107 | From Survival Mode To Self-Connection: A Nervous System Reset For Midlife Women

About this episode

Gabriela discusses the importance of nervous system work for midlife women experiencing emotional disconnection and anxiety.

Have you ever lain awake at 3am, heart racing, mind running through a list of worries you cannot seem to turn off? Or maybe it is the opposite — you move through your days flat, numb, going through the motions of a life that looks perfectly fine from the outside while feeling strangely absent from it on the inside. Both of those states have a name. And neither of them is a personal failing. In this solo episode, Gabriela shares one of the most foundational concepts in nervous system work — th...

People in this episode

Host: Gabriela Espinosa

Topics covered

• nervous system
• self-connection
• midlife women
• mental health
• emotional well-being

Keywords

• nervous system reset
• midlife
• self-connection
• anxiety
• emotional health

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