What if you're not broken? What if you're just grievingsomething you never gave yourself permission to name?

In this episode, Dr. Tanya Berfield sits down with ReverendChristine Davies, hospital chaplain and spiritual director, to talk about the grief hiding inside everyday life. From the sandwich generation to anticipatory grief to the moment you reach for your phone to call someone who's gone, thisconversation names what so many women are quietly carrying.

Christine shares her vice metaphor for caregiving, the mythof moving on, what a grief burst is and why it doesn't mean you've gone backward, the difference between religion and spirituality, and how a single candle or a slow cup of coffee can become a sacred practice.

If you've ever thought "I should be over this by now," this one is for you.

Guest: Reverend Christine Davies, christinevdavies.com |Substack: Journeying Alongside

Connect with Dr. Tanya Berfield: www.drtanyab.comSubstack: substack.com/@drtanyaberfield

Emotional ER Sessions: www.drtanyab.com/er

Topics: grief, anticipatory grief, caregiving, spiritualdirection, sandwich generation, loss and identity, micro spiritual practices,nervous system regulation, mindset medicine

Can making art actually regulate your nervous system? Inthis episode, Dr. Tanya B. sits down with Lesley Andrew, artist and art therapist from Leeds, England, to explore how creativity becomes a pathway for emotional expression, healing, and nervous system regulation.

Lesley breaks down how different art materials, pencils,inks, paint, pastels, mirror the state of your nervous system and why the goal of art therapy has nothing to do with talent or the finished piece. They also dig into why adults stop doing creative things for fun, what happens when yousuppress your emotions, and how making something messy can build the same resilience you need to walk back into your real life.

If you have ever said "I am not creative" or feltlike you do not have time for play, this conversation will change how you think about both.

Connect with Lesley Andrew: leslieandrews.com | Instagram:@lesleyandrew_arttherapist

Find Dr. Tanya B: https://www.drtanyab.com | Substack:https://substack.com/@drtanyaberfield

Book an Emotional ER session: https://www.drtanyab.com/er

What if the reason nothing is changing isn't because you're not trying hard enough but because you're gripping too tightly?

In this episode, Tanya Berfield unpacks the difference between being unbothered and being numb and why regulation, not more effort, is the real breakthrough. If you've been exhaustedfrom over-functioning, overthinking, and holding everything together, this episode is your invitation to finally exhale.

We cover:

•      Why disconnection , not brokenness, is what keeps you stuck

•      What it means to be emotionally regulated vs. emotionally checked out

•      The nervous system cost of the white-knuckle grip

•      A guided somatic reset you can do right now

 Rooted in the Radical Resilience framework and the Mindset Medicine Method.

www.DrTanyaB.com

https://substack.com/@drtanyaberfield

What if the leadership skills you've been developing at home, with your kids, your family, your people, are exactly the skills the workplace has been asking for all along?

In this episode of Mindset Medicine, Dr. Tanya Berfield sits down with Erin Treacy, leadership and business coach, former restaurant multi-unit operator, athlete, and West Virginia native, for a conversation that bridges the boardroom and the living room in the most real, relatable way.

Erin's philosophy is simple and powerful: growing people grows business. And she's spent a career proving it, from the family coal industry to multi-location restaurants to one-on-one coaching, watching the same truth play out again and again. Whether you're leading a team of twenty or raising a teenager, the fundamentals are the same.

In this episode, we cover:

•       Why the skills you learned as a parent are your greatest leadership assets

•       How to let people fail and why that's the most supportive thing you can do

•       The perspective swap that transforms team culture (and family dynamics)

•       What to do when you've said the same thing 100 times and nothing's landing

•       Why self-confidence, not competence, is often the real block

•       How to delegate without micromanaging at work and at home

•       The real cost of over-functioning for the people around you

This one is for the woman who leads in every room she walks into and is ready to do it with more intention, more trust, and a little less control.

 Connect with Erin Treacy

•       Website: www.coacherintreacy.com

•       Facebook: Coach Erin Treacy

•       Instagram: Coach Erin Treacy

•       LinkedIn: Erin Treacy

•       TikTok: Coach Erin Treacy

Connect with Dr. Tanya Berfield

•       Website: www.drtanyab.com

•       Speaker Inquiries: www.drtanyab.com/speaking

•       Book — Radical Resilience: www.drtanyab.com/radical

•       Emotional ER Session: www.drtanyab.com/er

What if the stress you feel in parenting is not just aboutyour kids… but about the parts of you that still need healing too?

In this week’s episode of Mindset Medicine, I’mjoined by Maria Riegger, attorney, parenting coach, reparenting practitioner, and astrology-informed guide, for a powerful conversation about what it means to raise emotionally healthy kids while healing from the way you were raised yourself.

We talk about reparenting, boundaries, emotional safety,self-advocacy, and the patterns that show up when high-achieving women are trying to hold it all together while quietly carrying old wounds. We also explore how astrology can offer insight into your child’s temperament, emotional needs, and communication style in a way that supports not boxes in their growth.

This conversation is honest, validating, practical, anddeeply relevant for women who want to stop repeating inherited patterns and start showing up with more intention, safety, and self-trust.

In this episode, we cover:

• What reparenting actually means
• Why parenting can feel so triggering
• How unresolved childhood wounds show up in motherhood
• Why boundaries help kids feel safer, not less loved
• How to support autonomy without chaos
• Why calm presence matters more than perfect words
• How astrology can help parents understand their children
• The connection between trauma, overfunctioning, burnout, andself-worth
• Why financial boundaries matter in parenting too

Connect with Maria Riegger:

https://www.skool.com/eighth-house-company-llc-8456
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-riegger-esq/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Maria-Riegger-Positive-Parenting-through-Astrology-106194948101004/
Email: [email protected]
Blog: www.lawschoolheretic.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/rieggemr
Amazon Author page: https://amzn.to/2RS3YMU
Audiobooks: https://lawschoolheretic.com/audiobooks/
X: https://twitter.com/RieggerM

Next Steps:

Stay close for my upcoming challenge for women who are tired of performing, pushing, and holding it all together at the expense of themselves.

And if your team or organization needs a speaker on burnout,emotional wellbeing, boundaries, or authentic leadership, that is very much part of my work.

Connect with Maria Riegger:

https://www.skool.com/eighth-house-company-llc-8456
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maria-riegger-esq/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Maria-Riegger-Positive-Parenting-through-Astrology-106194948101004/
Email: [email protected]
Blog: www.lawschoolheretic.com
Instagram: http://instagram.com/rieggemr
Amazon Author page: https://amzn.to/2RS3YMU
Audiobooks: https://lawschoolheretic.com/audiobooks/
X: https://twitter.com/RieggerM

Connect with Tanya:

www.DrTanyaB.comwww.DrTanyaB.com/anxietywww.DrTanyaB.com/resilience

What if the patterns you keep repeating are not proof thatyou are broken, but invitations to go deeper?

In this episode of Mindset Medicine with Dr. TanyaBerfield, Tanya sits down with Dani Margeaux, soul activator, grid worker, and Akashic Records teacher, for a conversation that blends spirituality, healing, nervous system wisdom, and deep personal reflection.

Together, they explore what it means to redefine success,follow what brings you alive, and trust the quiet inner guidance that keeps nudging you toward something more. They talk about soul contracts, past-life themes, forgiveness, mother wounds, intuition, and the kind of healing thatgoes beyond coping and into true remembrance.

This conversation is for the woman who is doing all theright things on paper but still feels like something deeper is calling her home to herself.

In this episode we discuss:

• What the Akashic Records are and why they fascinate somany people
• How soul contracts may shape recurring life patterns
• The link between forgiveness, healing, and freedom
• Why nervous system safety matters — and why sometimes healing asks us to godeeper
• How intuition strengthens through practice, spaciousness, and trust
• Redefining success in a way that actually feels good in your body and yourlife

If this episode stirred something in you, stay close. Tanyais about to share more about an upcoming 3-day reset experience for women who are tired of over-performing and ready to stop bracing, start healing, and come back to themselves.

Links:

Dani:

 https://www.iamdanimargeaux.com/ 

https://www.instagram.com/iamdanimargeaux/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmhnkka4Ta0ayWnj3UoqTvA

Akashic Record Meditation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmi8FxTH8AQ Tanya
www.DrTanyaB.com
www.DrTanyaB.com/resilience

What happens when your body finally stops cooperating with the version of you that has been performing “I’m fine” for years?In this episode of Mindset Medicine, Dr. Tanya Berfield sits down with intuitive energy healer Alison Stuckey for a conversation about burnout, misalignment, body pain, emotional overload, and the deeper signals many women have been trained to ignore.

They explore the connection between nervous system exhaustion, intuition, ancestral patterns, chronic stress, and the pressure so many Gen X and midlife women feel to keep going no matter what. This is a powerful conversation about what it means to stop performing, start listening, and recognize that your body may not be failing you at all, it may be trying to lead you back to yourself.

Inside this episode:

-Why “push through it” eventually stops working

-How burnout can show up as pain, fatigue, brain fog, and emotional shutdown

-The connection between alignment, intuition, and healing

-Why rest is not weakness

-What happens when women finally stop abandoning themselves

-How energy work and deeper healing can support real change

If you’ve been high-functioning and quietly fried, this one will hit home.

Connect with Alison Stuckey:www.instagram.com/alisonstuckeywww.facebook.com/alison.stuckey.7A Complimentary Midlife Clarity Call: https://calendly.com/alisonstuckey

Ready for your next step?Grab the Radical Resilience Book Bundle — the book, workbook, and audio journey designed to help you regulate, rewire, and heal.

www.DrTanyaB.com

www.DrTanyaB.com/resilience

Have you ever been told to “calm down” when you wereanything but calm?

When you’re overwhelmed, frozen, or spiraling, your nervoussystem is activated. Your heart is racing. Your muscles are bracing. Your thoughts are looping. And being told to “just relax” doesn’t switch that off, it often makes it worse.

In this episode of Mindset Medicine with Dr. TanyaBerfield, we explore why stress responses happen before logic can intervene and what actually helps regulate your nervous system in real time.

You’ll learn:
• Why “calm down” fails from a neuroscience perspective
• How fight, flight, and freeze show up in high-achieving women
• A guided meditation to release stress and reset your energy

This is a practical, science-meets-soul reset designed tohelp you move from reaction to regulation so you can lead, live, and respond from clarity instead of chaos.

Take 15 minutes. Reset your system. Reclaim your calm.

www.DrTanyaB.com

If you’ve ever thought, “I know what to do… so why can’tI just do it?” this episode is for you.

Today I’m joined by certified hypnotherapist, mindsetstrategist, and speaker Ellen Bereza, and we’re diving into something that explains burnout, anxiety, and overwhelm at a biological level: the thought-chemical loop.

Ellen shares her powerful story of losing both parents byage 24, being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, and hitting a breaking point where she had to decide, stay stuck in survival mode or learn to retrain her mind.

If you’re a high-achieving woman white-knuckling your waythrough life… this is your reminder that your nervous system is not broken, it’s just trained.

🎧 Connect with Ellen andexplore Rehab for Overthinkers.

Link to book a call:   https://bit.ly/Ellencall

 Link to free gift: https://ellenbereza.com/5-ways-to-love-your-life

Connect with Tanya: www.DrTanyaB.com

📚 Ready to stopperforming your way through life?
Grab my book bundle, Radical Resilience: Mindset Medicine for High Achieving Women to Heal Burnout, Rewire Anxiety, and Reclaim Your Calm at DrTanyaB.com/radical

🎤 If your organizationneeds a keynote on resilience, emotional intelligence, or leading without losing yourself — let’s talk.

Take what landed. Practice one small shift. Let that beenough.

February is loud about love but what if self-love isn’tthe starting point? In this grounded, somatic episode of Mindset Medicine, Dr. Tanya Berfield explores why so many women feel exhausted trying to “positive think” their way into healing. If affirmations, mindset work, or self-love practices have been falling flat, it may not be a mindset issue atall, it may be a nervous system safety issue.

This episode breaks down the difference between emotionalbypassing and emotional regulation, explains why safety must come before self-love, and offers small, practical ways to help your body soften out of survival mode. You’ll also experience a gentle nervous system reset using the Hawaiian practice of Ho’oponopono, a powerful prayer of compassion and release.

If you’ve been feeling overwhelmed, over-functioning, ortired of trying to perform wellness… this conversation will help you breathe again.

✨ Resources & Links:
Radical Resilience Book Bundle (book + workbook + audio practices) www.DrTanyaB.com/resilience⁠Speaking & workshops for organizations and leadership teams www.DrTanyaB.com