From Fight/Flight and in Survival to Feeling Like Yourself Again with Tash Forbes

About this episode

Tash Forbes discusses how breathwork can help mothers transition from survival mode to thriving in their lives.

Motherhood can leave many women feeling stuck in survival mode—constantly rushing, reacting, and carrying the invisible mental load of family life. In this heartfelt conversation, breathwork facilitator and mind-body coach Tash Forbes shares how chronic stress, anxiety, and a dysregulated nervous system can keep mums trapped in fight-or-flight without even realising it. Tash explains the powerful connection between breath and the nervous system, why so many women have forgotten what true calm feels like, and how simple breathing practices can help create more presence, patience, and capacity in everyday life. She also opens up about her own journey through postnatal anxiety, burnout, and healing, and how breathwork helped her move from merely surviving to genuinely thriving again. Tash Forbes is obsessed with helping people stress less and live more. As the founder of Breathing Space, she uses breathwork and nervous system coaching to help people create more space within, because life feels a whole lot better when you're not constantly running on empty. In this episode, you’ll learn: Why shallow chest breathing can keep your body stuck in fight-or-flight mode How belly breathing…

People in this episode

Host: Jen Cuttriss

Guest: Tash Forbes

Topics covered

• motherhood
• breathwork
• mental health
• nervous system
• stress management
• personal growth

Keywords

• breathwork
• anxiety
• nervous system
• chronic stress
• postnatal
• mental load
• self-care

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