How to Slow Down Without Feeling Guilty

Unleashed and Unstoppable · Jul 2, 2026 · 16m

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What if rest isn’t the reward… but the thing you’ve been avoiding all along?

Not because you don’t want it.

But because your nervous system doesn’t trust it.

In this episode, Alex unpacks the quiet resistance that shows up when life finally slows down.

The fidgeting.

The urgency.

The need to fill every empty space.

Because when you’ve spent years living in go mode, slowing down can feel strangely unsafe.

Even when it’s exactly what you need.

Alex shares what she’s been noticing while living in Panama, and how something as simple as sitting by the river with a coloring book…