Episode 5: Nervous System Regulation Part 2: The Science of Survival Mode in Nurses

If you’re a nurse struggling with stubborn weight gain, inflammation, cravings, or exhaustion — this episode will shift everything.

This isn’t about willpower.

This is about survival physiology.

In Episode 4, Jess Vee, NP breaks down the hidden connection between nervous system dysfunction and weight gain in nurses.

We cover:

• How chronic fight-or-flight elevates cortisol
 • Why cortisol drives abdominal fat storage
 • The impact of shift work on insulin sensitivity
 • How sleep deprivation alters hunger hormones
 • Why vagal nerve dysfunction affects metabolism
 • Why aggressive dieting backfires in stressed bodies
 • The trauma-metabolism connection nurses aren’t talking about

Nurses live in high-alert environments that were never designed for long-term biological health. When the nervous system stays activated, the body adapts — often by storing fat.

Your weight gain may not be failure.

It may be protective physiology.

This episode reframes weight loss through a nervous system lens and introduces a safer, more sustainable approach to metabolic healing.

🎁 Free resource mentioned in this episode:

 Shift-Proof Metabolism — The Nurse’s Starter Guide to Healing Inflammation & Resetting Hormones.

If you’re tired of starting over, start with regulation.

You are not broken.

Your nervous system has been protecting you.

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