What Pattern is your Nervous System Running On? with Julie Meriman

<p>Why do a lot of us feel so guilty for putting ourselves first sometimes?</p><p>How come we feel bad for buying ourselves something nice or treating ourselves?</p><p>How exactly did we end up so burnt out these days?</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p><br></p><p>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</p><p><br></p><p>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.</p><p>Enjoy!</p><p>Sending love and warmth,</p><p>💕</p><p><br></p><p>00:00:00 Intro</p><p>00:01:30 Women coping with stress </p><p>00:03:03 When estrogen starts to drop, tolerance and survival mode</p><p>00:04:10 Being praised, appeasing, leading to guilt and shame</p><p>00:06:55 Getting into the body, somatics. chakras, vagus nerve</p><p>00:07:38 Resentment, treating it as sacred</p><p>00:09:22 Normalising these feelings, self-talk &amp; cortisol</p><p>00:12:00 Self-love &amp; compassion, body signals, new neural pathways </p><p>00:15:00 How it gets hard before it gets better, early programming</p><p>00:17:00 Inner child work, rewriting the narrative</p><p>00:19:01 Allowing pleasure to come back, understanding our brain and body, felling safe</p><p>00:23:11 Dr.Julie&#39;s journey</p><p>00:26:00 Sex and connection in couples, Julie&#39;s books</p><p>00:30:00 Women feeling safe to be seen and heard</p><p>00:32:00 Healing generational lines and role-modelling</p><p>00:34:00 Short daily practices to bring us back to our bodies </p><p><br></p><p>Reach out to Dr.Julie Merriman here:</p><p>*On her website:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.juliemerrimanphd.com/</p><p>*On her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dr.juliemerriman/</p><p>*YouTube:⁠ https://www.youtube.com/@drjuliemerriman</p><p>*Julie’s latest book: ``Are we gonna have sex or what?</p><p>``https://www.juliemerrimanphd.com/*Julie’s podcastSexy After 50: Improve Sex &amp; Intimacy by Healing Your Nervous System</p><p>https://www.buzzsprout.com/2569244/episodes/19075572*In Pursuit of Soul Joy https://www.amazon.com/Pursuit-Soul-Joy-Overcoming-Compassion/dp/B0DH3YS59T</p><p><br></p><p>*Julie’s podcast (to accompany the book) Compassion Fatigue Cure: From Burnout to Radiance for Women Healers 50+https://www.buzzsprout.com/697084/episodes/18724079-three-surprising-ways-to-recover-from-compassion-fatigue-when-burnout-won-t-budge</p><p><br></p><p>*Contact me, Sarah on my website: ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.sarah-egan.com.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</p><p>*Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/saraheganempoweringyou/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠*Facebook: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.facebook.com/sarahegann</p><p>*LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sarah-jane-egan/</p><p>*TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@saraheganempoweringyou</p><p>So much love 💕</p><p><br></p><p>If you would like to donate:*Stripe: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://buy.stripe.com/fZebKiaqj0ke12w288⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</p><p>*PayPal: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/saraheganempowyou?country.x=ES&amp;locale.x=en_US⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠</p><p><br></p><p>#midlife #burnout #women #shame #somatichealing #body #breathe #chakras #resentment #cortisollevels #healing #channelling #2026 #cortisol #selfcompassion #forgiveness #intimacy</p>