It Starts at Vagus: Holistic Tips to Manage Stress and Anxiety

It Starts at Vagus: Holistic Tips to Manage Stress and Anxiety

Welcome to It Starts at Vagus – the ultimate podcast for women ready to reclaim their calm and reset their health, starting from the root cause: the vagus nerve. Here, we dive deep into holistic strategies, natural remedies, and actionable tips to support your body's natural healing process. Whether you’re managing stress, anxiety, or just looking to improve your overall well-being, our expert insights and practical advice are designed to help you feel empowered and connected. Subscribe for weekly content on the mind-body connection, lifestyle tips, and simple yet effective practices to bring more peace, relaxation, and balance into your life. It all starts here – with your vagus nerve.

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September 30, 2025 3 mins

We share a heartfelt pause: why rest serves the message of nervous system care, what this season has meant, and how to stay grounded with simple practices while we step back. 

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Designed to quiet your nervous system and gently rewire your subconscious for peace. 

Layered with soothing affirmations beneath calming soundscapes, this track supports you in carrying calm into your everyday life—helping you reset quickly, breathe deeply, and return to balance.

Affirmations under the audio:


  • I find calm easily throughout my day.
  • My breath guides me back to peace.
  • Calm is my natural state.
  • I release tension and ...
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Discover the powerful connection between everyday subconscious cues and subliminal messages as mindset-upgrading tools. We explore how these hidden messages bypass your conscious mind's resistance while reinforcing the positive changes you desire.

Subliminal messages in vagus mini                                                                    

  • I am calm.
  • My body knows how to reset.
  • I release tension easily.
  • I feel...
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September 16, 2025 5 mins

Feeling overwhelmed by complicated self-care routines? This episode reveals a revolutionary approach to finding calm – through micro-inputs that create maximum shifts in your nervous system state.

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Rumination keeps us stuck in cycles of unproductive worry, but understanding how our vagus nerve functions as the body's reset button can help us break free from these mental loops.

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Your body knows what your mind might miss: the spaces around you are constantly sending signals to your nervous system. 

Walking into certain environments immediately changes how you feel, and there's solid science behind this response. Your vagus nerve—the superhighway connecting your brain and body—constantly scans your surroundings for signs of safety or threat. 

The good news? You can harness this same sy...

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Anxiety isn't just in your head—it's a physical experience happening throughout your body, communicating through your vagus nerve and nervous system. By understanding how anxiety manifests physically, we can respond with effective tools that calm the body and, in turn, soothe the anxious mind.


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We explore how to retrain your brain's spotlight to naturally find moments of joy instead of stress. By understanding your reticular activating system (RAS), you can break anxiety loops and build joy loops that fuel your healthiest habits.


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August 12, 2025 7 mins

Pets offer more than companionship—they provide natural nervous system regulation through the vagus nerve, helping us switch from stress to calm. The simple act of interacting with animals releases oxytocin, activates our parasympathetic system, and builds vagal tone for greater stress resilience.

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Calm isn't a state we can simply decide to feel but rather a skill we develop through consistent practice, similar to building a muscle. When we understand that our stress responses are patterns developed over time, we can begin to retrain our nervous system by exercising our vagus nerve - the calm switchboard of the body.


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Massage isn't just about working muscles—it's a profound "brain game" that retrains our nervous system to recognize and release tension we didn't even know we were carrying. In this enlightening conversation with returning guest Melissa Kary, we explore the fascinating challenge many people face: achieving relaxation during a massage session but struggling to recreate that state independently.

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Your emotions feeling out of control? Your reactions a bit over the top? Before you blame yourself, check your sleep quality. That irritability, anxiety, and emotional rawness might not be character flaws—they're classic signs of a sleep-deprived vagus nerve.

The vagus nerve—that remarkable communication superhighway linking brain and body—thrives during deep, restorative sleep.

But there's good news: su...

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July 22, 2025 1 min

This mini episode is to reply to the phone number with 9518 from California. 

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Your vagus nerve—essentially your body's emotional thermostat—responds remarkably well to green spaces. When you step outside mindfully, cortisol levels drop, heart rate variability improves, and your body receives the safety signals it needs to shift into healing mode. The beautiful truth is that you don't need elaborate protocols or expensive supplements to support vagal tone; sometimes the medicine is right outside you...

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July 8, 2025 10 mins

Ever feel like your body's stuck in stress mode no matter what you do? The secret might be hiding in plain sight: your vagus nerve. This fascinating "wandering nerve" serves as your body's superhighway to calm—when it's functioning well. But modern life stacks the deck against it.


You don't need to overhaul your entire life to support your nervous system. Small, consistent actions create ...

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Your pulse races. Your mind spirals. But strangely, this isn't happening during a crisis—it's happening during those rare moments when everything is finally calm. Sound familiar?

As a neuromuscular massage therapist, I've noticed an alarming trend: people whose bodies physically reject relaxation. Clients report feeling most anxious when their to-do lists shrink, or experiencing heart palpitations when they ...

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Our urgency to heal can keep us trapped in sympathetic nervous system dominance, preventing the very healing we seek. The pressure of constantly adding more wellness practices often backfires when it creates another stressful to-do list that triggers fight-or-flight responses instead of facilitating rest and recovery.


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Your vagus nerve is quietly begging you to slow down, and science proves it's one of the smartest moves you can make for your physical and mental wellbeing. This episode reveals why choosing simplicity isn't laziness—it's a biologically sound approach that your entire nervous system craves.

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We explore what happens when well-meaning people say the wrong things about anxiety and how those dismissive comments impact your nervous system. Learn practical strategies to protect your wellbeing when others minimize your experience, from vagus nerve activation to powerful self-advocacy techniques.


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Persistent fatigue despite doing everything "right" often stems from an overtaxed nervous system rather than physical exhaustion. 

The vagus nerve, focused solely on survival, diverts energy to keeping us alive when it perceives even subtle threats in our environment.

Listen to methods that help put the vagus nerve back into "rest and restore" mode. 

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