heather walker

After years of trying to heal myself through books, podcasts, online courses, supplements, coaching programs, wellness trends, self-help content, and enough Amazon purchases to probably equal the price of a certified pre-owned Mercedes-Benz… I’ve learned something very important: Most people are trying to completely overhaul their lives before they’ve even asked themselves one very important question: “Am I actually ready? ” And I don’t mean ready in the motivational Pinterest quote kind of...

I really thought healing was going to look a lot more glamorous than this. At one point in my life, I genuinely believed that if I worked on myself enough, read enough books, listened to enough podcasts, journaled enough, meditated enough, healed enough, eventually I would arrive at this magical destination where I became one of those incredibly calm women who wakes up peacefully at 5 AM, drinks lemon water in silence, answers every inconvenience with grace, and never gets emotionally...

For a long time, I didn’t even realize my nervous system was dysregulated. I just thought I was stressed, overwhelmed, emotional, exhausted… honestly I thought I was just “handling a lot.” Meanwhile my body was basically acting like I was being chased through the woods by a bear while I was simultaneously trying to answer texts, survive life, raise kids, keep everything together, and convince myself that functioning while anxious was somehow normal. The problem with survival mode is that...