31/03/2026
Lately, I’ve found myself stuck in sympathetic overdrive — that constant “go, go, go” state — and, if I’m honest, forgetting how to truly ground and relax - even as a practitioner who feels like they should know better. Life happens. Stressful events occur, and sometimes we get stuck.
The thing is, stress itself isn’t the enemy. It’s just a survival mechanism. It’s designed to protect us, to mobilise us when we need it. But when that stress response stays switched on… when we live in that heightened state day after day… it starts to work against us.
Chronic stress doesn’t just sit in the background — it seeps into everything. Our sleep, digestion, mood, hormones, relationships, focus. Over time, it costs us, and it can be easy to forget who we were before the stress, so how can we even find our way back?
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, this kind of imbalance is seen as a disruption in the body’s natural rhythm — a loss of our ability to move smoothly between activation and rest, yin and yang.
But the goal isn’t to eliminate stress entirely. It’s to build resilience.
To be able to step into that activated, sympathetic state when life calls for it — and just as importantly, to step back out of it. To soften. To ground. To return to a place where the body feels safe again.
That capacity — that flexibility — is where real healing begins.
If you’ve been feeling stuck in overdrive too, you’re not alone. And your body hasn’t forgotten how to relax — sometimes it just needs to be reminded.
DM me if life feels like it's on your back and you don't know how to stop the rollercoaster and catch your breath, and we can start the process of getting you back to enjoying your life again.
