Episode 13: Stress & Anxiety Can Work For You (If You Let Them)

We’ve been taught to fear stress.
To eliminate anxiety.
To treat both as problems to fix.

But what if stress and anxiety aren’t signs that something is wrong —
What if they’re signals that something is trying to work?

In this episode of Shatter This, Heather flips the narrative on stress and anxiety and challenges the belief that calm is the only marker of success. Instead of fighting your nervous system, this conversation explores how to work with it, regulate it, and use it as information rather than an enemy.

This isn’t about toxic positivity or “just breathe” advice.
It’s about leadership, awareness, and learning how to stay in motion without burning yourself out.

In This Episode, We Shatter:

• Why stress isn’t a personal failure — it’s a physiological response
• How anxiety often shows up when you’re growing, not when you’re broken
• The difference between being dysregulated and being activated
• Why high-capacity leaders learn regulation, not avoidance
• How to listen to your body instead of overriding it
• Practical ways to support your nervous system without slowing your ambition

Heather shares a grounded, real-world perspective for high-performing women who don’t want to shrink their goals just to feel calm — and don’t want to sacrifice their health to succeed.

This episode is for you if:
• You feel “on edge” but also deeply driven
• You’re building something meaningful and feel the weight of it
• You’re tired of being told to slow down when you know you’re meant to move forward
• You want sustainability without losing momentum

Stress doesn’t mean stop.
Anxiety doesn’t mean quit.

Sometimes, they mean pay attention.

And when you learn how to work with your nervous system instead of against it —
You don’t lose your edge.
You sharpen it.

🎧 Listen in and shatter the belief that you have to be calm to be powerful.