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The Tea Time Podcast
by Sharissa Bradley
Welcome — I'm Sharissa Bradley.This channel is a space for honest conversations, lived experience, and the ongoing process of healing, reflection, and growth. Here you'll find content centered on the mind–body connection, emotional awareness, and the stories we carry as we learn to come back to ourselves.I'm an author, publisher, and podcast host, and much of what I share comes from my personal health journey and the work of listening to my body after years of survival-mode living. This channel includes the Tea Time Podcast, where I share real-time reflections and healing experiences — not medical advice, but honest storytelling.You'll find conversations about healing, nourishment, body trust, writing, and community. My hope is that this space feels grounding and human — a place to reflect, listen, and take what resonates with you.New podcast episodes are released weekly.Thank you for being here.
Episodes
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The Hidden Costs of Pushing Through—Adrenaline, Adrenal Fatigue & Autoimmune Relapse
Are you running on adrenaline and forcing yourself through chronic fatigue, stress, or an autoimmune flare-up? In Episode 82 of the Tea Time Podcast, host Sharissa Bradley breaks down what really happens in your body when you push past your physical limits. Drawing from her raw experience during…
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Autoimmune Flare-Up Recovery: Why Your Body Sets the Timeline (Not Your Calendar) | Ep. 81
Are you struggling with an autoimmune flare-up, chronic fatigue, or burnout after a major life event? In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, host Sharissa Bradley gets candid about the physical and mental aftermath of pushing her body to extreme limits during a 3,000-mile cross-country drive....
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The 3,000-Mile Trip That Triggered An Autoimmune Relapse
After ten years of living almost entirely free of autoimmune symptoms, host Sharissa Bradley experienced a massive, unexpected setback. In this raw introductory episode of her brand-new miniseries, Sharissa shares the aftermath of an intense 8-day, 3,000-mile cross-country trip that triggered a...
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Your Healing is a Journey, Not a Destination: Final Thoughts & Next Steps
We have officially reached the end of the Journey Back to Health series! In this concluding episode, host Sharissa Bradley reflects on the past 17 weeks of transformation, shares her personal gratitude for your support, and provides a final toolkit of resources to keep your momentum going.…
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The 6-Step Strategy to Reclaim Your Energy and Vitality
Are you ready to move from surviving to thriving? In this episode, host Sharissa Bradley dives into Chapter 18 of "Journey Back to Health," laying out the actionable strategy needed to reclaim your energy, strength, and joy. Healing isn't an overnight event—it's a process of rebuilding your team,...
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Peer Pressure and the "Hard" Work of Standing Your Ground
As you make major lifestyle changes, the people around you often have the most to say. In this episode, host Sharissa Bradley discusses Chapter 17 of "Journey Back to Health," focusing on the reality of peer pressure. From being told your condition "isn't real" to feeling excluded from social...
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Movement as Medicine: How to Heal Without the Hustle
Are you "pushing through" the pain to get your workout in? In this episode, host Sharissa Bradley explores Chapter 16 of "Journey Back to Health," focusing on the critical role of movement in the healing process. For those with autoimmune conditions, traditional exercise advice can often do more...
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Sleep is a Learned Behavior—How to Reclaim Your Rest and Your Health
Do you feel like sleep is something completely outside of your control? In this episode, host Sharissa Bradley explores Chapter 15 of "Journey Back to Health," focusing on the foundational pillar of all healing: Sleep. Sharissa shares her personal journey of struggling with insomnia from the age…
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Navigating Astronomical Stress & The Power of a Radical Reset
In this vulnerable episode, host Sharissa Bradley dives into Chapter 14 of "Journey Back to Health" to discuss the reality of stress. Ironically, the very stress she writes about forced her to take a hiatus from recording to practice what she preaches. Sharissa explores the "U-shaped curve" of...
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Detox: Why You Might Feel Worse Before You Feel Better
In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the *Journey Back to Health* series with **Chapter 13: Detox**. Detox is often viewed as something that should make us feel instantly better — more energy, clearer thinking, and improved stamina. But Sharissa explains that detox...
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Elimination Diets — Listening to What Your Body Is Saying
In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series with Chapter 12: Elimination Diets. Elimination diets are often misunderstood as restrictive or overwhelming, but in this episode, Sharissa reframes them as a tool for awareness. Instead of...
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Clean Eating — It's Not What You Think
In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series with Chapter 11: Clean Eating. Clean eating is often misunderstood as simply eating unprocessed foods or sticking to the perimeter of the grocery store. While that can be one approach, Sharissa...
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Gut Health: Why Healing Your Body Starts With Digestion | Chapter 10
In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series with Chapter Ten: Gut Health. Gut health is one of the most important starting points in a healing journey. The digestive system is responsible for breaking down food, extracting nutrients, and...
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Systems and Organ: Reclaiming the Holistic View of the Body
In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series with Chapter Nine: Systems and Organs This chapter explains why the body cannot be treated as isolated parts. Sharissa shares her experience visiting multiple specialists who focused narrowly on...
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Knowing Is Not Enough: Why You Still Don't Take Action | Chapter 8
In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series with Chapter Eight: Knowing Is Not Enough Drawing from her graduate research in psychology, Sharissa reflects on a central question: why do we know what's good for us — yet still struggle to take...
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Superhero Complex — Taking Off the Cape
In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series with Chapter Seven: Superhero Complex. This short but powerful chapter explores the tendency to "wear the superhero cape" — trying to do everything, be everything, and meet everyone's needs while...
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Emotional Connections: Comfort, Food, and Memory
In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series with Chapter Six: Emotional Connections. This chapter explores the powerful emotional ties we build around food — especially comfort foods connected to memory, safety, and love. Sharissa shares a...
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Find Your Why: The Foundation of Healing
In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series with Chapter Five: Find Your Why. Sharissa shares why this chapter may be the most foundational part of the entire healing journey. While habit formation, elimination diets, detox, and lifestyle...
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A Brain Resistant to Change: Why New Habits Take Time
In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series with Chapter Four: A Brain Resistant to Change. This episode builds on previous conversations about habits and brain energy, expanding into why habit change requires more than willpower or...
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Wired This Way: Why Changing Habits Is So Hard | Journey Back to Health Chapter 3
In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series by working through Chapter Three, Wired This Way. This chapter explores how the brain is designed to follow familiar pathways and why changing habits requires so much mental energy, patience, and...
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Beliefs, Worthiness, and Healing — Journey Back to Health Chapter 2
In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series by working through Chapter Two: Beliefs. This chapter focuses on the thoughts, attitudes, and belief systems that shape our ability to heal — and how early experiences can quietly influence our...
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Changing Perspective: Beginning the Journey Back to Health
In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley officially begins the Journey Back to Health series by working through Chapter One of her book. This episode marks the start of a weekly practice where Sharissa uses her own book as a tool to support her current healing journey —...
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Beginning Again: Working Journey Back to Health Together
Welcome back to the Tea Time Podcast. After a long hiatus, Sharissa Bradley returns to share where she's been, why the podcast is coming back now, and what's next. This episode introduces a new series centered around revisiting Journey Back to Health — not as a finished story, but as a living...
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How Meeting Basic Human Needs Can Completely Change Your Life
Abraham Maslow created the structure of the heirarchy of needs. The topic of this episode is the base of Maslow's pyramid: meeting physiological needs. I give my take on what it means to meet those needs and how I believe this is the way to turn things around!
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Messy Middle Series and Jon
Welcome to another episode of the Messy Middle series. This episode features my husband Jon and what he believes constitutes the messy middle. I think you will suprised by his definition. The messy middle is an analogy derived from the part of the caterpillar journey where everything turns into...
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Messy Middle Series and Hannah
Welcome to the first interview in the messy middle series. This episode features my freind Hannah. I believe the messy middle is the part of our lives that needs to be showcased the absolute most. Yet we are often only exposed to the begining and the end. The middle is where the real magic of...
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Introducing Messy Middle Series
Welcome to episode 56. I am starting a new series called "The Messy Middle" showcasing the stories from my peers facing their messy middle moments before everything feels clear again. It is too often that we only get to see the tip of the iceburg...the before and after all shiny and new. I feel...
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Learning to Play After Trauma
Welcome to episode 55! Thank you for being here. This episode is all about learning to play as an adult, coming from a household that did not value play time or hobby time. I am learning these things now and it is not without hardship. All too often I heard that playing or learning a new hobby...
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How To Find Home In The Body
Welcome back to another episode. Thank you for being here. This episode is all about coming home to the body. I searched and searched and I couldn't find the place outside myself to feel safe in. I left the comforts of my home and hit the road in search of the place I could feel safe. It turns…
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Starting Over From Scratch
Thank you for joining me on this episode. It has been such a long time since the last time I recorded and I wanted to be able to catch up on what I've been up to. Since my last episode, we sold our house and almost all our belongings and moved into a 32 foot motorhome to travel the U.S. with the...
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Marrying Yin and Yang Energy In The Body
Yin and Yang are symbols of balance. The topic of this podcast episdoe is my take on what it means to marry yin and yang in the body. In other words, what it means to exhibit the balance of both the female and masculine energy in order to be a whole and fully functioning human being. It is...
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What it Really Looks Like to Hide From Emotions
Sometimes being busy means there is a lot to get done, but sometimes being busy means there is something being avoided. Often this can take the form of an emotion that feels upsetting to focus on. The topic of this episode is about disassociation and how it can look in the real world to hide from...
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Doing "All The Things" to Heal the Body
The topic of this episode is staying in the body while still in pain. When the body is in crisis it is normal to want to disconnect. This episode discusses the importance of staying with your body while it is in it's deepest need. Thank you for being here and thank you for taking the time to...
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Meeting My Body: and Learning to Trust a Partner
Thank you for listening to another episode in the series I am calling "meeting my body" in this series I discuss the different ways that I became aware of my body's needs over time. The topic of this episode is learning to trust a partner. This came as a major challenge to me and I realized…
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Meeting My Body: and Pain
What do you do when your body is in pain? On this episode I talk about how I manage being in pain and not running away from my body. In order to build trust between the body and the soul one must actively remain present to pain and ask the body what it is requiring. This episode talks about how…
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How to Deal With The Big Feelings
Thank you for tuning in, this episode is all about how I deal with my feelings and the big feelings of those around me. We are emotional beings who also crave community. Those two things can clash at times when the body is ready for the big emotions that surround us. How can we be present and...
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What it Means to Have Your Guard Up
Thank you for tuning into episode 46. I am happy to have you here. On this episode I talk about what it means, physically, to put your guard up and I give you some tips on how to help yourself a bit extra right now. Having your "guard up" is not simply an abstract concept. Actual physiological...
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How To Find Peace During the Waiting Period
Thank you for being here. On this episode I discuss how to move through that period of waiting or anticipation. How do you usually pass the time when you are waiting for a decision, an email, an offer, or a ride at an amusement park? I find that anticipatory period to be almost unbearable. On…
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How Trust Can Take You Another Level Deeper
Thank you for being here. Trust is a a deeply defined term that is really quite abstract. How do we build trust? How do we feel trust? How does trust land in the body? On this episode I talk about what it means to trust and how to learn how to trust yourself. Trust can take you far if you...
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Journey Back To Health. Part 7: Chapters 18 - end
Sharissa reads from her book: Journey Back To Health. Chapters 18 to end. Get your own copy here: www.sharissabradley.com/book and download your free workbook here: www.sharissabradley.com/extras Thank you for being here and thank you for taking the time to listen. If you want to know more about…
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Journey Back To Health. Part 6: 15-17
Sharissa reads from her book: Journey Back To Health. Part 6: chapters 15-17. Get your own copy here: www.sharissabradley.com/book and download your free workbook here: www.sharissabradley.com/extras Thank you for being here and thank you for taking the time to listen. If you want to know more...
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Journey Back To Health. Part 5: 11-14
Sharissa reads from her own book: Journey Back To Health Part 5: 11-14. Get your own copy here: www.sharissabradley.com/book and download your copy of the workbook: www.sharissabradley.com/extras Thank you for being here and thank you for taking the time to listen. If you want to know more about…
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Journey Back To Health. Part 4. Chapters 8 - 10
Thank you for joining me on this special series. I decided to make my book available for anyone to listen to through my podcast and youtube (if you want to watch me read my book - www.sharissabradley.com/youtube. On this episode I read from my book: Journey Back To Health, Chapters 8 - 10. If you...
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Journey Back To Health. Part 3: Chapters 4 - 7
Thank you for joining me on this special series. I decided to offer my book through my podcast so that everyone could listen for free. This is chapters 4 - 7. If you want to follow along with your own copy you can find one here: www.sharissabradley.com/book and download your copy of the workbook...
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Journey Back To Health. Part 2: Chapters 1-3
Thank you for tuning in to this special series where I read my whole book to you. This part includes chapters 1-3. I hope you enjoy and you can follow along with your own copy www.sharissabradley.com/book and download your workbook here: sharissabradley.com/extras/ Thank you for being here and...
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Journey Back To Health. Part 1: Forward and Introduction
Thank you for tuning in to this special series. Starting with this episode you can listen to my book in its entirety. This is part one, starting with the forward and introduction. If you would like to follow along, you can find the book here: www.sharissabradley.com/book and you can download your...
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How To Juggle Mind, Body and Soul
Welcome back to the Tea Time Podcast. On this episode I talk about my journey to find balance with supporting my mind, my physical body, and my connection to myself or my soul. I talk about my struggle to find and maintain this careful juggling act in order to live up to my own expectations of…
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How To Manage Impulses
On this episode I talk about what it feels like to be in my head after I get an idea. The urgency to "get it all done NOW" has plagued me most of my life, as I am finally accepting myself fully for who I am, I am learning to embrace my impulsive self in a whole new way. Thank you for being here…
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Meeting My Body Series. Episode 5: Identity Crisis
This is episode 5 in the Meeting My Body Series. On this episode I talk about how I face myself after each time my body and mind goes through a process of change, and how my identity feels like it shifts after each time something mentally changes. Thank you for being here and thank you for taking...
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Meeting My Body Series. Episode 4. Forgiveness
This is the forth episode in the "Meeting My Body" series. On this episode I talk about how I worked through and continue to work through forgiving myself and how I do it on a minute to minute basis. Also, I give ways in which other people have helped me see new ways to forgive myself. Thank you...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome — I'm Sharissa Bradley.This channel is a space for honest conversations, lived experience, and the ongoing process of healing, reflection, and growth. Here you'll find content centered on the mind–body connection, emotional awareness, and the stories we carry as we learn to come back to ourselves.I'm an author, publisher, and podcast host, and much of what I share comes from my personal health journey and the work of listening to my body after years of survival-mode living. This channel includes the Tea Time Podcast, where I share real-time reflections and healing experiences — not medical advice, but honest storytelling.You'll find conversations about healing, nourishment, body trust, writing, and community. My hope is that this space feels grounding and human — a place to reflect, listen, and take what resonates with you.New podcast episodes are released weekly.Thank you for being here.
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