The Anxiety Party by The Neuro Babe

If you've been calling yourself a people pleaser for years, this episode is going to change everything.

Because people-pleasing isn't your personality. It's not who you are. It's a survival strategy your nervous system learned when you were young. And that distinction changes everything about how you heal it.

In this episode, Kerry breaks down exactly why you say yes when you mean no, why setting boundaries sends your body into full panic mode, and why trying to just "be more assertive" or "say no more often" will never actually work. Because you can't think your way out of a pattern that lives in your nervous system.

You'll walk away understanding where people-pleasing really comes from, what it's actually costing you (including the physical symptoms your doctor can't explain), and the three-step process that makes boundaries feel natural instead of terrifying.

In this episode:

• Why people-pleasing is not a personality trait. It's a nervous system survival response called the fawn response
• How your childhood environment wired your brain to put everyone else's needs first (and why it made complete sense at the time)
• What's actually happening in your body when you try to set a boundary and immediately want to take it back
• Why the guilt spiral after saying no is not a character flaw. And what it's really telling you
• What your physical symptoms (gut issues, migraines, chronic fatigue, mystery pain) have to do with people-pleasing
• What life actually looks like on the other side, in real, specific, everyday moments
• The 3-step process to healing people-pleasing at the root: regulate, rewire, practice

Connect with Kerry:

• Instagram: @kerrygreenofficial. Kerry would love to connect with you

If you've ever had a thought come completely out of nowhere and make you go — wait, WHAT was that, am I okay — this episode is for you.

We're talking about intrusive thoughts. Not the "ugh I'm a little worried" kind. The vivid, intense, out-of-nowhere kind. The ones that scare you. The ones that make you wonder if something is wrong with you.

Spoiler: nothing is wrong with you. In this episode, Kerry breaks down exactly what intrusive thoughts are, why they happen, and why the thing you've been trying — logic, affirmations, journaling the same thought for the fifth time — literally cannot work when your nervous system is in survival mode.

You'll walk away understanding your brain in a way nobody ever explained to you. And that understanding? It's the first step to it actually stopping.

In this episode:

• The actual difference between regular anxiety and intrusive thoughts
• The 4 nervous system states — and which ones are generating the dark, scary thoughts
• Why you cannot logic your way out of an intrusive thought (and why that is 100% not your fault)
• Why affirmations, journaling, and even therapy can leave you understanding your anxiety without it actually changing
• What works — and why the order you do it in matters more than anything

Connect with Kerry:

• Instagram: @kerrygreenofficial
• If this episode resonated, leave a review — it helps more women find the show and Kerry reads every single one

If you've been living with health anxiety, you already know the exhaustion of it — the constant body scanning, the symptom spiraling, the hypervigilance that never, ever turns off. In this episode, Kerry gets real about health anxiety: why so many high-achieving women develop it, the mistakes she made trying to fix it (including the one that kept her stuck the longest), and what actually finally worked.

In this episode, Kerry covers:

Why health anxiety makes complete sense — and has nothing to do with having a disorder. The four most common reasons women develop it, including one that almost everyone forgets. Why trying to "fix your body first" is the trap that keeps the anxiety alive. The counterintuitive truth about worry, survival mode, and physical symptoms. What it actually means to heal health anxiety at the root — and why it's simpler (and more magical) than you think.

Kerry also shares her own story of living with relentless, 24/7 body scanning after a scoliosis diagnosis — and how changing her relationship to her body (not her body itself) was the thing that finally set her free.

If you're constantly Googling symptoms, bracing for the next diagnosis, or stuck in a loop of "once I feel better, then I'll feel better" — this one's for you.

Leave a review if this episode landed — it means the world and helps other women find the show. And if someone in your life is living like this, send it their way. Healing is contagious.

📲 Ready to go deeper? Book a call with Kerry at theneurobabe.com/bookacall

If you've ever been handed a birth control prescription and told "there are no long-term side effects", this one is for you.

Today I'm sitting down with Taylor Lechner, registered dietitian and founder of Nourished by Taylor, who specializes in helping women have a smooth transition off birth control and heal their hormone symptoms naturally using a functional, root-cause approach.

And yes, she is speaking my language. Because just like in my world, nobody asked WHY.

Nobody asked why your nervous system is so stressed. Nobody asked why your periods were painful. Nobody asked why your skin is freaking out, why you feel like a different person, why your anxiety won't quit. They just handed you something to make the symptoms disappear.

This conversation is going to blow your mind, in the best way.

In this episode, we're getting into:

• Why you're not actually having a real period on birth control
• What birth control is doing to your brain, your gut, your detox pathways, and your minerals including why it may be making your anxiety worse
• The copper connection nobody talks about and how it could be behind your mood swings, intrusive thoughts, and painful periods
• Taylor's 4-step framework for coming off birth control without the chaos
• How to know if you need functional lab testing and what to actually test
• Birth control alternatives that actually work including the fertility awareness method
• Why your labs coming back "normal" doesn't mean you're fine

You heard it here: your body is designed to feel good. And if it doesn't? There's a reason. You just haven't been given the right plan yet.

Connect with Taylor:

• Website: https://nourished-by-taylor.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nourishedbytay/
• Free Breakup with Birth Control Masterclass: https://nourished-by-taylor.com/free-course
• Her Podcast, She's In Sync: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/shes-in-sync/id1790678741

Want to work with Kerry? Book a free consultation at theneurobabe.com/bookacall

If you've tried everything for your anxiety and you're still not healing, there's a good chance you're missing this piece (and it has nothing to do with finding the right therapy or the right supplement).

It's boundaries. And no, not just "saying no more." The kind of boundaries that run so much deeper than that.

In this episode, Kerry breaks down why it is literally impossible to heal your anxiety and physical symptoms without mastering this skill — and why so many high-achieving women are unknowingly fueling their own nervous system dysregulation by overgiving, overfunctioning, and never honoring their own capacity.

In this episode:

• Why your body is running on "synthetic energy" (adrenaline and cortisol) and what that's doing to your nervous system over time
• The sneaky way unspoken boundary issues turn into anxiety, resentment, and physical symptoms — without you ever making the connection
• Why knowing you need boundaries isn't the same as knowing how to set them (and why most women were never taught)
• How to start asking yourself: where is the boundary issue hiding in my life?
• What it actually looks like to set boundaries with ease — not guilt, not conflict, just ease

Kerry also gets real about her own years of not even knowing what a boundary was, let alone how to set one without it blowing up into a fight. If that's you, you're not failing. You just never had the language for it.

Healing is possible for you. 100%. But not if you keep pretending this part isn't part of the problem.

DM Kerry on Instagram @kerrygreen_official to talk about how you can stop carrying everyone else's load and avoiding the one thing keeping your anxiety stuck — and start honoring your own capacity like it's second nature.

You've seen the doctors. You've done the protocols. You've taken the supplements, run the tests, gotten the referrals, and you still don't feel like yourself.

Your body isn't broken. It's in survival mode. And a body in survival mode cannot heal. Not because it doesn't want to, because it literally cannot prioritize healing when it believes there's a threat.

In this episode, Kerry breaks down exactly what happens inside your body when your nervous system is chronically dysregulated — and why that explains every confusing, frustrating, seemingly unrelated symptom you've been trying to solve. From gut problems to hormone imbalances, chronic pain to mystery symptoms, autoimmune conditions to debilitating fatigue — the root is the same. And so is the solution.

Kerry also gets personal, sharing her own list of symptoms she lived with for years — including POTS, chronic infections, migraines, hearing loss, anemia, scoliosis progression, and more — and how she reversed them all without a single protocol, without outsourcing to more specialists, and without spending another dollar chasing answers that were never going to come from that direction.

This is the episode that makes everything finally make sense.

In this episode:

• Why your body "shows up for its nine to five job" in a regulated nervous system — and what happens when it can't
• What fight or flight actually does to your gut, hormones, immune system, muscles, and brain
• Why dorsal vagal shutdown leads to even deeper exhaustion, inflammation, and fatigue
• Kerry's full personal symptom list — and how she reversed it all through nervous system healing
• The mystery ear hearing loss that cost thousands in specialists (and what actually caused it)
• Why your body is not against you — it just thinks there's a tiger
• What becomes possible the moment your nervous system finally gets the all-clear

Follow Kerry on Instagram: @kerryGreenofficial
Ready to get off the healing merry-go-round? Send her a DM and tell her what you're going through - she reads every one.

In this episode, we’re diving into subconscious beliefs and anxiety, why you keep overthinking, and how to rewire your brain to stop anxious thought patterns at the root.

If you’ve ever felt stuck in the same mental loops, questioning yourself, replaying conversations, or assuming people are judging you, this episode will show you why those thoughts keep happening and why they feel so real.

Kerry shares a personal story about her own anxiety around feeling “not smart enough,” and how that single subconscious belief shaped her thoughts, behavior, and identity for years.

What she realized is what most people miss:

Your thoughts aren’t random.
They’re being generated by what you already believe about yourself.

And your brain is constantly collecting evidence to prove those beliefs true.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How subconscious beliefs create anxiety and overthinking
• Why your brain fixates on specific themes (judgment, worth, intelligence, etc.)
• How core beliefs are formed through early experiences
• Why logic alone doesn’t stop anxious thoughts
• How anxiety becomes a self-reinforcing cycle
• What it actually takes to rewire a belief so the anxiety disappears

This is the shift that changes everything.

Not managing your thoughts.
Not coping better.

But changing the belief that’s creating them in the first place.

Connect + Next Steps:

If you loved this episode, make sure to follow the podcast and leave a review on Spotify or Apple.

To learn how to rewire your anxious thought patterns and regulate your nervous system, visit theneurobabe.com or DM Kerry on Instagram @kerrygreenofficial.

In this episode of The Anxiety Party, Kerry breaks down the real reason anxious thoughts, overthinking, and intrusive spirals happen, and why they often feel impossible to control.

Rather than being random or purely mindset-driven, thought patterns are directly influenced by the state of the nervous system. Understanding this connection can change the way anxiety, overwhelm, and chronic symptoms are approached.

This episode covers:

• How different nervous system states shape thought patterns
• Why anxiety, overthinking, and intrusive thoughts are not the root problem
• The difference between anxiety, overwhelm, panic, and shutdown states
• Why traditional mindset work often fails for high-achieving women with anxiety
• How nervous system dysregulation contributes to chronic stress and physical symptoms
• What needs to happen first before lasting change in thoughts or symptoms can occur

This conversation is especially relevant for high-achieving women experiencing anxiety, nervous system dysregulation, or chronic symptoms who feel stuck despite trying multiple approaches.

To learn more and join the waitlist for The Neuro Babe Club, visit Instagram @theneurobabe and @kerrygreenofficial. See you there.

If you’ve ever started healing your anxiety and suddenly felt more anxious, overwhelmed, or like your body was freaking out, you’re not imagining it.

In this episode of The Anxiety Party, Kerry breaks down the real nervous system reasons why healing can sometimes feel harder before it feels better.

You’ll learn why many high-achieving women are actually stuck in functional freeze instead of fight-or-flight, how identity resistance shows up when anxiety begins to shift, and why your nervous system may temporarily increase anxiety as it moves toward regulation and healing.

Kerry also shares practical ways to move through this phase without spiraling or giving up on your healing.

If you’re ready to move past managing anxiety and symptoms no one can solve, join the waitlist for The Neuro Babe Club, Kerry’s upcoming program for ambitious women ready to heal their nervous system and anxiety, take back control of their health and step into a regulated, self-trusting life.

Join the waitlist:
theneurobabe.com/theneurobabeclub

Hang out on IG & TikTok:

@kerrygreenofficial

@theneurobabe

In this episode of The Anxiety Party, I share a personal story of losing my cat of 18 years, and use it to unpack a powerful but overlooked connection:

How grief and unprocessed emotions contribute to anxiety, nervous system dysregulation, and chronic physical symptoms.

If you are a high-achieving woman who feels stuck in survival mode, constantly anxious, emotionally overwhelmed, or dealing with symptoms like gut issues, fatigue, migraines, or unexplained tension, this episode will help you understand why.

Because anxiety is often not just “stress.” It’s stored, unfinished emotion.

Inside this episode, we cover:

• How grief affects the autonomic nervous system
• Why suppressing emotions leads to chronic anxiety and physical symptoms
• The link between emotional avoidance and survival mode
• How trapped emotions dysregulate the nervous system
• Why “time heals” is not how emotional processing works
• Practical ways to process grief without numbing, rushing, or bypassing it

Many high-performing women push through loss, stay productive, and tell themselves they’ve “handled it.” But when emotions don’t fully process, they don’t disappear — they show up as anxiety, dysregulation, and chronic stress symptoms.

If you’ve ever wondered why your anxiety feels bigger than your current life circumstances, this episode will help you connect the dots. This is a real conversation about grief, nervous system healing, and what it actually takes to regulate your body after loss.

If you enjoyed this episode, come hang out with me on IG -> @kerrygreenofficial and @theneurobabe. See you there.