Do you ever feel anxious, irritable, or emotionally overwhelmed and have no idea why? What if the problem isn’t your mindset but your connection to your body?

In this episode of the Building Resilience Podcast, Leah Davidson introduces the hidden sixth sense that shapes every emotional experience you have: interoception. This is your brain’s ability to sense what’s happening inside your body, including your heartbeat, breathing, hunger, tension, and fatigue, and interpret those signals as emotions. When this system works well, you can catch stress early and regulate it. When it doesn’t, you snap, spiral, shut down, or melt down before you even know what happened.

Leah explores how trauma, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and autism all influence interoceptive awareness and why strengthening this skill can dramatically improve emotional regulation, nervous system health, and resilience. The good news? Interoception is trainable. And it begins with simply noticing.

We’ll explore:

• Interoception is your brain’s ability to sense and interpret internal bodily signals.

• Emotions are grounded in physical sensations before they become conscious thoughts.

• Ignoring early body signals often leads to emotional overwhelm or shutdown.

• Trauma can either numb body awareness or make you hypervigilant to sensations.

• Anxiety involves hypersensitivity to internal signals, while depression often involves numbness.

• Many neurodivergent individuals experience interoceptive differences.

• Strengthening interoceptive awareness improves emotional clarity and regulation.

• The first step is not fixing. It is noticing.

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1) RESILIENCE JOURNAL: A guided journal for emotional well-being and nervous system care

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2) MY SAFE SPACE : AFFIRMATION AND JOURNAL PROMPT SET

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Do you have friends you can disappear from for months and return to without guilt, explanation, or effort? The ones who don’t keep score, don’t require performance, and still feel like home when you reconnect?

In this episode, Leah Davidson explores how women’s friendships change in midlife and why connection becomes not just important, but essential. Drawing from decades-long friendships, life transitions, and nervous system science, Leah unpacks why the friendship rules that worked in our twenties and thirties often stop working later on, and why that’s not a failure, but a natural evolution.

You’ll learn how different seasons of life call for different kinds of friendships, why capacity matters more than consistency, and how safety, not frequency, is the foundation of lasting connection. This episode is a powerful reminder that women don’t heal alone. We regulate together, remember ourselves together, and in midlife especially, we need each other.

We’ll explore:

• Midlife friendships operate by different rules than earlier seasons of life
• Safety, not frequency, is what allows friendships to last over time
• Capacity changes across seasons, and that doesn’t mean commitment is lacking
• Low-pressure friendships support nervous system regulation, not depletion
• Seasonal friendships can be deeply meaningful without needing to last forever
• Women are biologically wired to seek connection during stress, not isolation
• Joy and connection require intention in midlife, not waiting for life to slow down
• Women heal, regulate, and remember who they are through safe relationships

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MENTAL HEALTH STATIONERY - RESILIENT BRILLIANCE PRODUCTS:

1) RESILIENCE JOURNAL: A guided journal for emotional well-being and nervous system care

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2) MY SAFE SPACE : AFFIRMATION AND JOURNAL PROMPT SET

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LET'S STAY CONNECTED

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Do you ever sit down to do something important and suddenly find yourself reorganising drawers, researching holidays, or staring at a blank screen while silently asking, “Why can’t I just do this?”

In this episode of the Building Resilience Podcast, Leah Davidson reframes procrastination as a nervous system response, not a motivation problem or personal failing. Rather than being about laziness or lack of discipline, procrastination often shows up when your nervous system senses emotional or social risk and moves into protection.

Through a nervous system informed lens, Leah explores why pushing harder rarely works and what actually helps instead. You will learn how awareness, regulation, and small safe steps can create real momentum without shame or pressure.

We’ll explore:

• Procrastination is not a character flaw, it is a nervous system response
• When a task feels emotionally risky, the body will choose delay over action
• Discipline cannot override a nervous system that does not feel safe
• Perfectionism is often protection, not a lack of care or effort
• Overthinking is a way the nervous system tries to create certainty
• Avoidance is information, not failure
• Regulation creates momentum more effectively than pressure
• Small starts teach the nervous system that beginning can be safe
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Join here: https://www.skool.com/midlife-nervous-system-rewire/about?ref=06e003b61b8148ebbafd3a067f3cc2e1

MENTAL HEALTH STATIONERY - RESILIENT BRILLIANCE PRODUCTS:

1) RESILIENCE JOURNAL: A guided journal for emotional well-being and nervous system care

Amazon US - https://a.co/d/7DpuyVj

2) MY SAFE SPACE : AFFIRMATION AND JOURNAL PROMPT SET

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LET'S STAY CONNECTED

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What if the hardest season of parenting is not when your kids are little but when they are older?

When your children become teens, young adults, or fully grown, the role you have lived inside for years quietly changes. They do not need you in the same way. The strategies that once worked anticipating, fixing, and smoothing things over can suddenly create tension instead of connection. And no one really prepares you for the nervous system shift this stage requires.

In this episode Leah Davidson explores what it truly means to parent older kids without over-functioning. She breaks down how your nervous system continues to shape connection in this phase, why regulation matters more than advice, and how doing less can actually strengthen your relationship. This episode is especially for midlife parents navigating grief, identity shifts, and the discomfort of letting go without disconnecting or abandoning themselves in the process.

We’ll explore:

• Over-functioning may feel like care, but with older kids it often creates pressure and distance rather than connection
• Regulation does not mean tolerating disrespect, it means responding with clarity instead of reactivity
• Connection with older kids deepens through restraint, not increased effort or control
• Pausing and regulating yourself creates more safety than fixing, advising, or rescuing
• Parenting older kids requires shifting focus from managing them to staying anchored in yourself

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A low pressure, fun community for “Queenagers” to regulate, not fix, their midlife nervous systems.

Join here: https://www.skool.com/midlife-nervous-system-rewire/about?ref=06e003b61b8148ebbafd3a067f3cc2e1

MENTAL HEALTH STATIONERY - RESILIENT BRILLIANCE PRODUCTS:

1) RESILIENCE JOURNAL: A guided journal for emotional well-being and nervous system care

Amazon US - https://a.co/d/7DpuyVj

2) MY SAFE SPACE : AFFIRMATION AND JOURNAL PROMPT SET

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LET'S STAY CONNECTED

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Do you ever feel like you’re doing everything “right” as a parent, yet connection still feels harder than it should? You’re showing up, staying patient, trying your best… and something still feels off.

In this episode of the Building Resilience Podcast, Leah Davidson explores a truth most parenting advice misses: your child experiences your nervous system before they experience your words. Long before kids understand logic or explanations, they feel your tone, pace, breath, and tension. That nervous system state becomes the environment they live inside.

Leah unpacks how well-intentioned parents often slip into over-functioning, why meltdowns register as danger in the body, and how trying harder can actually make things worse. You’ll learn why regulation, not perfection, is what builds resilience and how regulating yourself first creates the safety your child needs to settle and grow.

We’ll explore:

• Why children feel your nervous system before your intentions
• How tension, urgency, and “holding it together” shape your child’s experience
• The difference between regulation and over-functioning
• Why meltdowns trigger your nervous system as danger
• How resilience is built through shared regulation, not fixing feelings
• What repair really looks like after moments of disconnection

LINKS AND RESOURCES:

COMMUNITY

MIDLIFE NERVOUS SYSTEM REWIRE COMMUNITY 👑: A low pressure, fun community for “Queenagers” to regulate, not fix, their midlife nervous systems.

Join here: https://www.skool.com/midlife-nervous-system-rewire/about?ref=06e003b61b8148ebbafd3a067f3cc2e1

MENTAL HEALTH STATIONERY - RESILIENT BRILLIANCE PRODUCTS:

1) RESILIENCE JOURNAL: A guided journal for emotional well-being and nervous system care

Amazon US - https://a.co/d/7DpuyVj

2) MY SAFE SPACE : AFFIRMATION AND JOURNAL PROMPT SET

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LET'S STAY CONNECTED

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Midlife is often framed as a crisis, but what if it’s not about everything falling apart? What if it’s about what simply becomes no longer tolerable?

In this episode of the Building Resilience Podcast, Leah Davidson explores what she calls the “Queenager” season of life, a developmental transition where capacity shifts, nervous system needs change, and old ways of pushing, performing, and people-pleasing start to cost too much. This stage isn’t about becoming more or fixing yourself, but about remembering who you are and learning how to listen to your body with honesty and respect.

Leah weaves together nervous system science, midlife realities, identity shifts, community, and embodiment, offering a compassionate lens for women who feel themselves changing but don’t yet have language for it. If midlife has you questioning your energy, relationships, roles, or expectations, this episode invites you to slow down, release outdated beliefs, and reconnect with your capacity, consent, and self-leadership. She also invites you to come join her community:

The Midlife Nervous System Rewire. https://www.skool.com/midlife-nervous-system-rewire/about?ref=06e003b61b8148ebbafd3a067f3cc2e1

We’ll explore:

• Midlife isn’t about crisis, it’s about capacity changing
• What once felt tolerable can quietly become too expensive for the nervous system
• The Queenager season is about remembering, not becoming
• Rest is not a reward, it’s an act of self-leadership
• Heaviness is not strength, and hiding is not safety
• Connection and normalization matter more than fixing or optimizing
• Your nervous system is the infrastructure behind every decision you make

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Join here: https://www.skool.com/midlife-nervous-system-rewire/about?ref=06e003b61b8148ebbafd3a067f3cc2e1

MENTAL HEALTH STATIONERY - RESILIENT BRILLIANCE PRODUCTS:

1) RESILIENCE JOURNAL: A guided journal for emotional well-being and nervous system care

Amazon US - https://a.co/d/7DpuyVj

2) MY SAFE SPACE : AFFIRMATION AND JOURNAL PROMPT SET

Amazon US - https://a.co/d/2mANQs4

LET'S STAY CONNECTED

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/leahdavidsonlifecoaching/

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/leahdavidsonlifecoaching

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Why context, capacity, and safety matter more than quick fixes.

We are living in the age of nervous system hacks. Cold plunges, breathing tricks, humming, ice cubes, and viral “regulation” tips are everywhere. And while some of them can absolutely help in the moment, they are often misunderstood and misused.

In this episode of the Building Resilience Podcast, Leah Davidson breaks down why nervous system hacks are not the problem, but relying on them as a strategy is. Leah explains how and why certain hacks work, the real physiology behind them, and why they can sometimes make people feel worse instead of better. Most importantly, she reframes regulation as something that happens through safety and capacity, not pressure or performance.

If you have ever tried a nervous system tool and thought, “Why isn’t this working for me?”, this episode offers clarity, compassion, and a more realistic way to understand what your body actually needs.

We’ll explore:

• Hacks are moment management tools, not nervous system healing
• If a hack does not work, it is information, not failure
• Your nervous system responds to cues of safety, not force or pressure
• Capacity determines whether a tool can land or not
• Simple sensory inputs work because they engage real biology
• Regulation comes from safety first, not after you do things “right”

LINKS AND RESOURCES:

COMMUNITY

NERVOUS SYSTEM JOURNALING CLUB : Doodle, journal and heal in community.

Join here: https://www.skool.com/nervous-system-journaling-club/about

MENTAL HEALTH STATIONERY - RESILIENT BRILLIANCE PRODUCTS:

1) RESILIENCE JOURNAL: A guided journal for emotional well-being and nervous system care

Amazon US - https://a.co/d/7DpuyVj

2) MY SAFE SPACE : AFFIRMATION AND JOURNAL PROMPT SET

Amazon US - https://a.co/d/2mANQs4

LET'S STAY CONNECTED

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As the year comes to a close, not everything fits neatly into good or bad. Some years hold both expansion and exhaustion, clarity and confusion, joy and grief, all at the same time.

In this episode of the Building Resilience Podcast, Leah Davidson looks back on a true 50/50 year. One that brought meaningful wins, nervous system lessons, grief, growth, and recalibration. Instead of forcing a positive spin or tying everything up with a bow, Leah walks through what this year actually required of her and how those experiences shaped her capacity, boundaries, relationships, faith, rest, and sense of self.

If your year felt complicated, unfinished, or emotionally layered, this episode offers a grounded and compassionate way to reflect without judgment, urgency, or self abandonment.

We’ll explore:

• Capacity matters more than commitment, even when you love the work
• Keeping the peace for others can cost you your own internal peace
• Stress accumulates quietly and shows up long after it begins
• Alignment conserves more energy than discipline ever could
• Regulation is not the reward for doing things right, it comes first

LINKS AND RESOURCES:

COMMUNITY

NERVOUS SYSTEM JOURNALING CLUB : Doodle, journal and heal in community.

Join here: https://www.skool.com/nervous-system-journaling-club/about

MENTAL HEALTH STATIONERY - RESILIENT BRILLIANCE PRODUCTS:

1) RESILIENCE JOURNAL: A guided journal for emotional well-being and nervous system care

Amazon US - https://a.co/d/7DpuyVj

2) MY SAFE SPACE : AFFIRMATION AND JOURNAL PROMPT SET

Amazon US - https://a.co/d/2mANQs4

LET'S STAY CONNECTED

INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/leahdavidsonlifecoaching/

FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/leahdavidsonlifecoaching

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