Light Sleep and High-Impact Habits To Heal Your Nervous System
Light Sleep and High-Impact Habits To Heal Your Nervous System
Doing the inner work isn’t just emotional, it’s biological. In this episode, Dr. Aimie is joined by Wellness Mama founder and health journalist Katie Wells to talk about the high-impact habits with light, sleep, and movement can help support nervous system regulation and emotional healing
In this conversation, you’ll learn why trauma is actually an energy problem, how your environment may be silently working against your healing, and how small, daily habits can dramatically impact your capacity for rest, resilience, and recovery.
Together, Dr. Aimie and Katie dive into the misunderstood connection between light exposure, sleep quality, nutrition, and trauma recovery. They explain why pushing yourself, without creating safety and energy, can backfire, and how to finally work with your biology rather than against it.
You’ll hear more on:
- Why trauma is an energy problem
- How your nervous system responds to light, sleep, and environmental signs
- Why rest and safety signals are essential to healing
- How to listen to your body’s cues without overwhelm
- Why doing more won’t help you heal, and what your nervous system actually needs instead
Katie Wells is a mom of six with a background in journalism. She took health into her own hands and started researching to find answers to her own health struggles. Her research turned into a blog and podcast that turned into an amazing community, Wellness Mama. She is one of the 100 most influential people in health and wellness and is considered a thought leader for the current generation of moms.
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Guides, Tools & Resources:
Biology of Trauma book – how the body experiences and holds fear, pain and overwhelm, and how to heal – at the time of this recording, The Insider’s Circle Book Club is open and pre-orders have gone live. You will receive over $400 worth of bonuses if you pre-order now. And if you’ve already pre-ordered it on Amazon head over here to receive your bonuses!
The 21 Day Journey – If you’re ready to create a felt sense of safety in your body, increase your energy, and build the foundation for deeper trauma healing, join me inside the 21-Day Journey. Over the course of 21 days, I’ll guide you through a sequence of gentle, somatic-based practices designed to help you reconnect with your body, calm your nervous system, and begin healing from the inside out.
KEY MOMENTS:
[01:57] What sparked Katie’s mission to protect the next generation through wellness
[04:20] The bathtub analogy and how modern inputs overflow our system
[07:33] Why trauma creates an energy problem
[09:08] How light and circadian rhythm impact hormone balance and emotional resilience
[13:48] The simple rhythms Katie uses to build energy and signal safety to her body
[21:12] Katie’s journey from being disconnected from her body to developing deep attunement
[26:29] Why inner dialogue and rest are just as powerful as supplements
[28:46] How autoimmune conditions can reverse when mind and body work as allies rather than adversaries
[30:35] What elite athletes know about rest that you need to learn
[34:14] When to schedule therapy or deep work based on your body’s natural energy cycles
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