Stress doesn’t always feel like stress. Many people living with chronic stress symptoms are still functioning, coping, and getting through their days until suddenly they can’t. In this episode of The Good Health Podcast, we explain why stress is not just psychological, but a biological load that affects your nervous system, hormones, sleep, digestion, immunity, and recovery long before burnout or breakdown appears.

01:30 — Chronic Stress as a Physiological State

04:25 — Acute vs Chronic Stress: What the Body Can Actually Handle

08:00 — “I Feel Fine”: Why Chronic Stress Often Goes Unnoticed

13:00 — 5 Early Signs of Maladaptive Stress Responses

17:45 — How Chronic Stress Signalling Affects the Body

22:00 — Regulation Before Optimisation: Supporting Stress Properly

If you’ve been pushing through, normalising symptoms, or wondering why rest doesn’t seem to restore you anymore, this episode will help you recognise the early and subtle signs of chronic stress without self-blame or fear.

RESOURCES: Grab all the links and resources mentioned in this episode at https://www.nicolegoodehealth.com/the-goode-health-podcast/episode-111

DISCLAIMER: The content in this podcast and related website is not intended to be a substitute for medical advice. It is not intended to be used to diagnose or treat, instead it is designed to help educate and inspire. Always seek the advice of a professional medical practitioner or qualified health practitioner. Never ignore or disregard advice given to you based on information in this podcast or related website and do not delay in seeking medical advice.

If you’ve been resting more, doing less, and still feel tired, this episode explains why rest alone often isn’t enough to restore energy and what actually helps. In this episode of The Good Health Podcast, Nicole Good unpacks why low energy can persist even when you’re doing “all the right things,” and why trying harder or adding more routines often makes exhaustion worse instead of better.

04:05 — Why Rest Alone Doesn’t Restore Energy

06:15 — The 3 Pillars of Safe Energy Rebuilding

06:50 — Pillar 1: Timing (Working With Your Body’s Rhythms)

08:25 — Pillar 2: Foundations (Stabilising Before Optimising)

10:00 — Pillar 3: Feedback (Listening to Your Body’s Signals)

11:45 — The Core Problem With Energy Recovery

13:15 — What the Good Health Studio Is Designed to Support

You’ll learn what’s really happening inside the body when energy is low, including how stress signalling, blood sugar instability, sleep disruption, and nervous system overload can prevent rest from becoming restorative.

RESOURCES: Grab all the links and resources mentioned in this episode at https://www.nicolegoodehealth.com/the-goode-health-podcast/episode-110

DISCLAIMER: The content in this podcast and related website is not intended to be a substitute for medical advice. It is not intended to be used to diagnose or treat, instead it is designed to help educate and inspire. Always seek the advice of a professional medical practitioner or qualified health practitioner. Never ignore or disregard advice given to you based on information in this podcast or related website and do not delay in seeking medical advice.

Low energy isn’t one single experience, and that’s why so much generic advice fails. In this third episode of the Energy series, we explain the four most common low energy patterns we see repeatedly in clinic, helping you understand why your fatigue shows up the way it does. Rather than labels or diagnoses, this episode focuses on biological patterns that reflect how the body adapts to stress, illness, inflammation, and prolonged demand.

02:50 — Why Low Energy Looks Different in Different People

05:20 — Pattern 1: Wired But Tired (Chronic Stress & Nervous System Overdrive)

13:40 — Pattern 2: Flat Fatigue (Energy Conservation & Reduced Output)

20:10 — Pattern 3: Post-Viral or Immune-Driven Fatigue

26:10 — Pattern 4: Burnout-Style Fatigue (Loss of Adaptive Capacity)

30:50 — What All Low Energy Patterns Have in Common

Each pattern is explained in clear, relatable terms so you can see yourself in the physiology — not judge yourself for it. If you’ve ever felt tired all day but alert at night, struggled to recover after illness, felt heavy and unmotivated for no obvious reason, or wondered why rest doesn’t restore your energy anymore, this episode will help you make sense of it.

RESOURCES: Grab all the links and resources mentioned in this episode at https://www.nicolegoodehealth.com/the-goode-health-podcast/episode-109

DISCLAIMER: The content in this podcast and related website is not intended to be a substitute for medical advice. It is not intended to be used to diagnose or treat, instead it is designed to help educate and inspire. Always seek the advice of a professional medical practitioner or qualified health practitioner. Never ignore or disregard advice given to you based on information in this podcast or related website and do not delay in seeking medical advice.