by Megan Alves | Oct 21, 2026 | Uncategorized
Procrastination, doom scrolling, and avoidance can have a lot to do with how your nervous system responds to stress. Learn what’s happening in your brain and what can help you get moving again. I hear women say some version of this all the time. It comes up in...
by Megan Alves | Oct 14, 2026 | Uncategorized
Pushing your feelings down can feel like coping. The research says it costs your health. Here is what emotional regulation really is and how to build it. Most of us never learned the difference between regulating an emotion and suppressing one. We learned to manage....
by Megan Alves | Oct 7, 2026 | Uncategorized
Your window of tolerance determines how much stress you can handle before you shut down or explode. Here is what it is, why it narrows, and how to expand it. Most people have experienced both ends of a spectrum they did not have a name for. The moment when stress tips...
by Megan Alves | Sep 30, 2026 | Uncategorized
The body conversation most women are having is missing the most important questions. Here is what a different relationship with your body actually looks like — and why it matters more in your 30s and 40s. Most women have been talking to their bodies for a long time....
by Megan Alves | Sep 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
Chronic stress does not just affect how leaders feel. It changes how they think, decide, communicate, and show up for their teams. Here is what the research says. What Chronic Stress Actually Does to the Brain Before we get into leadership behavior, it helps to...
by Megan Alves | Sep 16, 2026 | Uncategorized
Going full speed until you crash and need days to recover is not how high-performing women are wired. Here is what the research says is actually happening and what it costs over time. Full speed for weeks. Then a crash that takes days to recover from. Then back to...
