The Inner Script Podcast

Bad HRV Score? What to consider before you panic: https://www.patreon.com/TheInnerScript/posts/170920337

What does a low HRV actually mean, and should a bad readiness score change what you do that day? In this episode of The Inner Script, Stephanie Baubie, NP sits down with performance scientist and HRV expert Don Moxley to unpack what heart rate variability can tell us about stress, recovery, sleep, exercise, and the nervous system. Don explains why HRV should be treated like a thermometer rather than a scorecard, what can drive it up or down, and why your wearable should never become the driver of how you feel. They also explore overtraining, waking up at 3 AM, women’s hormonal cycles, relationships and environmental stress, and when taking your wearable off may actually be the healthier choice.

This Episode Is For You If:

• You check your Oura Ring, WHOOP, Apple Watch, or another wearable every morning.
• A low HRV, sleep score, or readiness score can affect how you feel about your day.
• You want to understand what HRV actually measures and how to use the data without obsessing over it.

Connect with Stephanie Baubie, NP:

• Learn more: https://www.stephaniebaubie.com
• Join the Patreon community (for FREE): https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheInnerScript
• Follow along on Instagram at @theinnerscriptpod: https://www.instagram.com/theinnerscriptpod/

Timestamps

(00:00) What HRV actually measures

(05:44) High vs. low HRV

(09:00) Sleep, breath and recovery

(11:59) Waking up at 3 AM

(15:21) Relationships and stress

(19:28) When your wearable says otherwise

(24:28) Exercise, hormones and HRV

(28:19) Are you overtraining?

(35:37) When to stop tracking

(38:32) Fear, love and resilience

About Don Moxley

Don Moxley is a performance scientist, author, and innovator with more than 30 years of experience pioneering biomarker-driven approaches to human performance. He began his career at Polar Electro and later became The Ohio State University’s first paid Sport Scientist, helping bring heart rate variability out of the lab and into everyday training and readiness decisions. Don is Chief Science Officer and part of the ownership group at Mode+Method, author of The HRV Book and The Complete Athlete, host of the 90% Healthy podcast, and creator of Train Recover Win.

Connect with Don:

• Train Recover Win: https://www.trainrecoverwin.com
• Mode+Method: https://www.modemethod.com
• The HRV Book: https://www.thehrvbook.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/donmoxley/ 
• Mode+Method Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mode.method/ 

Disclaimer: Everything shared here is for educational purposes and personal reflection only. Not medical advice. Always work with your own healthcare provider for individual care.

Podcast production by Jamie Brooke.

The Gut, Brain, Hormones & Nervous System: A Visual Map of How They Connect: https://www.patreon.com/TheInnerScript/posts/169645665

Are you trying to fix your gut, balance your hormones, regulate your nervous system, improve your sleep, and somehow still dealing with multiple symptoms? In this solo episode of The Inner Script, Stephanie Baubie, NP explains why bloating, constipation, fatigue, anxiety, poor sleep, PMS, and other symptoms shouldn’t always be viewed as completely separate problems. Steph explores how the gut, brain, hormones, and nervous system communicate with one another, why stress and energy availability can affect multiple systems, and why the loudest symptom may not be the original problem. Instead of adding another supplement or protocol, she shares a different place to start: zoom out, look at your timeline, and ask, “What changed first?”

• You’re trying to address several symptoms at once but still don’t feel like yourself.
• You’ve found yourself treating your gut, hormones, cortisol, and nervous system as separate problems.
• You want to understand what may be happening upstream instead of constantly chasing individual symptoms.

• Learn more: https://www.stephaniebaubie.com
• Subscribe to Substack: https://stephaniebaubie.substack.com/
• Join the Patreon community (for FREE): https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheInnerScript
• Share your thoughts, questions, or story with Stephanie. Follow along on Instagram at @theinnerscriptpod: https://www.instagram.com/theinnerscriptpod/#

(00:00) Your symptoms aren't isolated

(02:25) Seven symptoms, one picture

(03:52) The nervous system and gut

(07:36) Adding hormones

(08:44) Are you eating enough?

(11:53) Hormones and the brain

(13:34) Gut health and estrogen

(14:56) What changed first?

(16:20) When symptoms need investigation

(18:12) Ask better questions

Disclaimer: Everything shared here is for educational purposes and personal reflection only. Not medical advice. Always work with your own healthcare provider for individual care.

Podcast production by Jamie Brooke.

Before You Send That Text: 5 Questions to Ask Yourself When You’re Triggered: https://www.patreon.com/TheInnerScript/posts/169748429

Why can one comment from your partner make you instantly defensive, shut down, people-please, or feel desperate to prove your point? In this episode of The Inner Script, Stephanie Baubie, NP sits down with licensed marriage and family therapist and author Joni L. Davis to explore how childhood and developmental experiences can shape the way we handle conflict as adults. Joni explains why defensiveness may have more to do with the fears underneath an argument than the argument itself, how unmet emotional needs can follow us into relationships, and why validation can completely change a difficult conversation. They also explore people-pleasing, shutting down during conflict, emotional triggers, vulnerability, and how becoming curious about your reactions can help you communicate from a more authentic place.

This Episode Is For You If:

• You get defensive, shut down, people-please, or become reactive during conflict.
• You find yourself trying to prove your point or needing someone else to understand why you’re upset.
• You want to understand how childhood patterns may still be influencing your adult relationships.

Connect with Stephanie Baubie, NP:

• Learn more: https://www.stephaniebaubie.com
• Join the Patreon community (for FREE): https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheInnerScript
• Share your thoughts, questions, or story with Stephanie. Follow along on Instagram at @theinnerscriptpod: https://www.instagram.com/theinnerscriptpod/

Timestamps

(00:00) How childhood follows us

(03:33) Essence vs. defenses

(07:11) Why we get defensive

(10:45) What counts as developmental trauma?

(13:11) Breaking the cycle

(19:42) Validation during conflict

(25:16) Are you managing their emotions?

(27:04) Why some people shut down

(31:00) Becoming the observer

(37:31) Triggers, boundaries and repair

About Joni L. Davis

Joni L. Davis is a licensed marriage and family therapist specializing in childhood and developmental trauma, complex PTSD, relationships, and body-centered awareness. She is also the author of the new book Transform. Joni is passionate about helping people understand how childhood and developmental experiences can shape the way we see ourselves, navigate relationships, respond to stress, and make choices as adults.

Connect with Joni:

• Website: https://www.jonildavis.com/about-joni
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/transformationships/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61589595245559
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joni-l-davis-745a07410/
• Transform: https://www.amazon.com/Transform-Tune-Turn-Your-Authentic/dp/B0GY28YLP3/

Disclaimer: Everything shared here is for educational purposes and personal reflection only. Not medical advice. Always work with your own healthcare provider for individual care.

Podcast production by Jamie Brooke.

Relationship Gut Check: 4 Questions to Ask Yourself When Something Feels Off: https://www.patreon.com/TheInnerScript/posts/169544155

Have you ever had a tiny moment in a relationship that didn’t feel quite right, but you convinced yourself you were overreacting? In this solo episode of The Inner Script, Stephanie Baubie, NP reflects on more than a decade of dating and relationships and the small moments, or “whispers,” she can still remember years later. Some eventually became early signs of larger patterns, while others had more to do with wounds she was carrying from her past. Steph explores how to tell the difference between intuition, useful information, and an old wound being activated, including four questions she now asks herself when something feels off. She also turns the lens inward, sharing the patterns she knows she brings into relationships herself, and reflects on what endings can teach us about grief, compatibility, self-awareness, and what we want to carry into our next chapter.

• You’ve had a nagging feeling in a relationship that you couldn’t fully explain or dismiss.
• You struggle to tell the difference between intuition, anxiety, past wounds, and information worth paying attention to.
• You want to recognize relationship patterns without turning every uncomfortable moment into proof that something is wrong.

• Learn more: https://www.stephaniebaubie.com
• Join the Patreon community (for FREE): https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheInnerScript
• Share your thoughts, questions, or story with Stephanie. Follow along on Instagram at @theinnerscriptpod: https://www.instagram.com/theinnerscriptpod/#

(00:00) What endings can teach us

(02:10) The whispers in relationships

(04:50) The brown M&M story

(10:00) Intuition or an old wound?

(11:42) Learning to know yourself

(12:43) When something becomes a pattern

(13:08) What happens when you name it?

(14:04) Past wounds in new relationships

(15:20) What a whisper really means

(16:26) Grief after an ending

Disclaimer: Everything shared here is for educational purposes and personal reflection only. Not medical advice. Always work with your own healthcare provider for individual care.

Podcast production by Jamie Brooke.

Your Body After a Stressful Day: 6 Things to Try Before Bedtime: https://www.patreon.com/TheInnerScript/posts/168447348 

What if your back or hip pain keeps returning, even when your scans look normal and no one can explain what’s wrong? In this episode of The Inner Script, Stephanie Baubie, NP sits down with movement coach and yoga teacher Ira Iz to explore the connection between chronic pain, stress, emotions, the nervous system, and movement. After years of persistent lower back and hip pain, Ira began to realize that healing wasn’t simply about finding the right stretch or exercise. It also meant understanding how her body responded to stress, anxiety, emotional suppression, and a constant drive to stay productive. Stephanie and Ira discuss how chronic stress can create patterns of tension in the body, why movement can help regulate the nervous system, what fascia actually is, and why slowing down may sometimes be just as important as getting stronger. Ira also shares how she went from feeling disconnected from her emotions and body to no longer identifying as someone with chronic pain.

- You experience recurring back, hip, pelvic, or other physical pain without a clear explanation.

- You feel chronically stressed, tense, anxious, or like your body has a hard time fully relaxing.

- You’re curious about the connection between emotions, the nervous system, fascia, movement, and chronic pain.

- Learn more: https://www.stephaniebaubie.com

- Join the Patreon community (for FREE): https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheInnerScript

- Share your thoughts, questions, or story with Stephanie. Follow along on Instagram at @theinnerscriptpod: https://www.instagram.com/theinnerscriptpod/#

(00:00) When chronic pain has no answer

(02:27) The stress and pain connection

(05:46) Learning to understand emotions

(10:39) What healing actually looked like

(12:53) Movement and nervous system regulation

(15:48) Releasing emotion through the body

(18:17) What fascia actually is

(21:42) How movement hydrates fascia

(22:24) Strength training versus mobility

(25:13) How productivity affects pain

(27:22) Why rest is productive

(30:42) Rebuilding trust in your body

(33:04) Changing your relationship with pain

(35:01) Where to begin with chronic pain

Ira Iz is a movement coach and yoga teacher who helps people recover from lower back and hip pain that doesn’t come with a clear answer, including pain that persists even when doctors say nothing appears to be “wrong.” Having navigated her own healing journey through chronic pain, Ira understands firsthand how confusing and isolating the search for answers can be. She helps people better understand how their bodies move, hold tension, and respond so they can build confidence, restore functional movement, and create sustainable strength and resilience. Rather than relying on one-size-fits-all exercises, Ira combines movement science with an understanding of the nervous system, mindset, and emotions to help people discover what works uniquely for them.

- Website: https://www.byiraiz.com/

- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/blissmove/

- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@blissmove

- Ira currently offers limited spots for free 60-minute discovery calls for those interested in exploring one-on-one movement coaching. You can also join her email list through her website for future workshops and resources.

Disclaimer: Everything shared here is for educational purposes and personal reflection only. Not medical advice. Always work with your own healthcare provider for individual care.

Podcast production by Jamie Brooke.

Content Note: This episode discusses the deaths of children, suicide, postpartum psychosis, and severe mental illness. This conversation is for educational purposes and personal reflection only and is not medical advice. Stephanie does not offer an opinion on Lindsay Clancy's guilt or innocence.

The Lindsay Clancy trial has put postpartum psychosis, maternal mental health, psychiatric care, and the gaps in women’s healthcare at the center of a national conversation. In this solo episode, Stephanie Baubie, NP shares the questions the case has raised for her as a healthcare provider, particularly around what happened in the months leading up to January 24, 2023. Stephanie is not weighing in on Lindsay Clancy’s guilt or innocence. Instead, she examines the larger systems surrounding the case, including fragmented psychiatric care, the historical lack of research into women’s health, the connection between hormones and mental health, and why severe postpartum psychiatric illness can be so difficult to recognize. She also explores why being high-functioning is not the same as being well, and what it means when our healthcare system waits until someone reaches a crisis before intervening.

This Episode Is For You If:

- You’ve been following the Lindsay Clancy trial and want to understand the broader conversation around postpartum psychosis and women’s healthcare.

- You’re interested in the connection between hormones, mental health, postpartum illness, perimenopause, and menopause.

- You’ve ever wondered how someone can appear capable and high-functioning while struggling profoundly beneath the surface.

Worried about a loved one? Download a list of 10 signs she may need help: https://www.patreon.com/TheInnerScript/posts/168242379 

Connect with Stephanie Baubie, NP:

- Learn more: https://www.stephaniebaubie.com 

- Join the Patreon community (for FREE): https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheInnerScript 

- Share your thoughts, questions, or story with Stephanie. Follow along on Instagram at @theinnerscriptpod: https://www.instagram.com/theinnerscriptpod/# 

Timestamps

(00:00) Disclaimer

(00:17) Life from the Amalfi Coast

(04:49) The Lindsay Clancy trial

(06:20) Did healthcare fail her?

(07:36) The women’s health research gap

(08:37) What happened with HRT

(11:18) Understanding postpartum psychosis

(14:31) Hormones and mental health

(15:17) The diagnostic checklist problem

(19:15) When competence hides suffering

(21:17) What needs to change

(22:20) Compassion and accountability

(23:21) Listen before it gets worse

Disclaimer: Everything shared here is for educational purposes and personal reflection only. Not medical advice. Always work with your own healthcare provider for individual care.

Podcast production by Jamie Brooke.

What if you understand exactly why you're stressed, anxious, or triggered, but your body still reacts anyway? In this episode, Stephanie sits down with Megan Ashton, founder of Unity Breathwork and advocate for trauma-informed breathwork, to explore conscious connected breathwork, nervous system regulation, trauma, and the role the body may play in healing. Together, they discuss why awareness alone doesn't always change our physical responses, how breathwork differs from traditional calming techniques, why emotional release and integration matter, and how to safely explore somatic practices without getting caught in the cycle of constantly chasing the next wellness tool.

This Episode Is For You If:

- You understand your triggers intellectually but still feel them strongly in your body.

- You experience chronic stress, anxiety, emotional reactivity, or feel like your nervous system is always "on.”

- You're curious about breathwork, somatic healing, nervous system regulation, or how to choose a safe practitioner.

Ready to try the daily 5-minute rest-and-relaxation breathing practice that Megan recommends in the episode? Download it for free on Patreon now: https://www.patreon.com/TheInnerScript/posts/167049777/ 

Connect with Stephanie Baubie, NP:

- Learn more: https://www.stephaniebaubie.com 

- Join the Patreon community (for FREE): https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheInnerScript 

- Share your thoughts, questions, or story with Stephanie. Follow along on Instagram at @theinnerscriptpod: https://www.instagram.com/theinnerscriptpod/# 

Timestamps

(00:00) What is conscious connected breathwork?

(05:51) Inside a breathwork session

(09:32) Megan’s own healing journey

(13:24) How the body releases emotion

(18:42) How trauma shows up in breathwork

(25:48) Breathwork versus plant medicine

(29:24) When talk therapy isn't enough

(31:35) Why breathwork safety matters

(36:30) Your nervous system's stress bucket

(40:36) Stop chasing every wellness tool

Megan Ashton is the founder of Unity Breathwork and a leading advocate for raising safety standards in the breathwork industry. Her own healing journey through trauma, bulimia, and alcohol dependence brought her to Conscious Connected Breathwork and showed her firsthand its transformative power for trauma and grief processing, addiction recovery, and deep nervous system healing. After years of collaborating with international breathwork schools and witnessing the gaps in facilitator training and safety culture, Megan became a vocal advocate for trauma-informed practice, facilitator competency, and public education around the real risks of altered states work, so people can make informed decisions about who they choose to work with. Today, she leads healing-focused retreats in Mexico and directs Unity Breathwork's GPBA-certified facilitator training, one of the most comprehensive trauma-informed breathwork certification programs available.

Connect with Megan:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/unitybreathwork/

Breathwork Facilitator Training: https://unitybreathwork.com/breathwork-facilitator-training/

Website: https://unitybreathwork.com/ 

Disclaimer: Everything shared here is for educational purposes and personal reflection only. Not medical advice. Always work with your own healthcare provider for individual care.

Podcast production by Jamie Brooke.

Afraid it’s a mistake? Here’s 10 common “mistakes” and a pros and cons list to decide for yourself: https://www.patreon.com/TheInnerScript/posts/166591141/ 

We're often taught to avoid mistakes at all costs. But not every choice that looks "wrong" is actually a mistake. Some are simply unfamiliar, misunderstood, or out of step with other people's expectations. In this solo episode of The Inner Script, Stephanie Baubie, NP explores the difference between objective mistakes and deeply personal, values-based choices, and how fear, perfectionism, optimization culture, and other people’s expectations can make us distrust our own judgment. Drawing from her experience traveling through Europe without a job, apartment, or concrete plan for what comes next, Stephanie examines how our need to make the “right” choice can keep us stuck in hypervigilance, interfere with human connection, and prevent us from choosing what actually feels aligned. This episode is a reminder that you don't need permission to choose differently. You just need the courage to trust yourself. 

This Episode Is For You If:

- You’re facing a decision and are afraid of making the “wrong” choice or disappointing other people.

- You struggle with perfectionism, overthinking, or trusting yourself when there isn’t an obvious right answer.

- You want to understand how fear of getting things wrong can affect your nervous system, relationships, and ability to genuinely connect with others.

Connect with Stephanie Baubie, NP:

- Learn more: https://www.stephaniebaubie.com 

- Join the Patreon community (for FREE): https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheInnerScript 

- Share your thoughts, questions, or story with Stephanie. Follow along on Instagram at @theinnerscriptpod: https://www.instagram.com/theinnerscriptpod/# 

Resources & Mentions

- Oura Ring: https://ouraring.com/  

Timestamps

(00:00) Life Without a Plan

(03:10) What Is a Mistake?

(04:32) Outsourcing Our Judgment

(06:12) Why We Fear Mistakes

(07:34) Objective vs. Subjective Mistakes

(09:31) Are We Overinformed?

(11:23) Fear & Hypervigilance

(12:53) Why We Stopped Calling

(14:29) Redefining a Mistake

(16:24) Perfectionism as Self-Avoidance

Disclaimer: Everything shared here is for educational purposes and personal reflection only. Not medical advice. Always work with your own healthcare provider for individual care.

Podcast production by Jamie Brooke.

What if your anxiety, people-pleasing, relationship patterns, and even your definition of success weren't actually you? In this episode, Stephanie sits down with Pratiqk Jaani, author of Drasti: The Perception, creator of the Drasti Method, qualified hypnotherapist, and speaker, to explore how childhood conditioning, subconscious programming, and perception shape our thoughts, relationships, and sense of self. Together, they discuss why we repeat emotional patterns, why external success often fails to bring lasting fulfillment, and how accessing the "observer state" may help cultivate greater self-awareness, self-trust, and inner peace.

This Episode Is For You If:

- You keep repeating the same emotional or relationship patterns and wonder why.

- You struggle with people-pleasing, perfectionism, or feeling like you're never enough.

- You're interested in subconscious healing, inner child work, nervous system regulation, or personal growth.

Are you trapped in your own conditioning? Find out here (it’s free!): https://www.patreon.com/TheInnerScript/posts/166046571 

Connect with Stephanie Baubie, NP:

- Learn more: https://www.stephaniebaubie.com 

- Join the Patreon community (for FREE): https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheInnerScript 

- Share your thoughts, questions, or story with Stephanie. Follow along on Instagram at @theinnerscriptpod: https://www.instagram.com/theinnerscriptpod/# 

Timestamps

(00:00) What "Drasti" really means

(03:05) How childhood conditioning begins

(09:10) Reconnecting with your authentic self

(14:09) Finding the observer state

(19:44) Feeling emotions without suppressing them

(24:34) Why relationship patterns repeat

(34:35) How quickly can you rewire conditioning?

(39:11) Fear, comparison, and social media

(44:09) Expectations versus healthy relationships

(47:23) One question to transform your life

Pratiqk Jaani is the author of Dhrasti! The Perception, creator of the Dhrasti Method, a qualified hypnotherapist, and speaker. His work explores how perception, conditioning, childhood programming, and unconscious patterns shape the way people experience themselves, their emotions, relationships, and reality. Through the Dhrasti Method, Pratiqk helps people shift from the conditioned self into the observer state, where they can recognise reactive patterns with greater clarity and move toward inner stability, emotional freedom, and conscious connection. His message is for those seeking deeper transformation beyond surface-level self-improvement.

Connect with Pratiqk:

Book: https://www.pratiqkjaani.com/

Website: https://www.dhrastimethod.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dhrastipratiqkjaani

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pratiqkjaani

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PratiqkJaani

Disclaimer: Everything shared here is for educational purposes and personal reflection only. Not medical advice. Always work with your own healthcare provider for individual care.

Podcast production by Jamie Brooke.

What if the hardest season of your life was actually preparing you for the best one? If you're navigating change, rebuilding after heartbreak, questioning your career, or learning to trust yourself again, this episode offers gentle reminders that growth often comes from the seasons you never would have chosen. In this deeply personal solo episode, Stephanie reflects on the last two years of profound change. As she prepares to leave her healthcare job, travel overseas, and step into an entirely unknown chapter, she shares the six life lessons that transformed the way she views herself, relationships, healing, work, and uncertainty.

This Episode is For You If:

- You're navigating a major life transition and struggling to trust what's next.

- You feel stuck in people pleasing, perfectionism, or trying to control every outcome.

- You're ready to build deeper self-trust and redefine your identity beyond what you achieve.

If no one knew what you did for work… who would you be? Download this free one-page reflection to reconnect with your identity beyond your career, accomplishments, and productivity. https://www.patreon.com/TheInnerScript/posts/165095379 

Timestamps:

00:00 – A New Chapter Begins

03:48 – Lesson 1: Self-Awareness

07:27 – Lesson 2: Control & Fear

13:27 – Lesson 3: Healthy Boundaries

16:58 – Lesson 4: Building Resilience

19:44 – Lesson 5: Compassion vs Forgiveness

23:02 – Lesson 6: Beyond Productivity

25:13 – What's Next

Connect with Stephanie Baubie, NP:

- Learn more: https://www.stephaniebaubie.com 

- Join the Patreon community (for FREE): https://www.patreon.com/cw/TheInnerScript 

- Follow along on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theinnerscriptpod/# 

Resources Mentioned:

- Dr. Ramani

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Disclaimer: Everything shared here is for educational purposes and personal reflection only. Not medical advice. Always work with your own healthcare provider for individual care.

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Podcast production by Jamie Brooke.