Better Mornings Start With Knowing This One Thing About Your Body...Your Chronotype

Better Mornings Start With Knowing This One Thing About Your Body...Your Chronotype

There's a version of you that used to be up at 4:45 a.m. for a 5:30 gym class, no problem. And there's a version of you now where that same early hour feels like a personal attack.  In this episode I talk about chronotype, the real, largely genetic reason some of us are wired for mornings and some of us aren't, and why that changes across your life, especially after menopause.  I'll walk you through how to actually find your own chronotype (forget the alarm clock), why the gap between your natural rhythm and your real schedule has a name, and a story from my years around law enforcement about what happens when a body gets pushed completely out of sync for years at a time. This one might explain a lot about why mornings feel the way they feel for you.  Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2470819/fan_mail/new] Subscribe to Get to the Root [https://oliviabellco.substack.com], the companion newsletter where we go even deeper. Click HERE [https://oliviabellco.substack.com] to sign up! Website: https://oliviabellco.com [https://oliviabellco.com] I hope you find some time today for some peace, some plants and some paws! ☮️🌿🐾 Jo

Can Holistic Wellness Improve Energy Levels Naturally?

You're sitting in the drive-through, ordering the drink that has to get you through the next three hours. You've tried melatonin, sleep aids, maybe a prescription and you're still exhausted.  In this episode I answer the question so many women are asking: can holistic wellness actually improve your energy naturally?  I'll tell you why exhaustion is a rhythm problem, not a willpower problem, walk you through the real story of a client who was living on Starbucks refreshers while caring for everyone but herself, and share where herbs and somatic work actually fit in plus the one ten-minute thing I want you to do tomorrow.  No quick fixes here. Just the honest path to energy that makes sense. Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2470819/fan_mail/new] Subscribe to Get to the Root [https://oliviabellco.substack.com], the companion newsletter where we go even deeper. Click HERE [https://oliviabellco.substack.com] to sign up! Website: https://oliviabellco.com [https://oliviabellco.com] I hope you find some time today for some peace, some plants and some paws! ☮️🌿🐾 Jo

How Late it Too Late for Caffeine?

Ep 60: How Late Is Too Late for Caffeine? We know caffeine wakes us up, but do you know what it's doing to your sleep later that night? This episode is about why timing matters with caffeine, that five-hour half-life, how it works the same way whether it's coffee or an energy drink and how your body's sleep signal are affected. If you love coffee, tea, refreshers or anything with caffeine, this episode is for you. Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2470819/fan_mail/new] Subscribe to Get to the Root [https://oliviabellco.substack.com], the companion newsletter where we go even deeper. Click HERE [https://oliviabellco.substack.com] to sign up! Website: https://oliviabellco.com [https://oliviabellco.com] I hope you find some time today for some peace, some plants and some paws! ☮️🌿🐾 Jo

Can Holistic Wellness Help With Stress and Anxiety?

EP59: Can Holistic Wellness Help With Stress and Anxiety? Can holistic wellness actually help with stress and anxiety? The short answer is yes, but probably not in the way you're expecting. This week's episode drops on the June 29th full moon and if you've been feeling more anxious than usual, more emotionally activated, less able to settle there's a reason for that.  In this episode, I'm breaking down what holistic wellness actually looks at and why zooming out on the whole person changes everything. And I'm explaining the full moon connection: not as mysticism, but as biology because when you understand why your nervous system is more activated right now, the knowing itself is regulating. If you've been doing everything right and still feel like something's missing, this episode is for you. Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2470819/fan_mail/new] Subscribe to Get to the Root [https://oliviabellco.substack.com], the companion newsletter where we go even deeper. Click HERE [https://oliviabellco.substack.com] to sign up! Website: https://oliviabellco.com [https://oliviabellco.com] I hope you find some time today for some peace, some plants and some paws! ☮️🌿🐾 Jo

The Internet Is Not Your Wellness Plan

EPISODE 58: THE INTERNET IS NOT YOUR WELLNESS PLAN Ever find yourself 47 tabs deep into health research, more confused than when you started and doing absolutely nothing as a result? You’re stuck in exactly the place the internet was designed to leave you. In this episode, I’m sharing a real story about someone I love who got hit with scary news and immediately turned to Google for answers. What happened next is something most of us have lived through, the spiral, the overwhelm, the freeze. We talk about why more information makes you more anxious (not less), what decision paralysis actually is and why it’s not a character flaw, and why your body already knew something your browser tabs couldn’t tell you. Plus: three concrete steps to actually break the freeze and start moving without overhauling your entire life overnight. Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2470819/fan_mail/new] Subscribe to Get to the Root [https://oliviabellco.substack.com], the companion newsletter where we go even deeper. Click HERE [https://oliviabellco.substack.com] to sign up! Website: https://oliviabellco.com [https://oliviabellco.com] I hope you find some time today for some peace, some plants and some paws! ☮️🌿🐾 Jo