In this powerful episode of The Daring Well Podcast, Rita Mercer is joined by Sophia Torrini, certified clinical EFT practitioner and nervous system regulation expert. Together, they explore how chronic stress, trauma, and burnout keep so many people stuck in survival mode—and how Emotional Freedom Techniques (EFT tapping) can help restore safety, wholeness, and healing in the body.

Sophia shares her own life-altering healing journey after surviving a near-fatal medical experience and living for years with chronic illness. Through neuroscience-based emotional work, EFT tapping, and body-centered awareness, she explains how emotions get stored in the body, how dysregulated nervous systems block healing, and how we can gently rewire our brain and body for restoration and growth.

This episode blends science and soul, offering practical tools, embodied practices, and deep reassurance for anyone feeling overwhelmed, burned out, or disconnected from themselves.

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Episode Chapters

1. Survival Mode vs. Creation Mode

Rita and Sophia introduce the concept of living in survival versus living in creation. Sophia explains how chronic stress activates the sympathetic nervous system, narrowing perception and limiting our ability to see solutions, while regulation opens the door to possibility and choice.

2. What EFT Tapping Is and How It Heals

Sophia breaks down clinical EFT as an evidence-based practice that combines cognitive therapy with somatic tapping. She explains how emotions are energy in motion, how unprocessed emotions become stored in the body, and why tapping helps calm the nervous system and release stuck emotional patterns.

3. The Parallel Process: Healing Past, Present, and Future Selves

This segment explores Sophia’s parallel process approach, which integrates healing the past self, regulating the present self, and connecting to the future self. Healing is reframed as wholeness—bringing fragmented parts back into alignment.

4. Regulating the Nervous System Through Breath and Touch

Sophia shares practical tools to recognize dysregulation, including breath awareness and body cues. She walks listeners through abdominal breathing and self-havening touch as powerful ways to signal safety and calm the nervous system.

5. Preventing Panic and Building Body Awareness

The episode closes with insight into panic attacks, mindfulness, and early body awareness. Sophia explains how panic often begins long before symptoms appear and how staying connected to the body can prevent escalation and support emotional regulation.

Key Takeaways

• Chronic stress keeps the nervous system locked in survival mode
• Healing begins with regulation, not forced positive thinking
• EFT tapping helps release stored emotional energy from the body
• Breath and gentle touch are powerful tools for calming anxiety
• Wholeness comes from integrating all parts of ourselves

🔗 Connect with Sophia Torrini

• Website: https://www.tapintoyourbestself.com/
  
  
• Offers complimentary sessions and neuroscience-based masterclasses on healing and nervous system regulation

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In today’s fast-paced, always-connected world, burnout is becoming the norm rather than the exception. In this episode of The Daring Well Podcast, I sat down with Colin Corby, a technologist turned Digital Detox Coach, to explore how our relationship with technology impacts our mental health, stress management, connection in relationships, productivity on our jobs, and overall well-being.

Colin shares his powerful personal journey—from experiencing stress-related health scares in the corporate tech world to becoming an Ironman athlete and Detox Coach. Together, we unpack what burnout really looks like, why willpower alone isn’t enough to create change, and how adopting the mindset of a business athlete can help us perform better at work and in our personal lives, while protecting our physical and emotional health.

This conversation offers practical, compassionate strategies for high achievers, professionals, caregivers, and leaders who want to reclaim balance, energy, and presence—without abandoning technology altogether.

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Episode Chapter Breakdown

1. Burnout, Stress & the Body’s Warning Signs

2. The Athlete Mindset: A New Way to Approach Work & Life

3. What Digital Detox Really Means (And What It Doesn’t)

4. Why Willpower Fails & How to Build Better Habits

5. Rest, Recovery & Reclaiming Human Connection

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Key Takeaways from This Episode

• Burnout is a biological and psychological experience—not a personal failure
• Sustainable success requires rest, recovery, and intentional boundaries
• Digital detox is about balance, not disconnection
• Changing your environment is more effective than relying on willpower
• Real connection and presence are essential to mental wellness

🔗 Connect With Colin Corby

• Website: https://thedigitaldetoxcoach.c...
• Platforms: LinkedIn, Substack
• TEDx Talk: Are We Losing Our Identity to Technology? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEMf-y7KqTc

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What roles are you resigning from?

In this heartfelt continuation of last week’s conversation, Rita invites you to pause, breathe, and reflect on the unassigned roles you may have stepped into—roles that are no longer serving who you are or what you need in this season of life.

Many of us find ourselves exhausted, overwhelmed, and emotionally drained—not because we are doing too much, but because we are doing what was never ours to carry. From being the rescuer, fixer, peacekeeper, or strong one, these roles often come from a place of love, fear, or survival—but over time, they can cost us our peace, clarity, and sense of self.

In this episode, Rita walks you through powerful boundary reframes for ten common unassigned relationship archetypes, offering compassion, truth, and practical practices to help you release what no longer fits. You’ll be reminded that you are more than a role, more than what you do for others, and worthy simply because you exist.

This episode is an invitation to let go, create space, and choose healthier relationships—with others and with yourself.

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💛 Key Takeaways

• You can care deeply without over-functioning or taking over
• Healthy relationships require reciprocity, not self-sacrifice
• Speaking truth creates deeper peace than silence
• Asking for help is a sign of humanity, not weakness
• Boundaries create space for love without depletion

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🎁 Bonus Resource

For those who sign up for the Mindfully You Wellness Workshop, Rita is offering a bonus downloadable affirmation card deck designed to help reframe core beliefs connected to boundaries and self-worth.

👉 Sign up at www.DaringWell.com/workshop

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