How To Feel Safe in your body again—Without pretending
You can be booked, brilliant—and still feel like your body is breaking.
Most high-functioning women don’t look burned out. They look busy. Focused. On top of it.
But inside, there’s a nervous system that never learned to rest.
If you feel guilty when you slow down… if your body panics in stillness… that’s not ambition. That’s survival mode pretending to be drive.
Save this now. You’re going to come back to it.
Burnout isn’t a mindset issue. It’s not about being unmotivated.
It’s a body that doesn’t feel safe when things are finally quiet.
Here’s how you start to rebuild that safety:
🔹 Notice when rest makes you restless.
If Sundays give you anxiety or stillness makes you fidget—your body thinks calm = danger. That’s not laziness. That’s your trauma talking.
🔹 Stop calling your exhaustion “overwhelm.”
It’s not just stress—it’s grief. Years of holding it together. Years of pushing through. Migraines, tight jaws, and chest pain are your body’s way of waving a red flag. Don’t just ask what to do. Ask what you’ve been carrying.
🔹 Try 30 seconds of stillness.
No perfection. No pressure. Sit. Breathe. If your heart races, that’s okay. You’re not broken—you’re just not used to safety yet. That’s why we build it one moment at a time.
🔹 Challenge the lie that rest is lazy.
Your worth is not in your output. Start saying this out loud: “I deserve to feel safe while doing nothing.”
That’s how you begin to heal. That’s how you come back to yourself.
Follow @triggerandtruthpod for real tools to help you rest, regulate, and reclaim your peace.
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Tina White
Entrepreneur | Author | Mental Health Advocate
Tina White is a truthteller, trauma disruptor, and the unapologetic voice behind The Trigger and The Truth podcast—a healing platform where pain meets purpose and storytelling becomes therapy. A native of South Jamaica, Queens, Tina brings over two decades of lived and professional experience navigating complex relationships, systemic grief, generational trauma, and emotional survival.
Her own journey—through loss, poverty, sexual assault, fractured family ties, and the residual impact of the crack era—fuels her commitment to helping others find clarity and healing. With deep roots in community advocacy, mental wellness, and transformation, Tina creates a safe, judgment-free space where guests and listeners alike can unpack emotional triggers and uncover the truths buried beneath them.
As the founder of several wellness and justice-centered initiatives, Tina is more than a podcast host—she’s a cultural voice for the unheard, a catalyst for deep healing, and a mentor for those finally ready to face their past and reclaim their peace.
Whether she’s guiding a raw conversation on grief, interviewing a mental health expert, or dropping therapeutic gems solo, Tina shows up fully—real, rooted, and ready to break generational cycles with truth and tenderness.
