Sometimes your body tells you what your mind has been too busy to notice.
Nurse Alice was working, traveling, building businesses, caring for patients, raising a family and keeping up with life. From the outside, everything looked fine.
But her body was telling a very different story.
In this deeply personal episode of Ask Nurse Alice, she opens up about what was happening behind the scenes during her time away from the podcast, the warning signs she was missing, and what finally made her realize that simply pushing through wasn't working anymore.
What happens when stress doesn't stop and your body doesn't get the chance to recover?
Nurse Alice breaks down the science of chronic stress and allostatic load, and shares what her own health taught her about the hidden cost of constantly adapting, carrying and continuing.
Because being productive isn't the same as being healthy. And being able to keep going doesn't mean your body isn't paying for it.
Your body is keeping score. Are you?