🎙️ Episode 6: When Grief Feels Heavy
Some days the weight of life, loss, and responsibility all collide — and you just want to crawl back into bed. In this episode, Becky opens up about grief, overwhelm, and how the body carries emotions, sharing both science and soul-level wisdom for finding comfort and calm again.
💛 Episode Summary
This week marks two years since Becky’s dad passed away, and she’s feeling it deeply. In this open and tender episode, she talks about how grief doesn’t just live in our memories — it lives in our bodies.
Becky shares her own experience of waking up with heaviness, tears, and fatigue, wondering why the sadness feels fresh again — and how she’s learning to listen to her body’s cues, instead of fighting them.
From the neuroscience of the vagus nerve to the emotional power of essential oils, she unpacks practical ways to help your body move through grief instead of getting stuck in it. If you’re carrying emotional weight or feeling “off” without knowing why, this conversation will help you understand what’s happening beneath the surface and how to gently restore your nervous system and your peace.
✨ What You’ll Hear About
What grief actually feels like in the body — heaviness, fatigue, and emotional fog
How the vagus nerve connects your brain, heart, gut, and emotions
The two main nervous system responses to grief (shutdown and fight-or-flight)
How movement and essential oils can help your body process grief
Becky’s favorite vagus nerve support roller blend
Why emotions must be felt to be healed
🌿 Becky’s Vagus Nerve Support Roller Blend
Combine equal parts of the following essential oils in a 10ml roller bottle:💧 Lavender💧 Lime💧 Clove💧 Bergamot💧 Juniper💧 Roman Chamomile💧 Vetiver💧 Melissa💧 Orange💧 Petitgrain
Fill ¾ full with these oils, top with your favorite carrier oil, and shake gently.Roll behind each ear (over the mastoid bone) to help calm the nervous system and support emotional release.Becky also loves applying Joy essential oil blend over the heart.
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You can grab roller balls off Amazon HERE
🪞 Reflection Prompt
Where do you feel grief or heaviness in your body right now — and what is one small way you can help it move through you today?
Maybe it’s a walk, a deep breath, a prayer, or letting the tears fall.Remember: grief is not weakness — it’s love trying to find its way through the body.
📘 Mentioned in This Episode
The physical and emotional symptoms of grief
The vagus nerve’s role in emotional healing
How essential oils can help regulate the nervous system
Permission to rest, cry, and release
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💬 Connect with Becky
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🌿 Next Step
If this episode resonated with you, share it with someone who might be walking through grief or emotional heaviness right now.
Grab my free 3 part audio series: Nourish.Breathe. Rest. That can help restore any tired mom.
And if you’re an overwhelmed, stressed-out, or anxious mom ready to start feeling lighter and more at peace, grab Becky’s book The Overwhelm Cure — her personal framework for releasing stress and reconnecting with calm.
