The Chicks welcome holistic healer, Jen Smiley — founder of Wake Up and Read the Labels. Jen reveals how hidden preservatives, artificial additives, and misleading food labels might be wrecking your sleep, fueling inflammation, and even feeding your anxiety. Learn how to read ingredients like a pro, swap processed foods for real ones, and feel calmer, more energized, and more balanced from the inside out.

Jen Smiley Resources

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Start your day with calm. In this gentle 5-minute guided meditation, Alison (@theanxietyhealer) helps you ease morning anxiety, release overnight tension, and settle into your day with clarity and presence.

This meditation is perfect for anyone who wakes up with a racing mind, tight chest, immediate dread, or the overwhelming sense of “too much.” Through breathwork, grounding, and soothing visualization, you’ll learn to regulate your nervous system and approach your morning with softness and self-compassion.

Disclaimer: This meditation is for relaxation and emotional support. It is not a substitute for medical or therapeutic care.

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December is supposed to feel magical… but for anyone with anxiety, it can feel loud, overwhelming, and emotionally complicated.
In today’s December Q&A episode, Taylor and Alison answer your most-asked questions about peace, overstimulation, overthinking, nighttime anxiety, and rebuilding trust with yourself after hard years.

We’re getting honest, tender, and practical, just like your favorite girls do.

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The holiday season can feel like a lot: joyful, overwhelming, nostalgic, stressful, busy, or all of the above at once.
If you’re entering this season with mixed emotions or anxiety, this meditation is your soft landing.

This short grounding practice helps you slow down, breathe, and release the pressure to show up perfectly. Through gentle guidance, you’ll learn how to enter the holidays at your own pace with more clarity, calm, and emotional space.

In this meditation, you’ll be guided to:

Release holiday expectations and pressure

Create breathing room for yourself

Slow your nervous system

Let go of overwhelm and move into the season with steadiness

Choose what matters and set down what feels heavy

Perfect for the start of the holiday season or any moment when the busyness becomes too much.
Come back to this whenever you need a reset, a pause, or a reminder that you’re allowed to make this season softer.

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REPLAY (12/1/2022) Happy Thanksgiving, Chicks. 🤍 Today we’re replaying one of our most-loved episodes for anyone who finds the holidays emotionally heavy. Whether you’re navigating loneliness, grief, family dynamics, or just feeling “off” today...you are not alone.

In this episode, Alison shares honestly about the loneliness she feels around the holidays, how it shows up in her thoughts and body, and why this season can amplify anxiety and overthinking.

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In this calming 5-minute guided meditation, Alison (@theanxietyhealer) helps you ease nighttime anxiety, quiet racing thoughts, and relax your body into rest. This practice is perfect for anyone who struggles with falling asleep, spiraling thoughts, or feeling overwhelmed the moment their head hits the pillow.

Through soothing breathwork, grounding techniques, and gentle visualization, you’ll learn how to let go of mental tension, calm your nervous system, and drift into a peaceful state of rest. Listen anytime anxiety keeps you awake at night.

Disclaimer: This meditation is for relaxation and emotional support. It is not a substitute for medical or therapeutic care.

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If you’ve been spiraling, overanalyzing every sensation, and searching for the thing to finally fix your anxiety, this episode is your invitation to pause. What if you’re not broken? What if you’re just uncared for?

In this solo episode, Taylor shares a deeply personal and practical breakdown of why your nervous system might be dysregulated, not because you haven’t found the right protocol, but because you’ve drifted away from the simple, foundational habits that actually support healing.

It’s not about adding more. It’s about returning to what matters.

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If you’ve ever felt dizzy, lightheaded, floaty, or just “off” and immediately spiraled into anxiety, this meditation is for you. This gentle 7-minute grounding practice helps calm your nervous system when your body feels out of balance. You’ll learn how to breathe through the sensation, stop interpreting it as danger, and reconnect to a feeling of safety in the present moment.

This is the meditation to play when dizziness scares you, when you feel out of your body, or when your nervous system is stuck in fight-or-flight. Use it anytime you need reassurance, grounding, or a moment of calm to reset your system.

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In this insightful episode, hosts Alison Seponara, MS, LPC and Taylor sit down with Dr. Kate Lyzenga-Dean, a functional medicine consultant, to explore an often-overlooked connection between low ferritin (iron storage) and anxiety symptoms.

Dr. Kate breaks down what ferritin is, why it’s essential for both mental and physical health, and how low levels can actually mimic or worsen anxiety, fatigue, and mood changes. Together, the trio uncovers how issues like heavy menstrual cycles, chronic stress, and H. Pylori infections can impact iron absorption and overall well-being.

This episode is a must-listen for anyone who’s been told “your labs are normal” but still doesn’t feel like themselves. Dr. Kate empowers listeners to become their own health advocates, understand their lab results, and ask for the right tests to uncover what’s really going on inside the body.

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In this short 5-minute guided meditation, Alison (@theanxietyhealer) helps you reconnect with your body through gratitude and compassion. Perfect for anyone struggling with body image, comparison, or self-criticism, this gentle practice invites you to replace harsh thoughts with love, presence, and appreciation for all your body does for you. Disclaimer: This meditation is for relaxation and emotional support. It is not a substitute for medical or therapeutic care.

What You’ll Experience:

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