Women on the Brink
Welcome to Women on the Brink - Are you a woman who feels stressed out and overwhelmed in your everyday life? This website and podcast is designed to support and encourage women dealing with different types of stress and adversity. We're here to provide tools that can be used to raise self-awareness and build resilience, so you can step away from the edge of the cliff that you may be teetering on. Join your host, healthcare practitioner and stress & wellness coach, Chris Jeffrey, and move your life from diving to thriving, from chaos to calm.....
Women on the Brink
Latest Episodes
The Weight Mothers Carry (And Why We Need to Talk About It)
What if one of society’s biggest blind spots is how much we expect mothers to carry?From emotional regulation to attachment, to shaping tiny nervous systems, we place enormous responsibility on mother and then often leave them to d...
The Pivot is Not a Restart
In this episode, we explore the idea that a pivot is not a restart, but more of an evolution. Inspired by a real-life career crossroads, we talk about how changing direction in life doesn’t mean starting over, but rather integrating everything ...
Functional Burnout: When You're Still Showing Up, But Something in You Has Left
This episode is for the woman who is still showing up to her life… but feels like something inside her has quietly checked out.We’re talking about functional burnout , the kind no one sees. The kind that looks like compete...
Why “Low” Emotions Still Show Up Even After You’ve Done the Work
You’ve grown. You know you have. So why are the same old emotions showing up again?In this episode, we’re unpacking the disorienting experience of feeling “low” emotions after you’ve already done so much inner work. Thi...
You’re not reacting to them, you’re reacting to what you believe about them.
We like to think we’re seeing people clearly. That what we’re reacting to is what’s actually happening. But most of the time? We’re not seeing them. We’re seeing them through us.In this episode, I talk abo...