Life Sprout Collective

02/19/2026

Rest can feel unsafe.

This is the part that lands hardest for women I work with.

It’s also the part that took me years to finally figure out.

If your system learned that:

Productivity = safety
Being needed = belonging
Control = stability

Then stillness may unconsciously register as vulnerability.

And vulnerability may register as threat.

So you sit down to rest.

Your thoughts speed up.
Your body tightens.
You feel restless.

Not because you’re failing at self-care.

But because your nervous system adapted to survive.

Brilliant. Protective. Exhausting adaptation.

You’re not broken.

You’re patterned.

Resetting the nervous system doesn’t mean eliminating stress.
It means restoring flexibility.

That’s the work we do inside Rooted & Regulated.

If you’re exploring whether this is the next layer for you, start with the full blog post here: https://lifesproutcollective.com/i-feel-stressed-even-when-im-resting/

And if you’re ready to have a conversation about your patterns specifically, you can book a consultation here: lifesproutcollective.com/book

I feel stressed even when I'm resting. Learn how chronic stress rewires your nervous system—and how coherence research shows it can reset.

05/15/2025

We help women flourish — physically, emotionally, and energetically — by reconnecting you to your heart’s intelligence, healing hidden emotional barriers, and restoring your nervous system from the inside out.
We believe each of us possess an innate intelligence within us that with the right direction and guidance helps us be happy, healthy and free.

05/15/2025

We believe the chronic stress and overwhelm women silently carry are at the root of the chronic health challenges, hormone imbalances, and emotional struggles so many face today.
In a world obsessed with faster, harder, and more, we invite you into a different way — One where slowing down becomes your superpower.
Where healing doesn’t come from doing more, but from feeling more.

And where you finally reclaim the vibrant energy, resilience, and joy that have always been yours.
Our approach blends Family Chiropractic Care, Women’s Wellness & Leadership Coaching, Trauma Sensitive HeartMath Coherence training, Positive Psychology and Deep Emotional and Physical Healing

To explore how The Flourishing Nest might best fit your goals and needs, jump on a free 15 minute, no strings attached discovery call with Dr. Alex. The link is in our bio 💞

05/15/2025

At The Flourishing Nest, we believe healing begins the moment a woman feels safe enough to slow down, listen inward, and receive.
We’re a sanctuary for women who have carried too much for too long—offering care for the nervous system, support for the soul, and coaching for the leader within.
Through family chiropractic, women’s health and leadership coaching, and trauma-informed healing, we help women reconnect with their bodies, reclaim their power, and rise into lives they truly love. This is your place to come home to you.
We offer a variety of packages and plans depending on your goals and needs. Typically we work with our clients in three month increments which can include a mix of chiropractic care, wellness & leadership coaching, and coherence training with HeartMath.

We also offer family wellness chiropractic care.

Our patients often report having more energy, less pain, more clarity on their purpose and direction in life, greater motivation, better relationships and more.

To explore how The Flourishing Nest might best fit your goals and needs, jump on a free 15 minute, no strings attached discovery call with Dr. Alex. The link is in our bio 💞

05/15/2025

Did you know a stress response releases over 14,000 chemical processes in your body? And the effects stay around for at least 12 hours, often accumulating more and more each day?
They also zap our energy and leave us feeling depleted, overwhelmed and often unaware of what’s happening.
This begs the question I hear from a lot of my patients and clients…
How do I release the stress?
I put together a self-paced three day journey that will guide you through the basics of how to actually start releasing accumulated stress from your body and naturally bringing back your cellular energy…
In no more than 10 minutes per day.
There are a mix of short videos, hand outs and simple exercises that do not require a lot of time to start implementing, just consistency.
The link to register is in our bio.
While you won’t heal years of chronic stress and hidden traumas in three days, you WILL notice a difference within three days, guaranteed 😉

Link in bio 💞

05/15/2025

Our society is obsessed with two things–1) being busy and 2) quick fixes to our health to keep us being busy.

In 2018 I hit rock bottom after pushing through both of these things building my first practice in Fairbanks–Life Sprout. When I got remarried and had a moment to pick my head up and look around, I realized I was falling apart. My wrist was torn in six places. I’d put on 40 pounds of stress weight. My body had been stressed so long it felt broken and like my willpower was lost in outer space somewhere. And I’d completely lost sight of my purpose and joy in life.

I spent 6 years piecing together how to heal and developed the process and mix of modalities I now offer at The Flourishing Nest. The biggest thing I stand for is that our inner world is the key to really healing. You can take all the supplements, eat well, exercise regularly, sleep, get adjusted etc, but if you’re disconnected from your inner world, none of that will matter.

We have to learn how to come home to ourselves. We have to learn how to make the time to reconnect to ourselves (it’s easier than you think). We have to learn how to be kind in how we talk to ourselves.

It’s not just about finding motivation to push yourself harder or find more hours in your day. It’s about reconnecting with yourself, your why and gaining new perspective on what you need to heal.

These are all the things we discuss on the Live and Lead with Heart Podcast and the Getting to The Heart of It Substack. Follow us on both to start this journey for yourself. The links are in our bio.

05/15/2025

Hi Friends, I’m Dr. Alex, the Founder of the Flourishing Nest. I am a family focused chiropractor who has served Fairbanks since 2012. I am also a board certified Women’s Wellness & Leadership coach, and Trauma Sensitive HeartMath Practitioner.

I am a woman with way too many letters after my name whose purpose in the world is to help others heal. I’ve spent a lot of time on my own healing finding the place where our emotional and physical worlds collide and give us access to truly healing at a root level.

I founded The Flourishing Nest for other women to have a safe space to heal. Too many of us stay stuck in the loop of putting everyone and everything else before ourselves–and our health suffers for it. One day we wake up and no longer recognize ourselves in the mirror. I’ve met far too many women, and been one myself, who are disconnected from themselves and don’t quite know how to find their way back. The Flourishing Nest is the place where you heal from long term stress, and come home to yourself .

Curious what that might mean for you? Jump on a free 15 minute, no strings attached discovery call with Dr. Alex. The link is in our bio 💞