Nourish with Sarah | Holistic Wellness
Nourish with Sarah is hosted by Sarah Aufdenblatten, a Holistic Health Coach dedicated to helping women manage stress and overcome binge and emotional eating, so they can feel energized and at home in their bodies. Tune in for open discussions and inspiring conversations around holistic health, hormone balance, gut health, mindset, lifestyle, spirituality, and habit transformation. This podcast will leave you feeling empowered, inspired, and equipped with the knowledge and motivation to embrace a nourished life. Ready to feel vibrant and comfortable in your body? Let's embark on this nourishing journey together.
Nourish with Sarah | Holistic Wellness
35: 5 "Healthy" Habits Keeping Your Body Stuck in Stress Mode
If you’re doing everything “right” - morning workouts, intermittent fasting, obsessively tracking food and steps - but still feeling anxious, exhausted or unable to lose weight, there’s something important you need to know:
✨ Your "healthy" habits might actually be stressing your body more. ✨
In today’s episode, I reveal the top 5 wellness habits praised by diet culture and fitness influencers that secretly sabotage your nervous system and keep your body stuck in chronic stress (fight-or-flight mode).
You’ll discover exactly WHY seemingly “healthy” practices like intense exercise, intermittent fasting, perfectionist eating, and obsessive tracking can backfire - especially for high-achieving women dealing with stress, hormonal imbalance or emotional eating.
I’ll also guide you step-by-step on how to replace these stress-inducing habits with gentle, effective, nervous-system-friendly practices that help you feel calm, energized and genuinely healthy.
▶️ In this episode, you'll learn:
- Why your nervous system sees these "healthy" habits as threats
- How intense morning workouts & intermittent fasting sabotage stressed bodies
- Simple, sustainable shifts you can make today for true nervous system support
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Remember: True health is about peace with your body, not perfection. You deserve to feel as good as you look on paper.
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