When Stress Feels Safer Than Stillness
Have you ever sat down to “relax” only to realize your jaw is clenched, your mind is racing, and your body is still bracing for impact? What if the real reason you can’t rest… is because stress has become your comfort zone?
In this episode, we sit down with Tracie Braylock- nurse, wellness educator, and author of Radical Relaxation—to explore why stillness feels so foreign and how we can rewire our nervous systems to embrace it.
We unpack:
How chronic stress becomes part of our identity
What it means to practice relaxation like a muscle
Faith, healing, and the burdens we were never meant to carry
Practical rest rituals (that don’t require a plane ticket or a perfect day)