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What Pattern is your Nervous System Running On? with Julie Meriman
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- May 11, 2026
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Summary
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 @drjuliemerriman Find 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 Intro 00:01:30 Women coping with stress 00:03:03 When estrogen starts to drop, tolerance and survival mode 00:04:10 Being praised, appeasing, leading to guilt and shame 00:06:55 Getting into the body, somatics. chakras, vagus nerve 00:07:38 Resentment, treating it as sacred 00:09:22 Normalising these feelings, self-talk & cortisol 00:12:00 Self-love & compassion, body signals, new neural pathways 00:15:00 How it gets hard before it gets better, early programming 00:17:00 Inner child work, rewriting the narrative 00:19:01 Allowing pleasure to come back, understanding our brain and body, felling safe 00:23:11 Dr.Julie's journey 00:26:00 Sex and connection in couples, Julie's books 00:30:00 Women feeling safe to be seen and heard 00:32:00 Healing generational lines and role-modelling 00:34:00 Short daily practices to bring us back to our bodies Reach out t…