Healthy Coping While Loving An Addict | Addiction, Burnout, Stressed, Exhausted, Boundaries

Last week I shared my story about how the years of unmanaged stress from my loved one's addiction caused my cortisol to be chronically elevated.   This week I wanted to share some symptoms of chronically elevated cortisol and some tips on how to keep your cortisol regulated.  Maybe try incorporating one of these tools a day ! Remember the goal is never to have cortisol at zero. Cortisol is a beneficial and necessary hormone.    If you missed last week find it here   Other episodes related: Episode 16   Join the Facebook community

Years of chronic stress, during my loved one's addiction struggles not only led me feeling overwhelmed, and exhausted, but I did not know that a lot of the reason for this was because I was not supporting my body.    I began to experience emotional and physical changes in my body due to a dysregulated nervous system and chronically elevated cortisol. Here is some of my story.   Ways to connect: Contact me mailto:[email protected] Join the Facebook community

The purpose of this podcast is to support you as you navigate this season of chaos while loving someone with an addiction.   Today I wanted go over my 6 foundations of supporting your body while it is under this chronic stress. Be the ANCHOR in the sea of turmoil that addiction brings.  ⚓️   You do not need to try to overhaul your life all at once. Take these foundations a little at a time and start with your biggest struggle.   Feel to reach out to me ⬇️ mailto:[email protected]   Join the Facebook Community   Episode 4 fight or flight    

Lack of sleep and loving someone with an a addiction tend to go hand and hand, unfortunately.  It seems that as soon as our head hits the pillow, our mind begins to wander.   Your body needs sleep to function and to juggle everything that you need juggle.   Let's get out of survival mode and become the anchor in the sea of chaos that addiction brings.   Today I am giving you some tips to help you and your body get prepared for rest.    Join the Facebook Community Here   Become an insider   mailto:[email protected]

Addiction is a thief. It steals our loved ones away, it steals your joy and slowly it steals you. Little by little as their addiction takes over and you become so many things that you did not even sign up for. You may realize that you do not even know who you are anymore. I urge you to start reconnecting to yourself. Remember that your identity is not their addiction. Join the facebook community   mailto:[email protected]

In the sea of our loved ones addiction and substance abuse,  we neglect ourselves including our minds and our bodies. This continues to leave us exhausted and eventually to burnout   To move us out of survival mode we need to support our body in many different ways. One of the ways is moving it. The chronic stress that we experience shows up as headaches, tension, joint pain, and more.   Stress Management is key and movement is just one more way to do this.  You do not have to feel like you are barely coping while trying to navigate chaos.   Join the facebook community   mailto:[email protected]    

It is easy to jump out of bed and start scrolling, turn on the news, or open the laptop and start checking emails. When you are under the chronic stress of loving someone with an addiction from substance abuse or alcohol.  Try these 4 simple  morning routines to start your day in a more peaceful way. Begin to go from barely coping to creating safety in your body in moment that you can.   Balanced breakfast ideas in this episode   Join the Facebook community   mailto:[email protected]  

When your loved one is struggling with addiction from substance abuse or alcohol it is normal for us to want to rescue them or fix them.   But what is this doing to your body? Are you carrying more that you need to be? Are you taking on to much and barely coping?   Lack of boundaries leaves us stressed, exhausted and ultimately burnout.   Where can you make changes this week to remind yourself what is your responsibility and what is not your responsibility.    Ultimately, I want you to become the "anchor" in this sea of turmoil that addiction brings.  Setting healthy boundaries is just one step to becoming that anchor.   Join the Facebook community   mailto:[email protected]  

When you love someone struggling with an addiction from substance abuse or alcohol one of the hardest emotions that many do not talk about is the grief that you experience for someone who is still alive.  The stress and exhaustion you may be feeling could be linked to the fact that you are trying to push these feelings away.   Join the Facebook community!   mailto:[email protected]

Hey there! I am so excited for today's episode. I have with me a special guest, Cassie Hutton. Cassie is a HTMA Practitioner who helps women heal burnout through holistic, trauma informed functional care. She is going to talk to you about how the chronic stress of your loved ones addiction from substance abuse or alcohol can be depleting you leaving you burnout and exhausted.   I hope you enjoy!   Connect with me mailto:[email protected] 👉Join my free Facebook Community  Self Care For YOU While Loving An Addict Connect with Cassie: 👉. Burnout Recovery Workshop Registration:  👉. Download your free guide: The Overwhelm Detox Planner: ⁠ 👉. Work with Cassie

Hi there! I know that sometimes eating meals or preparing meals is the last thing on our mind but it is key to giving our body the safety it needs and the mental and physical energy it needs during the stress and exhaustion that we experience when we have a loved one with an addiction from substance abuse or alcohol   Today I will give you some simple but nutrient dense dinner meal ideas.   Links mentioned in this episode: Episode 7  Episode 8  Join Self Care For YOU While Loving An Addict   mailto:[email protected]

Hi Friend! I know that sometimes when we are in the thick of things the last thing that we want to do is eat. Or maybe you want to grab some sugary foods only to cope. We are under stress, burnout and exhausted from our loved one's addiction from substance abuse or alcohol  we want to let our body know that it is safe and that it will be fed.   Today I give you three simple balanced lunch examples to reduce overwhelm but also keep you nourished and supported.   For breakfast ideas check out episode 7  Why Skipping Meals Leaves You Exhausted.  Nourishing Yourself Is Self Care   Join the Self-Care For YOU While Loving An Addict Facebook Community    mailto:[email protected]  

Do you find yourself skipping meals because you feel too stressed or exhausted to eat?   Are you finding yourself binging on sugary snacks in the evening to cope with the stress and overwhelm of your loved one's addiction?   Today I want to discuss the importance of nourishing your body with balanced meals to help create safety in your body and nervous system to help prevent burnout.   Want to connect? I would love to hear from you. mailto:[email protected]    

Today we discuss the last state, the Fawn State of the nervous system.    How people pleasing or enabling during your loved one's addiction from substance abuse or alcoholism is slowly causing you to lose yourself and how to take steps to move out of this state.    Contact me! mailto:[email protected]  

In today's episode I talk about the Dorsal state or freeze state of our nervous system.   Months or years of being in the flight or fight state can eventually put your body in a shut down state.   If you are struggling with the stress, exhaustion and feeling burnout out from your loved one's addiction from substance abuse or alcohol you may find that you are in this state.   I give you examples of symptoms you may be experiencing and some tips to pull you out of this including the importance of setting healthy boundaries.       Check out episode 4 if you are wondering if you in the flight or fight state  https://healthycopingforchristianwomen.podbean.com/e/4-is-your-loved-ones-addiction-keepingyournervous-systemin-chronic-fight-orflight-here-are-symptons-tolookforplus3-simpletools-tosignal-safety-in-you/   I would love to connect with you email me mailto:[email protected]

`Weeks, months or years of focusing on your loved one's addiction can you put your nervous system in a chronic state of flight or fight. Especially if you do not know what to look for.  Are you feeling chronically stressed, exhausted, or burnout?   Are you setting healthy boundaries for yourself? Listen up for some symptoms that can help you determine if this is happening to you.   Also, 3  simple tools that you can try to bring your body back to safety.   I hope to help you avoid the years of mistakes that I made so that you can become an ANCHOR in the Sea of turmoil of addiction   Connect with me! mailto:[email protected]   Remember take the time to turn the focus to you      

Boundary setting is key to taking control of your wellbeing when it comes to loving someone struggling with addiction.   Lack of boundaries and self care is causing you to feel stressed, exhausted and can lead to burnout.   Try the tip in today's episode to remember the things that you can and cannot control.   If you found this helpful please share this with someone you feel needs to hear it.    connect with me mailto:[email protected]

5 scriptures to turn to when you are really struggling with your loved ones addiction.   Scripture gives us guidance for how to cope with our stress, and exhaustion.   1 Peter 5:7  Cast all your anxiety on Him because he cares for you   Psalms 46:10 Be still and know that I am God   Philippians 4: 6-7 Do not be anxious about anything- Present your requests to God   Matthew 11: 28-30 Come to me all who are weary and you will find rest in your souls   Proverbs 4:23  Above all else, guard your heart for everything you do flows from it.   connect with me mailto:[email protected]

Today I want to introduce myself and give you my story that led me here to start this podcast for you.   You will hear how  20 years of my life was spent in turmoil while my loved one was battling addiction.  In these 20 years I did nothing to cope in a healthy way. I neglected my body, failed to set boundaries and let myself become a shell of myself.   I was chronically stressed, exhausted and eventually burnout.   I hope to be the support you need to not do the same.    Welcome to Healthy Coping While Loving an Addict   Connect with me mailto:[email protected]

Welcome to  Loving an Addict podcast If you love someone suffering from addiction from substance abuse or alcohol, then this podcast is for you When you love someone struggling with addiction. It is easy to put your health and wellness to the backside. What is this doing to your body? Your nervous system?  Your wellbeing?   Are you chronically stressed, exhausted or feeling burnout? Are you struggling to set healthy boundaries to protect yourself? Do you feel like you are barely coping?   Here we turn the focus to you.  Take this time with me so that you can become and anchor in the sea of turmoil that addiction brings.