Healing at the Root

05:. Why Rest Feels Impossible for Anxious High-Achieving Women


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If resting makes you feel lazy, anxious, or like you’re falling behind—you’re not alone. In this episode, we explore how hustle culture + trauma wire our nervous systems to fear stillness, and how to gently reintroduce rest as safety, not threat.

✨ You’ll learn:

  • Why slowing down feels uncomfortable for many trauma survivors

  • How productivity can become a survival pattern

  • Somatic tools to make rest feel safe again

Download Reflection Prompts on your relationship to Rest HERE


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Tags: rest anxiety, high-functioning anxiety, trauma and productivity, nervous system dysregulation, hustle culture recovery, rest nervous system

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