What if your anxiety, fatigue, hormone issues—or even how you show up in your relationships—wasn’t just “in your head”… but rooted in a dysregulated nervous system?

In this powerful conversation, we sit down with Katie O’Leary, trauma-informed coach, somatic therapist, and host of The Stress Mess Podcast, to explore how trauma and chronic stress impact women's hormones, health, and home life—and how to gently begin healing.

Whether you’ve experienced “big T” trauma or you’ve simply lived under chronic stress, this episode offers clarity, compassion, and science-backed tools to support your healing journey.

🧠 We cover:

• The real definition of trauma (it’s not just what happened to you)
• How chronic stress and trauma affect your hormones, metabolism, and mood
• Signs of nervous system dysregulation that show up in everyday life
• How to know if you’re living in survival mode
• The vagus nerve’s role in healing & simple ways to activate it (no fancy tools required!)
• How trauma patterns play out in parenting, relationships, and emotional safety
• Why co-regulation matters more than perfect routines
• What regulation really looks like for real women with full lives

🌿 About Our Guest:

Katie O’Leary, LPC is a licensed mental health counselor, trauma-informed coach, and host of The Stress Mess: Laughing Through Trauma podcast. Through somatic therapy and nervous system education, she helps women reclaim their health, self-trust, and safety in their own bodies.

📲 Connect with Katie:

• Instagram: @‌katieostresscoaching
• Website: www.oakmountainmh.com
• Podcast: Stress Mess: Laughing Through Trauma

💛 Final Takeaways:

Your body isn’t broken—it’s adaptive. Healing starts with safety, not perfection.

And yes—regulating your nervous system really can change your hormones, energy, and home life.

🎧 Tune in now to understand how trauma impacts hormones, how to work with your nervous system, and how to break free from generational patterns of survival.

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*All of the information discussed in this episode is for entertainment and education purposes only, please do not take this information as medical advice. Please discuss any changes you’d like to make with your medical provider. Contact us: [email protected]

 

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