In this episode of Something’s Brewing, I sit down with holistic healer Ann Smets for a conversation that feels both deeply personal and profoundly necessary.

This one is for anyone who has ever felt confused by their own body—when symptoms don’t neatly fit into a diagnosis, when emotions feel tangled and overwhelming, and when stress quietly but powerfully reshapes the way the body functions.

We explore how emotional struggles don’t just live in the mind—they imprint themselves on the nervous system, the gut, the heart, the breath. How chronic stress can become a kind of drug: altering physiology, disrupting regulation, and convincing us that survival mode is “normal.”

Ann brings grounded wisdom to the often hard-to-understand relationship between emotional pain and physical symptoms. Together, we talk about:

• How unprocessed emotions manifest physically
• Why stress isn’t just mental—it’s biochemical
• The body’s intelligence when words fall short
• Holistic healing as a return to safety, not something to “fix”
• Why slowing down can feel terrifying when you’ve lived in control and hyper-vigilance

This episode isn’t about quick answers or spiritual bypassing. It’s about listening—to the body, to patterns, to signals we’ve learned to ignore because they didn’t make logical sense.

If you’ve ever wondered why healing feels nonlinear, why regulation can feel unsafe, or why your body reacts before your mind catches up—this conversation is for you.

Because sometimes what’s brewing isn’t a breakdown.
It’s the body asking, finally, to be heard.