• Healing Requires Community
    Jul 3 2025

    In this heartfelt episode of This Holistic Life, we explore one of the most essential, but often overlooked, truths about healing: you're not meant to do it alone.

    Healing requires courage, self-awareness, and deep inner work; but it also requires community. Whether it's trusted friends, family, therapists, care providers, or wise spiritual counsel, having a support system is a vital part of your healing journey.

    You'll learn what it means to find a safe space, how God can use others to help you heal, and why struggling in isolation can be emotionally and spiritually harmful. This episode offers gentle encouragement to release the pressure of doing it all on your own and embrace the empathy, connection, and accountability that community can bring.

    If you're ready to stop carrying it all by yourself, this episode is your invitation to breathe deeply, open your heart, and take a brave step toward support.

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    6 mins
  • Healing Past Hurts – You Can't Heal What Remains Hidden
    Jun 26 2025

    In this gentle and truth-filled episode of This Holistic Life, we explore the healing journey that begins when you stop hiding your pain and start facing it with compassion. Whether you're carrying wounds from childhood, betrayal, broken relationships, or seasons of struggle, unhealed pain has a way of impacting your present—mentally, physically, and emotionally.

    Tracie guides you through the importance of self-reflection, the power of asking for support, and the need to release shame that keeps you silent. You'll learn how to navigate fear, offer forgiveness (even without an apology), and extend grace to yourself as you begin the healing process.

    You'll also be reminded that while healing the past may not always feel easy, it is possible—and so worth it.

    For more support and holistic guidance, grab a copy of Radical Relaxation at traciebraylock.com.

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    6 mins
  • Preventing Burnout – How to Recognize It, Heal from It, and Protect Your Peace
    Jun 19 2025

    In this compassionate and eye-opening episode of This Holistic Life, we're talking about burnout - what it is, how to recognize it, and how to prevent it before it takes hold. Drawing from her nursing background, Tracie breaks down the three key dimensions of burnout: emotional exhaustion, depersonalization, and reduced efficacy, and explains how burnout can show up in all areas of life - from work and parenting to relationships and spiritual life.

    You'll learn the signs and symptoms of burnout, why asking for help is essential, and how to begin healing if you're already feeling stretched too thin. Tracie also shares powerful, holistic strategies to reduce stress, restore balance, and protect your well-being for the long haul.

    If you're tired, overwhelmed, or just need permission to rest, this episode is for you. And if you're ready to go deeper, grab Tracie's book Radical Relaxation for more stress-eliminating tools and soul-soothing practices.

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    7 mins
  • Getting to the Root Cause – Why True Healing Requires Looking Beneath the Surface
    Jun 12 2025

    In this eye-opening episode of This Holistic Life, we explore the power of looking beyond symptoms and getting to the root cause of your stress, illness, or chronic conditions. Whether you're dealing with recurring pain, anxiety, or long-standing health issues, true healing begins when you stop patching over the problem and start asking what's really going on beneath the surface.

    You'll learn how internal dysfunctions, external stressors, and emotional or spiritual disconnects can all contribute to imbalance - and why treating symptoms alone is not enough. We also talk about how your care provider should be a partner in your healing journey, working with you to uncover the contributing causes and create a path forward for whole-person wellness.

    If you're ready for more than temporary relief, this episode will empower you to take a deeper, more intentional approach to your health.

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    6 mins
  • Stop Managing Stress – Start Eliminating It
    Jun 5 2025

    In this powerful episode of This Holistic Life, we challenge the common mindset of simply managing stress and explore why it's time to start eliminating it instead. Managing stress implies expecting it to stay - making room for it in your life and adjusting everything around its presence. But what if you didn't have to live that way?

    Drawing from her nursing background, Tracie explains how stress overload and ineffective coping show up in our health and offers a new, empowering perspective: you can release stress by addressing the root causes, removing what's within your control, and learning to let go of what's not.

    You'll walk away with practical tools like journaling, aromatherapy, ecotherapy, and mindfulness strategies to help you stop coping and start reclaiming your peace.

    If you're tired of being overwhelmed and ready to shift into a lifestyle of Radical Relaxation, this episode will show you the way.

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    6 mins
  • What's Occupying Your Time? – How Mindless Habits Are Fueling Your Stress
    May 29 2025

    In this thoughtful and eye-opening episode of This Holistic Life, Tracie asks a simple but powerful question: What's really occupying your time? Whether it's endless scrolling, constant busyness, or staying up late to "reclaim" lost time, these mindless habits may be doing more harm than you realize—and they could be at the root of your stress, exhaustion, and hormonal imbalance.

    You'll learn how autopilot behavior keeps your nervous system overstimulated, why you feel unable to relax even when the day is done, and how to gently interrupt these patterns and begin creating space for peace, rest, and healing.

    If you're ready to reclaim your time and stop letting stress set the pace for your life, this episode will show you where to begin.

    Be sure to grab a copy of Radical Relaxation for more tools and practices to help you reduce stress and live with greater intention.

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    5 mins
  • Are You in Your Own Way? – How We Hinder Our Own Healing and What to Do About It
    May 23 2025

    In this compassionate and truth-filled episode of This Holistic Life, we're exploring the honest question: Are you standing in the way of your own healing?

    Drawing from years of nursing experience and real-life encounters with patients longing for wholeness, I share the subtle and not-so-subtle ways we often block our own healing—through unforgiveness, denying dysfunction, unresolved trauma, unhealthy habits, lack of self-compassion, and withholding the truth from those who could help us.

    You'll also hear practical, gentle guidance on how to get out of your own way, step into greater self-awareness, and begin walking toward the healing your body, mind, and spirit are craving.

    If you've been feeling stuck, this episode offers hope, clarity, and the reminder that healing is still possible—and it starts with you.

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    7 mins
  • How Stress Impacts Your Body - Understanding the Inflammation Connection
    May 15 2025

    In this science-backed and soul-nourishing episode, we're unpacking how stress impacts your body - especially through the lens of inflammation. You'll learn how chronic stress fuels inflammation and how inflammation plays a major role in the development and worsening of chronic health conditions like heart disease, type 2 diabetes, anxiety, depression, arthritis, and even cancer.

    But this isn't a message of fear - it's one of empowerment. You'll be reminded not to stress about your stress, and instead begin acknowledging it, responding to it with compassion, and embracing practical strategies for relief and restoration.

    If you're ready to feel more at ease in your body and more in control of your healing, this episode is for you.

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    8 mins