The Cost of Carrying Too Much

In this episode of Far From Perfect, Ali Damron and I talk about what happens when stress, fear, and internal pressure start to shape the way you move through your life.We get into nervous system sensitization, anxiety, grief, and the very real ways our bodies can respond when we’ve been carrying too much for too long. We also talk about perimenopause and how easy it is to assume every uncomfortable feeling or symptom is something we need to fix, avoid, or be afraid of.A big part of this conversation is about learning to tolerate discomfort instead of immediately trying to make it go away—and how building that capacity can make us more resilient, not just mentally, but physically too.We also talk about what it means to live in alignment with your values, the pressure women feel to keep performing and holding everything together, and why health has to include more than workouts, nutrition, labs, and supplements.And, of course, we talk about aging—what it looks like to stop treating it like something to fight and start seeing it as something we get to move through with more curiosity, confidence, and trust in ourselves.