EmpowerHer Wellness with Morgan Ekovich
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EmpowerHer Wellness with Morgan Ekovich
099 | Stress, Hormones, and the Different Types of Rest Women Need with Dr. Alicia Newsome
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Rest is not something you have to earn after everything on your list is finished.
In this episode, Morgan sits down with functional medicine doctor and author Dr. Alicia Newsome for a deeper conversation about stress, hormones, nervous system health, and why sleep is only one form of rest.
Dr. Alicia explains how stress can show up in more ways than work deadlines and emotional overwhelm. They discuss the different forms of rest women may need, including sensory, mental, emotional, physical, and soulful rest.
They also explore how old beliefs and the stories we create can keep us in a constant state of fight or flight, and how gratitude, stillness, boundaries, and reconnecting with what is true can help us respond differently.
This conversation is for the woman who is tired of always being the strong one and needs the reminder that she is already worthy, enough, and allowed to rest.
What You’ll Learn
- How stress may affect the body beyond emotional overwhelm
- Why the nervous system prioritizes safety during stressful seasons
- Why doing more is not always the right answer
- The difference between sleep and other forms of rest
- Why women often need sensory and mental rest
- How unprocessed emotions can contribute to exhaustion
- What soulful rest can look like in everyday life
- How the stories we create can increase stress
- Why identifying a feeling is different from building a story around it
- How gratitude can help redirect attention toward what is good
- Why choosing only two daily priorities may reduce overwhelm
- How to reconnect with the belief that you are worthy and enough
Resources & Links:
🔹Dr. Alicia’s LinkedIn
🔹Dr. Alicia’s Instagram
🔹Dr. Alicia’s Facebook
🔹Dr. Alicia’s YouTube
🔹Dr. Alicia’s Website
🔹Worthy of Rest
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