Wellness coach Amanda Bearce joins me to talk about growing up with fear, instability, and a nervous system that never fully learned how to rest.

Amanda shares how her father’s severe mental health struggles shaped her childhood, including years of stalking, disrupted sleep, and a constant sense of uncertainty. She reflects on how those early experiences followed her into adolescence and adulthood — through school, relationships, anxiety, self-blame, and an abusive relationship that mirrored some of the instability she had known before.

We touch on Amanda’s healing process, including therapy, EMDR, an ADHD diagnosis, and her move from IT into wellness coaching. She explains how therapy helped her understand trauma and triggers, while coaching helped her begin to look forward, rebuild self-trust, and discover what calm could actually feel like.

We cover:

•  Growing up with fear, uncertainty, and a parent with severe mental health issues 
•  Childhood stalking, disrupted sleep, and not feeling safe at home 
•  How trauma can show up as reactivity, anxiety, stomach aches, and overwhelm 
•  Leaving high school, getting a GED, and finding another route forward 
•  Recognizing patterns in an abusive relationship 
•  Therapy, EMDR, ADHD diagnosis, and understanding nervous system responses 
•  The difference between therapy and coaching in Amanda’s healing process 
•  Moving from IT into wellness coaching 
•  Protecting your energy without turning self-care into another obligation 
•  Practical self-care tools for people who feel overloaded or constantly “on” 

This episode is for anyone who has lived in survival mode, struggled to understand their own reactions, or wondered whether calm can be learned later in life.

About: Amanda Bearce is a board-certified health and wellness coach and the founder of Simply Wellness with Amanda. She helps women who are exhausted from doing it all slow down, tune in, and nurture their well-being through sustainable self-care, so that they can feel more present, energised, and well in both their personal and professional lives.

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