Untamed & Unfiltered Wellness
If your stress, sleep, or hormones have shifted and nothing you used to do is working anymore, this is where we get honest about why and what to do next. We deal in real solutions here.
Untamed and Unfiltered Wellness is a podcast for women noticing changes in energy, sleep patterns, mood, recovery, or stress tolerance and wanting to understand what the body is communicating.
Each week, we break down:
- Stress and nervous system regulation
- Sleep changes and sleep support that actually works
- Cortisol, blood sugar, and hydration patterns
- Perimenopause and hormone transitions
- Herbal strategies for a steadier baseline
This isn’t surface-level wellness. Real bodies. Real responsibilities. Real stress loads.
You’ll leave each episode with something you can actually use...practical guidance and realistic shifts that help your body feel more predictable, supported and steady.
Hosted by Jo Swensson, Herbalist and Holistic Lifestyle Health Coach.
Untamed & Unfiltered Wellness
Why Can’t I Sleep When I’m Stressed Out? (Ep. 19)
Stress and sleep are like a toxic duo, one feeds the other, leaving you staring at the ceiling at 2 a.m. wondering why your brain won’t shut up. In this episode of Untamed and Unfiltered Wellness, we’re breaking down the science of the stress-sleep cycle:
- How your HPA axis flips the switch and pumps out cortisol
- Why cortisol blocks melatonin and messes with your circadian rhythm
- The role your amygdala and nervous system play in racing thoughts and 3 a.m. wake-ups
- How poor sleep makes you more reactive and stressed the next day (it’s a vicious cycle, but not a hopeless one)
By the end, you’ll finally get why stress hijacks your nights and what awareness can do to crack the cycle open.
This is Part 1 of my three part Stress + Sleep series. In Episode 20, we’ll talk about what you can actually do at night to calm your system and get some rest.
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Website: OliviaBellWellness.com
I hope you find some time today for some peace, some plants and some paws!
☮️🌿🐾
Jo
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