Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
If you’re sleeping 8 hours but still waking up exhausted, your heart races for no reason, and you’re tired all day but somehow wired at night, your nervous system may be stuck in survival mode.
Your autonomic nervous system has two sides: fight or flight, and rest, digest and repair. The problem is, a lot of us spend so much time in that first state that our body starts treating stress like its new normal.
And this goes way beyond just “feeling stressed.” When cortisol stays elevated for too long, it can affect your sleep, immune function, digestion, recovery and overall health.
In today's new episode, I’m breaking down the vagus nerve and simple, free ways you can help shift your body out of fight-or-flight and back toward a state of recovery.
If you’re sleeping 8 hours but still waking up exhausted, your heart races for no reason, and you’re tired all day but somehow wired at night, your nervous system may be stuck in survival mode.
Your autonomic nervous system has two sides: fight or flight, and rest, digest and repair. The problem is, a lot of us spend so much time in that first state that our body starts treating stress like its new normal.
And this goes way beyond just “feeling stressed.” When cortisol stays elevated for too long, it can affect your sleep, immune function, digestion, recovery and overall health.
In today's new episode, I’m breaking down the vagus nerve and simple, free ways you can help shift your body out of fight-or-flight and back toward a state of recovery.
