Whether it’s in relation to our environment, our bosses, our food choices, our emotions, or something else, how we respond to and manage our stressors can have an outsized impact on our lives.

Our latest guest, Sunn Mixon, is an integrative health coach who combines functional medicine, emotional mastery, and energetics to help her clients master that stress response so that they can get out of their own way of creating a business and life they love.

Listen to the full episode for more on the different types of stress in our bodies and minds, how to break the survival cycle, more on herbal and reiki healing, and how to sustainably approach your own healing.

What You Will Learn: 

1:06 : Sunn introduces herself, including how she helps women in the cycle of burnout and overwhelm 

2:01 : What functional medicine is, plus what the root cause of most issues actually are

3:18 : All the different forms of stress, and the benefit of looking at them holistically instead of just focusing on one type 

6:40 : How to navigate emotional and mental stress so that it doesn’t continue manifesting in your body, plus more about the “emotional freedom technique” 

9:56 : Why Sunn focuses on the “somatic experience” to help her clients move through their emotions, plus other tools she teaches them

12:40 : The rhythms that Sunn has designed in her life to prioritize herself

14:43 : How Sunn has been the heroine of her own story, including her journey from an abusive relationship and chronic health issues to her current life

17:52 : The ways in which herbs, specifically adaptogens, can help you reduce your stress

23:33 : What reiki healing is, plus why Sunn says it can be a transformative experience 

26:56 : More about the healing path of anxiety, including some of Sunn’s personal story

29:15 : Where people pleasing comes from (especially for women) and Sunn’s advice for moving past it

35:12 : How to do healing work sustainably, without burning yourself out 

37:36 : What a life she doesn’t need a vacation from means to Sunn

42:27 : Where people can find Sunn and how they can work more with her

Relevant Links: 

·       Visit Sunn’s website: https://www.desertsunnwellness.com/ 

·       Follow Sunn on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sunn.mixon/ 

·       Join Sunn’s Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/451382632879303/ 

·       Free Soulcation Daily Planning Page: https://www.melodymiles.com/daily-planning-page

·       Follow Mel on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/soulcationmel/ 

·       Purchase the Soulcation Planner: https://www.melodymiles.com/soulcation-planner