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In this episode of Quiet Confessions, Chelsea reflects on a hopeful session with their new psychiatrist, the ongoing struggle with sleep, overstimulation from chaotic parenting mornings, and their evolving relationship with trauma and healing. 

They candidly share their challenges with burnout, their nervous system’s fragility, and the everyday chaos of parenting with PTSD.

This is a raw, unedited space—where Chelsea lets their guard down, explores messy emotions, and gives themself permission to exist without performance. 

You’re invited to sit beside them in this sacred space of honesty, exhaustion, and slow healing.

Topics Covered:

• Meeting a new psychiatrist and feeling seen.
  
  
• Parenting with a dysregulated nervous system.
  
  
• The impossibility of sleep after trauma.
  
  
• Magnesium baths & grounding rituals.
  
  
• Distress tolerance in trauma therapy.
  
  
• Real talk about routine, overstimulation, and bedtime battles.
  
  
• The importance of claiming space for yourself.

Mentioned:

• Morbid Podcast 
• Flewd Magnesium Bath Soaks (not sponsored)
• Odd Moms On Call (Chelsea's other podcast)

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 Special Thanks to Steve Audy for the use of our theme song: Quiet Connection

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