224. Cortisol Addiction: Why Rest Feels Wrong to the Parent Who Never Stops

If you're the parent who holds it all together, exhausted but wired, guilty when you rest, snapping over small things, this episode is for you. Dr. Tony Ebel shares the story of Sarah, a mom who looked completely put together but was quietly running on empty, and uses it to explain why so many high-achieving parents feel addicted to their own stress. Dr. Tony breaks down cortisol addiction and sympathetic dominance, the nervous system pattern that keeps your body stuck on the gas pedal with n...