Rooted & Resilient Healing

Abigail Fernald

Rooted & Resilient is a space for honest conversations about healing, where nervous system regulation meets resilience, and both physical and mental health are explored through a grounded, open-minded lens. From science-backed approaches to alternative practices like meditation, manifestation, and energy work — this podcast is here to explore what it truly means to heal. Each episode dives into the many facets of chronic illness, nervous system health, and whole-body healing with the goal to leave no stone unturned as we explore healing modalities, regulation techniques, and ways to come back home to ourselves.

Episodes

  1. Jun 17

    Emotional Safety and Nervous System Regulation

    In this powerful conversation, I sit down with emotional health and vitality coach Claudia Warias to explore the often-overlooked connection between chronic illness, nervous system regulation, emotional safety, and healing. Drawing from her own journey through thyroid issues, PCOS, IBS, chronic stress, and burnout, Claudia shares how her health began to improve only after she stopped viewing her body as the enemy and started listening to what it was trying to communicate. We discuss why nervous system regulation isn't about never feeling anxious, angry, or overwhelmed—it’s about increasing your capacity to move through discomfort without getting stuck there. Claudia explains how chronic stress can keep the body trapped in survival mode, why many people unknowingly complete very few stress cycles, and how perfectionism, people-pleasing, and self-criticism often fuel chronic symptoms. She also shares practical tools for building emotional safety, reconnecting with your body, and creating a life that supports healing rather than survival. If you've ever struggled with anxiety, chronic illness, burnout, adrenal fatigue, unexplained symptoms, or feeling disconnected from yourself, this conversation offers a compassionate and hopeful perspective on what healing can look like. _________________________________________________________________ Claudia Warias is a professionally certified emotional health & vitality coach specializing in emotional safety, mindset and nervous system regulation with over 5 years of coaching experience. Claudia supports women in exiting chronic stress at the root by reconnecting to their bodies through emotional safety, nervous system regulation and identity work. She is the founder of The Vitality Oasis, a transformative coaching program designed for women who are done performing, pushing, and surviving, and ready to feel grounded, safe, and at peace again. IG: Claudia.warias Email: contact@claudiawarias.com _________________________________________________________________ 🌿 Loving the podcast and want to support the growth of Rooted & Resilient? Your contributions help support podcast production, guest conversations, editing, and creating a space for honest discussions around nervous system healing, resilience, and integrative wellness. Thank you for helping this community grow 🤍 Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/Abby-Fernald Last 4-digits of phone number: 8356

    46 min
  2. Jun 3

    Unlocking Emotional Freedom with Somatic Practices

    In this insightful interview, Kyra Newton shares her transformative journey from chronic pain and autoimmune struggles to healing through somatic practices like Five Rhythms dance and somatic experiencing. Discover how reconnecting with the body, processing emotions, and community support can lead to profound healing and self-trust. _______________________________________________________________ Kyra Newton is a somatic trauma-resolution practitioner, facilitator, and expressive dance artist based in Calgary. She is the founder of Somatic Healing Arts. She guides women to shift out of self-abandonement, move beyond the fear of judgment, and stop self-censoring so they can embrace their embodied self-expression and build lives and businesses that feel like living, breathing art. Her work blends somatic experiencing, attachment repair, nervous system regulation, dance, and expressive art to create deep, body-led transformation that goes beyond traditional talk-based approaches. Through group immersions and 1:1 somatic healing, she helps women rebuild trust in their bodies, establish embodied boundaries, and turn emotional healing into grounded, self-led action. IG: @somatichealingarts  WEBSITE: Somatichealingarts.ca EMAIL: Info@somatichealingarts.ca _______________________________________________________________ 🌿 Loving the podcast and want to support the growth of Rooted & Resilient? Your contributions help support podcast production, guest conversations, editing, and creating a space for honest discussions around nervous system healing, resilience, and integrative wellness. Thank you for helping this community grow 🤍 Venmo: https://venmo.com/u/Abby-Fernald Last 4-digits of phone number: 8356

    1h 3m

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Rooted & Resilient is a space for honest conversations about healing, where nervous system regulation meets resilience, and both physical and mental health are explored through a grounded, open-minded lens. From science-backed approaches to alternative practices like meditation, manifestation, and energy work — this podcast is here to explore what it truly means to heal. Each episode dives into the many facets of chronic illness, nervous system health, and whole-body healing with the goal to leave no stone unturned as we explore healing modalities, regulation techniques, and ways to come back home to ourselves.