In this episode, Anna challenges hustle culture and reframes rest as a powerful productivity tool and health necessity. She explains how chronic overwork and lack of sleep can dysregulate hormones, weaken the immune system, and increase emotional reactivity—especially for women whose biology requires cyclical rest. Drawing on Barbara O'Neill's "8 hours rest / 8 hours work / 8 hours play" framework, she offers practical tips for improving sleep quality and using visualization and breathing techniques to wind down. The episode closes with an invitation to rethink daily rhythms so that rest, work, and play are all honored.

Key Points

• Rest is productive, not lazy
• Hustle culture can harm health
• Women's biology needs cyclical rest
• Immune system depends on sleep
• Chronic sleep loss raises illness risk
• Emotional reactivity can signal fatigue
• Aim for 8 hrs rest / 8 work / 8 play
• Make bedroom dark, quiet, and cool
• No electronics 1 hour before bed
• Consider blue-light blocking tools
• Use cooling pads if you overheat
• Try deep breathing before sleep
• Visualize safe, familiar places
• Visualize future goals in detail
• Reassess how you spend your 24 hours

Connect with Anna:

Email: annamarie@happywholeyou.com / info@HappyWholeYou.com

Website: www.happywholeyou.com / https://linktr.ee/happywholeyou

Personal Website: www.DrAnnaMarie.com

Instagram: @happywholeyou

Personal Instagram: @Dr.Anna.Marie

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In this episode, you explain how thoughts are not harmless but act as biochemical instructions that can either support healing or keep the body stuck in stress and illness. You connect mindset with physiology—stress hormones, sleep, inflammation, and even gene expression—and encourage listeners to consciously choose more supportive inner dialogue, explore epigenetics (e.g., Dr. Bruce Lipton's work), and consider coaching to rewire their neural networks.

Key Points

• Thoughts act as biochemical instructions in the body
• Chronic negative self-talk raises stress hormones (e.g., cortisol)
• High cortisol disrupts melatonin and healthy sleep
• Negative thinking keeps the body inflamed and blocks healing
• Inner dialogue is as important as nutrition and supplements
• Beliefs can shape physiological outcomes and health
• Thoughts and environment influence gene expression (epigenetics)
• The reticular activating system (RAS) filters reality to match beliefs
• Reframing with "What if that wasn't true?" opens new perspectives
• Choosing positive thoughts helps healing vs. staying sick and stuck
• Coaching can help rewire neural networks and shift mindset

Connect with Anna:

Email: annamarie@happywholeyou.com / info@HappyWholeYou.com

Website: www.happywholeyou.com / https://linktr.ee/happywholeyou

Personal Website: www.DrAnnaMarie.com

Instagram: @happywholeyou

Personal Instagram: @Dr.Anna.Marie

Facebook: Happy Whole You

LinkedIn: Anna Marie Frank

Venmo: @happywholeyou

In this episode, we explore why you can be eating clean, working out, and taking all the right supplements yet still not feel well. Anna explains how unresolved emotional stress keeps the body from feeling safe, which blocks physical healing. You'll learn why safety cues, breathwork, and coaching support are crucial for deeper, lasting healing beyond diet and exercise.

Key Points:

• Doing "all the right" health habits but still feel unwell
• Body won't heal when it doesn't feel emotionally safe
• Unresolved emotional stress suppresses immune function
• Stress slows tissue repair and workout recovery
• Brain prioritizes survival over healing and recovery
• Safety cues are essential for healing (trauma-informed view)
• Breathwork helps release stored emotional stress
• Coaching provides guidance, support, and accountability
• Visualization used to help the body feel safe to heal
• Anna shares personal journey of "perfect" habits but inner struggle
• Invitation to seek support and not do the inner work alone
• Healing is a journey; it's not instant but accelerates once you start

Connect with Anna:

Email: annamarie@happywholeyou.com / info@HappyWholeYou.com

Website: www.happywholeyou.com / https://linktr.ee/happywholeyou

Personal Website: www.DrAnnaMarie.com

Instagram: @happywholeyou

Personal Instagram: @Dr.Anna.Marie

Facebook: Happy Whole You

LinkedIn: Anna Marie Frank

Venmo: @happywholeyou