThis episode is about learning how to relate to your body in a way that makes healing sustainable and much more possible than it may feel right now. If this resonates with you: This is the foundation of the work we explore inside my communities. We practice noticing the body’s signals in real time and building the kind of nervous system steadiness that allows healing and forward movement to happen together. The Journeys With My Body Community The Pocket Resets for Stress Community

    18 min

  3. FEB 4

    Self-Sabotage or Nervous System Protection? The Real Difference

    It's early February, and if you're already feeling behind on your goals, exhausted by the version of yourself you decided to become, and wondering why you can't seem to follow through on things you genuinely want, this episode is for you. What you're calling self-sabotage might actually be nervous system protection. And understanding the difference changes everything. In this episode, I break down why so many attempts at change seem to fail.   I talk about the split that happens between the version of you that looks good on paper and the body that's quietly paying for it. Why does motivation drop? Why do you start avoiding things you actually care about? And why does your body slow you down when change feels like too much, too fast, or too unfamiliar? You'll hear about the moment I realized what safety actually feels like in my body when I said no to something without guilt, second-guessing, or crash afterward. And what shifted after that: decisions got simpler, I had more energy, and I stopped needing to explain myself or force better habits. Real change comes from building trust between you and your nervous system, through small, lived moments where your body learns it's safe to let you become someone new. If you're tired of starting over, tired of feeling like you're failing at change, tired of being at war with yourself, this conversation will help you understand what's really happening and what actually helps when you stop overriding your body and start listening instead. Ready to regulate your nervous system so change can actually stick? Join Pocket Resets for Stress and learn the tools that help your body feel safe enough to support the life you're building. Youtube channel

    19 min

  4. JAN 28

    From Coping to Living: How to Get Out of Survival Mode

    On the outside, you’re managing, you’re getting things done and handling your life. But on the inside… it feels, meh. Effortful. Like you’re getting through your days instead of actually living them. In this episode, we’re talking about how many people are living in survival mode without even realizing it. You’ll learn what “functional freeze” actually looks like in real life, why so many of the usual self-care and mindset tools only help you cope (not truly change), and what it really takes to come back to yourself when your nervous system has been stuck in protection for a long time. I share what this looked like in my own life, including the years I spent disconnected, exhausted, just getting through, and the moment I first realized I was actually back in my body again. We’ll talk about: The difference between coping and actually livingWhy you can’t think your way out of a nervous system stateHow to start building real capacity instead of just managing stressWhat it feels like when you begin to come back onlineAnd a simple way to start shifting this in your own life, one small moment at a timeIf you’ve ever thought, “Nothing is technically wrong… so why does everything feel like so much effort?”, this episode is for you. If this gave you a new way to understand what you’ve been experiencing, you can find more support and resources in the Journeys With My Body Community and The Pocket Resets for Stress Community.

    20 min

  5. JAN 21

    From Coping to Living: What Stress Is Trying to Tell You

    Most of us don’t realize we’ve left ourselves until stress shows up. We call it being overwhelmed. Or tired. Or just “a lot going on.” But often, stress isn’t actually the problem, it’s the moment your body is trying to get your attention and invite you back. In this episode, Heidi explores a different way of understanding stress. Not as something to fix or get rid of, but as a signal that you may have been living a little outside yourself for a while — coping, pushing, holding things together, but not fully inhabiting your life. You’ll hear: Why stress and numbness often come from disconnection, not failure What it means to live in a “functional freeze” and how it happens so quietly How the body communicates through sensation — and why listening changes everything A simple, gentle way to start coming back to yourself in the middle of everyday life This isn’t about adding another technique to your to-do list. It’s about changing how you relate to yourself , from managing and pushing… to actually living from the inside again. ✨ If this resonates, this is the heart of the work I do.Inside my communities, we practice learning to notice, listen, and respond to the body in real time, so you don’t have to wait for burnout or a breaking point to come back to yourself. The Journeys With My Body Community The Pocket Resets for Stress Community

    21 min

  6. JAN 14

    Exhausted But Can't Sleep? Your Nervous System Might Be Dysregulated, Not Tired

    Ever lie down exhausted but can't actually rest? Feel "tired but wired" at the end of the day? It's possible you may not be tired; you may be dysregulated. And rest won't fix it. In this episode, we break down the actual body cues that tell you whether you need rest or regulation, why getting this wrong keeps you stuck in cycles of exhaustion, and what each state actually needs (hint: it's not what you think). You'll learn: The specific physical sensations of tired vs dysregulatedWhy scrolling and TV don't count as restThe 30-60 second resets that actually shift your nervous systemHow to tell which state you're in so you can give your body what it actually needsStop fighting your body. Start speaking its language. Want quick nervous system resets you can use in real time? Join the Pocket Resets for Stress community. 30-60 second practices that actually work when you're in the thick of it.

    20 min

  7. JAN 7

    Stuck in a Stress Spiral? How to Reset Your Nervous System Before You Crash

    Have you ever noticed how one small thing can turn into a day that completely derails you? You wake up behind, something goes wrong, your body gets tense, your patience disappears, and by the end of the day, you’re exhausted, overwhelmed, and wondering why everything feels so hard. In this episode, Heidi explains what’s really happening beneath the surface: your nervous system is moving in a direction. It’s either sliding deeper into a stress spiral (where your capacity shrinks and everything feels harder) or building a safety spiral (where your system becomes more regulated, resilient, and able to handle life). You’ll learn: Why burnout isn’t a willpower issue, it’s a nervous system momentum issueHow to recognize the early body signals that tell you you’re starting to spiralThe difference between stress spirals and safety spirals (and why it changes everything)Simple ways to interrupt the spiral before you’re exhausted, shut down, or snapping at everyoneMost people try to change their habits, their goals, or their lives while their nervous system is already maxed out. This episode shows you why that rarely works, and what to do instead. If you’ve been feeling like you’re always behind, always pushing, or always one small thing away from overwhelm, this conversation will help you start catching it earlier and shifting your system before you crash. Want to go deeper? Join Heidi inside the Pocket Resets for Stress community for the upcoming 7-Day State Awareness Practice, where you’ll train your nervous system to recognize stress patterns early and shift them in real time. This is the foundational skill that makes real change sustainable. 👉 Join us and start building real nervous system capacity, one small reset at a time.

    20 min

  8. 12/31/2025

    Use This Hack For New Years Resolution Success!

    If you’ve ever made a New Year’s resolution and then watched it fall apart by January 15th… this episode is going to feel like someone finally turned the lights on. We’re told that success relies on discipline, motivation, and willpower, but if those were enough, you wouldn’t be here searching for a “hack,” right? The reality is your nervous system has more to do with your resolutions than your morning routine ever will. In this episode, we talk about: Why your body hits the brakes when you try to “become a new person” The hidden gap between who you are and who you're trying to be Why your body reads ambition as a threat (and shuts down) Why consistency feels impossible when change feels unsafe The difference between resistance and protection A simple reset you can use before you self-sabotage The two-minute hack to make change feel possible again ork with your body so change doesn’t feel like abandonment. Join Resolution Reset inside the Journeys With My Body community. 30 days of body-based tools to create change without punishing yourself into temporary compliance.

    17 min
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Are you tired of your body's stress responses hijacking precious moments? Discover gentle, 5-minute practices to transform your relationship with your body from battleground to sanctuary. Learn practical micro-habits that fit your busy life, helping you shift from constant fight-or-flight to lasting body peace. After years of battling anxiety and fluctuating weight challenges, Heidi discovered how stored trauma was keeping her locked in stress responses. Now she's helping other women find freedom through simple, practical approaches.

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  • Creator
    Heidi Reagan
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    91
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Heidi Reagan
  • Show Website
    Journeys With My Body