This episode explores the critical link between mental health and physical health in the form of Body Burnout. While burnout is often treated as a mental issue, Declan Edwards and functional medicine expert Filipa Bellette discuss why your body "keeps the score" of chronic stress, perfectionism, and people-pleasing.

Filipa explains why a simple holiday isn't enough to fix cellular exhaustion and how long-term stress can physically shut down systems like your digestion and immunity.

• Mental vs. Physical Burnout: Why traditional rest doesn't always fix the deep "cellular" exhaustion that keeps you feeling hit by a bus.

  
  

• The 3 Warning Signs: How to spot burnout through your energy levels, mood slumps, and "weird" gut issues.

  
  

• The Science of "Rest & Digest": Why being in "fight-or-flight" stops your gut from producing serotonin, your natural happy chemical.

  
  

• Big T vs. Little T Trauma: How the accumulation of small, unprocessed stressful moments creates a physical "pressure cooker" in your system.

  
  

• The Disconnection Gap: Why we lose the ability to hear our body’s signals (like hunger or pain) when we are focused on overachieving.

  
  

• The 4 Pillars of Healing: A roadmap for recovery through body systems, lifestyle habits, mind work, and your environment.

  
  

Is your body trying to tell you something your mind is ignoring? Use the steps below to start listening.

• The 2-Minute Check-In: Stop right now and ask your body: "How are you going, and what do you need from me today?".

  
  

• Get a Free Copy of Filipa's Book: https://www.chrisandfilly.fm/free-ending-body-burnout-book

  
  

• Take the Body Burnout Assessment: http://www.chrisandfilly.fm/scorecard/

  
  

  Listen to Chris & Filly's show: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ZEcYbtAeQ78yzQ57ESCzM?si=19daac47c0e542d0

  
  

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