“90% of the time, my body was in full-blown panic.”

That realization changed everything for Suvi Siira, a corporate strategist and change-management professional who was doing all the “right” things and seemed to have it all together — the degrees, the titles, the achievements. But beneath the polished surface, her nervous system was constantly in overdrive.

After 15 years in business development and organizational strategy, she reached a breaking point.

She didn’t want to be the grumpy old lady when she retired. And she definitely didn’t want her kids to grow up watching her panic at work every single day.

So she did something radical. She stopped, and created space. She asked herself a question she’d been avoiding for years:

What do I actually need?

Today, Suvi is a life-enthusiast solopreneur and integrative health coach who helps people create lasting, sustainable change — not through willpower or strategy alone, but through something most change management never addresses: emotional safety.

In this conversation, we talk about why change always feels like a threat to your nervous system, how self-worth became the missing piece in Suvi’s corporate success, and what it really means to have the courage to leap when you don’t know what’s behind the curtain.

We also talk about containers — not the business kind, but the kind that hold your hard feelings when everything feels like it’s spilling over.

If you’ve ever felt stuck in a cycle you know isn’t working, or if you’re standing at the edge of a big change and your body is screaming “no” even though your heart is whispering “yes” — this episode is for you.

In This Episode You’ll Learn

• Why emotional safety is the missing key to lasting change
• How to recognize the signs of nervous system overload
• The link between self-worth and burnout
• Why your body’s panic response is not failure—it’s protection
• How to strengthen your emotional container for resilience
• The truth about courage and fear in personal transformation
• Practical ways to create safety, compassion, and balance in everyday life

About Suvi Siira

Suvi Siira is a life-enthusiast solopreneur, change coach, and mom of two who spent 15 years in corporate strategy, business development, and change management before burning out — twice. She’s passionate about exploring the human mind, consciousness, and astrology.

After her second burnout and an ADHD diagnosis, she realized that all the therapy and corporate success in the world couldn’t fix the deeper issue: she didn’t know who she was beneath the layers of people-pleasing and achievement.

Today, Suvi helps people create lasting, sustainable change by combining research-based coaching methods with subconscious reprogramming and nervous system regulation. She believes change doesn’t come from top-down frameworks or willpower alone; it comes from bottom-up self-discovery, compassion, and teaching your nervous system that you’re safe enough to transform.

Learn more → www.suvisiira.fi
Follow Suvi on Instagram → @suvisiira

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