What Pattern is your Nervous System Running On? with Julie Meriman

Why do a lot of us feel so guilty for putting ourselves first sometimes?How come we feel bad for buying ourselves something nice or treating ourselves?How exactly did we end up so burnt out these days?This episode is for all of the mothers out there, the carers and over-givers, the women who always put others first before themselves, and especially for the ones who feel the guilt, who feel burnt out and emotionally exhausted.I am absolutely delighted to have a very special guest all the way from sunny Texas, quite an inspirational lady actually, a Doctor in the field of counselling, trauma, compassion fatigue, nervous system regulation, and midlife burnout in women @drjuliemerrimanFind a self-care, safe and comfy space just for you, with the intention for you to receive exactly what you need for your highest and best good, with a warm and open heart, mind and ears.Enjoy!Sending love and warmth,💕00:00:00 Intro00:01:30 Women coping with stress 00:03:03 When estrogen starts to drop, tolerance and survival mode00:04:10 Being praised, appeasing, leading to guilt and shame00:06:55 Getting into the body, somatics. chakras, vagus nerve00:07:38 Resentment, treating it as sacred00:09:22 Normalising these feelings, self-talk & cortisol00:12:00 Self-love & compassion, body signals, new neural pathways 00:15:00 How it gets hard before it gets better, early programming00:17:00 Inner child work, rewriting the narrative00:19:01 Allowing pleasure to come back, understanding our brain and body, felling safe00:23:11 Dr.Julie's journey00:26:00 Sex and connection in couples, Julie's books00:30:00 Women feeling safe to be seen and heard00:32:00 Healing generational lines and role-modelling00:34:00 Short daily practices to bring us back to our bodies Reach out to Dr.Julie Merriman here:*On her website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.juliemerrimanphd.com/*On her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.juliemerriman/*YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@drjuliemerriman*Julie’s latest book: ``Are we gonna have sex or what?``https://www.juliemerrimanphd.com/*Julie’s podcastSexy After 50: Improve Sex & Intimacy by Healing Your Nervous Systemhttps://www.buzzsprout.com/2569244/episodes/19075572*In Pursuit of Soul Joy https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-Soul-Joy-Overcoming-Compassion/dp/B0DH3YS59T*Julie’s podcast (to accompany the book) Compassion Fatigue Cure: From Burnout to Radiance for Women Healers 50+https://www.buzzsprout.com/697084/episodes/18724079-three-surprising-ways-to-recover-from-compassion-fatigue-when-burnout-won-t-budge*Contact me, Sarah on my website: ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.sarah-egan.com.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/saraheganempoweringyou/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/sarahegann*LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-jane-egan/*TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@saraheganempoweringyouSo much love 💕If you would like to donate:*Stripe: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buy.stripe.com/fZebKiaqj0ke12w288⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*PayPal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/saraheganempowyou?country.x=ES&locale.x=en_US⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠#midlife #burnout #women #shame #somatichealing #body #breathe #chakras #resentment #cortisollevels #healing #channelling #2026 #cortisol #selfcompassion #forgiveness #intimacy