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The Deliberate Exchange - Navigating Stress, Sobriety & Self-Trust — One Deliberate Step at a Time
The Deliberate Exchange is a podcast for women ready to lead themselves through stress, sobriety, and self-trust — one deliberate step at a time.
Hosted by Chelsea — a stress and confidence coach, breathwork facilitator, and Interim Director of She Walks Canada — each episode offers mindset tools, emotional regulation practices, and real conversations that help you reclaim your power and presence.
Whether you're sober, sober-curious, or simply seeking deeper self-leadership, you'll find insights on stress relief, nervous system healing, and the mind-body connection. Expect solo episodes, some guest interviews, and practical guidance to help you stop performing and start becoming who you really are.
This is for women who want to feel calm, clear, and confident — and know their growth isn’t an accident... it’s a choice.
The Deliberate Exchange - Navigating Stress, Sobriety & Self-Trust — One Deliberate Step at a Time
What Are You Holding On To? EP 78
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What are you holding on to… that you already know you’ve outgrown?
Not the obvious things.
The quiet ones.
The conversations you’re still replaying.
The relationships that don’t feel right anymore… but you stay.
The habits you already know aren’t helping.
The tension in your body that never fully lets go.
Most of it feels normal.
Until you actually look at it.
In this episode, I’m breaking down what it means to hold on mentally, emotionally, physically, and energetically and why that might be the real reason you feel stuck.
I also share a personal breathwork experience where I could feel, in real time,
what I was carrying… and what happened when I finally let it go.
Because this isn’t about doing more.
It’s about seeing what you’re still gripping and creating space for something to actually move.
Ways to continue the work:
🔁 Ongoing support: The Deliberate Practice — a steady rhythm of nervous system regulation, breathwork, and integration.
Free: The Complete Guide to Quitting Drinking .. a nervous-system-based guide for understanding cravings, stress, and stop/start cycles.
🧭 Personalized clarity: The Personal Power Map — a personalized nervous system and identity audit with a video walkthrough.
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