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Your body was never designed to carry success at the expense of your health.

In this episode of She Wears the Pants, Ashley Deland is joined by Taylor Smeenk, CEO and founder of Empact Wellness and certified functional medicine practitioner. Together, they unpack what it really takes for high-growth women to build extraordinary businesses while protecting their nervous systems, hormones, energy, and long-term health.

This conversation explores the hidden cost of burnout culture, the connection between emotional stress and physical symptoms, and why so many ambitious women normalize exhaustion, anxiety, inflammation, and chronic dysregulation without realizing their bodies are asking for help.

If you’re a woman who has been pushing through stress, overriding your body, or carrying the weight of leadership while silently feeling depleted, this conversation will help you reconnect to your health, your intuition, and the root causes behind what your body has been trying to communicate.

In this episode, you’ll learn how to:

• Identify the hidden signs your nervous system is chronically overwhelmed

• Understand root-cause healing instead of relying on symptom management alone

• Support your body through simple daily practices that improve energy, digestion, and resilience

• Recognize how stress, mold toxicity, inflammation, and emotional suppression impact long-term health

• Build healthier boundaries, routines, and support systems as a high-performing woman

• Approach healing through a whole-body lens that includes physical, emotional, mental, and energetic health

By the end, you’ll walk away with a deeper understanding of how your body communicates, why your health deserves your attention now, and what it looks like to lead your life and business from a regulated, nourished foundation.

Meet Taylor

Taylor Smeenk is a certified functional medicine practitioner, chiropractor, and founder of Empact Wellness. Through her clinic and virtual practice, she helps women uncover the root causes behind chronic symptoms, nervous system dysregulation, hormone imbalances, mold toxicity, inflammation, and burnout through a deeply holistic approach to healing.

Website: Empact Wellness

Website: Dr. Taylor Smeenk

Instagram: @taylor.smeenk

Instagram: @empactwellness

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