Burnout, Cortisol and Chronic Stress: Nahid De Belgonne Explains How to Reset Your Body
Just As Well, The Women's Health PodcastShow Notes
What does chronic stress actually do to your body — and how can you start to feel better?
In this episode of Just As Well, Claire Sanderson speaks to Nahid De Belgonne, founder of The Human Method, about nervous system dysregulation, burnout, cortisol overload and why so many women feel constantly overwhelmed.
Nahid explains how stress can show up emotionally through irritability, impatience and reactivity, and physically through poor sleep, gut issues, inflammation, skin flare-ups and exhaustion. She also shares practical tools to help calm the body, including movement, breathwork and simple techniques to release stress before it builds up.
In this conversation, they cover:
- What a dysregulated nervous system actually is
- Why modern life keeps us in survival mode
- The emotional and physical signs of chronic stress
- How cortisol affects the body
- Why high-achieving women are particularly vulnerable to burnout
- Practical ways to regulate your nervous system every day
If you’ve been feeling frazzled, reactive, exhausted or like you can never properly switch off, this episode is for you.
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