Chiropractor Ange Wellman explains why physical self-care starts with understanding your body’s deeper needs, and why many of us miss its signals until they get hard to ignore.

Ange brings clinical insight and lived experience to this conversation. After 22 years as a chiropractor, navigating major life changes, and facing a breast cancer diagnosis and treatment journey, she offers a grounded perspective on caring for the body. Host Pam guides the discussion through questions many of us avoid: What do you really need? How can you tell when you’re in survival mode? And what happens when guilt, comparison, or your inner critic gets in the way of listening?

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Why self-care starts with recognizing your real needs
• How survival mode and stress can shape the way you care for yourself
• Movement targets and why the type of movement matters, too
• How strength training, cardiovascular exercise, and mobility practices can support health in different ways
• The difference between exercise as coping and movement that supports your wellbeing
• Why recovery and aging well deserve more attention

The conversation also gets honest about the emotional side of physical self-care: comparison, the pressure for instant results, and the tension between what you think you “should” do and what you actually want. Ange shares why the body can whisper before it shouts—and how a health crisis can prompt a new way of listening.

If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing “all the right things” but still aren’t truly taking care of yourself, this conversation offers a thoughtful perspective on what self-care can mean.

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