Have you ever noticed how your breath changes when you’re stressed, anxious, or triggered?

In this episode, I guide you through a powerful yet simple breathing technique to help you shift from protection mode to safety mode—right here, right now. I’ll show you how something as natural as your breath can calm your nervous system, release physical tension, and create the space to respond instead of react.

We’ll do this practice together, and I’ll show you how it can transform moments of emotional eating, stress, or conflict into deep presence and self-connection.

Take this as your reminder: You don’t need to fight your way to peace. You can breathe your way there.

Listen to the full episode to practice this simple technique with me and begin shifting your body into safety mode today.

Topics Covered:

• How breath changes depending on your nervous system state

• The link between protection mode and shallow breathing

• How to use your breath to send safety signals to your brain

• A guided breathwork exercise to release tension from the body

• Why simplicity is the key to regulating your nervous system

• Using breath to stop emotional eating and cravings

• How breath creates the space to respond instead of react

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