Your nervous system is running your relationships, and when you learn how to regulate it, everything about how you communicate starts to change.

In this episode, Stefanie is joined by Tara Gush, a transformation and nervous system coach who specializes in breathwork, somatic practices, and stress management. Together, they break down why your nervous system sits at the root of every relationship you have, from romantic and family dynamics to friendships, business partnerships, and everyday interactions, and how dysregulation can quickly turn communication into shutdown, defensiveness, or reactive patterns.

Tara shares her unique background moving from special education teaching to dog training and eventually into nervous system work, and how behavior change becomes sustainable when you stop trying to “fix” yourself from the top down and start working with the body. Stefanie and Tara also talk about the somatic side of healing, including movement, shaking, and breath practices that help release what the body is holding, plus a grounded definition of regulation that isn’t about being calm all the time. It’s about building a nervous system that is flexible, resilient, and able to move through emotions without getting stuck.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why nervous system regulation is the foundation of healthy communication
• What regulation actually means (and why it does not equal “calm 24/7”)
• How dysregulation shows up in relationships as shutdown or defense
• The somatic piece most people miss when trying to change patterns
• Why movement and shaking can be powerful tools for release
• How breathwork supports nervous system flexibility and emotional capacity

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The room you choose is not just an expense. It is an identity decision, and the right room can change everything.

In this microdose episode of Next Level You, Stefanie breaks down why “the room is the ROI” and how the spaces you invest in will either drain you or transform you. She shares why being intentional about the masterminds, retreats, networking events, and trainings you join matters so much, especially when you are building a business and evolving into a new version of yourself.

Stefanie walks through several real examples of rooms that shifted her life and business, including investing in a mastermind with Lori and Chris Harder, attending an LA retreat that opened up major spiritual and personal breakthroughs, and joining a podcast coaching container that helped her launch the show and create ripple effects she never could have predicted. Throughout the episode, she emphasizes the difference between choosing a room from intuition versus desperation, and why energy always attracts more of the same.

You’ll leave with clear signs to help you discern aligned rooms, reflection questions to ask before you invest, and a challenge to audit the rooms you are currently in so you can protect your energy and accelerate your growth.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why the right rooms expand you and the wrong ones drain you
• The difference between intuition-led decisions and desperation-led decisions
• Red flags to watch for (and why “selling energy” can kill connection)
• Questions to ask before joining any room
• Why one aligned room can do more than ten scattered ones

Challenge: Audit your current rooms. Are they reflecting where you’re going, or where you’ve been? Give yourself permission to leave what feels misaligned and invest in what feels expansive.

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Most of what runs your life is happening beneath your awareness, and you cannot change what you keep trying to “think” your way out of.

In this episode of Next Level You, Stefanie records from Minneapolis on the final night of her clinical hypnotherapy certification and gives a clear, grounded breakdown of what hypnotherapy actually is, what it is not, and why it can create change in ways that traditional talk work sometimes cannot. She explains the difference between the conscious and subconscious mind, why the subconscious drives so many of our patterns, and how hypnosis helps you access the deeper programming that lives underneath your habits, triggers, and limiting beliefs.

Stefanie also debunks the biggest myths people have about hypnosis, including the fear of being “controlled,” getting “stuck,” or being unconscious. She shares what a real clinical hypnotherapy session looks like, why you stay aware and in control the entire time, and how this work can support everything from confidence and emotional healing to behavior change and self-trust. This episode is an empowering invitation to stop only working on the surface and start doing the deeper work that actually shifts your internal wiring.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• What hypnotherapy is (and what it is not)
• Why subconscious programming matters more than willpower
• The difference between clinical hypnotherapy and stage hypnosis
• Common myths, like being asleep, being controlled, or getting stuck, and the truth behind each
• Why intelligence and imagination can make hypnosis easier, not harder
• What hypnotherapy can help with beyond habits like smoking or weight loss
• How Stefanie plans to incorporate hypnotherapy into her work moving forward

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It all comes back to gut health, and if you are only treating symptoms, you are missing the real root.

In this episode, Stefanie is joined by Jennifer Hanway, a board-certified holistic nutritionist with nearly 20 years in the industry, to break down what most people are not being told about their hormones, skin, mood, energy, and overall health. Jennifer shares how her own severe gut health crisis (including being hospitalized) became the turning point that led her into holistic nutrition, and why she now teaches that the body does not work in silos.

Together, they unpack how gut health impacts everything from perimenopause and menopause symptoms to brain fog, sugar cravings, thyroid issues, inflammation, and skin concerns, and why building a supportive healthcare team matters when you are trying to heal on a deeper level. This episode is a grounded, practical conversation that will help you connect the dots between what you are feeling and what may actually be driving it.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• Why gut health is often the missing link behind stubborn symptoms
• How hormones, mental health, and digestion are all connected
• What brain fog and sugar cravings can signal in the body
• Why perimenopause and menopause symptoms are not “just something you deal with”
• The importance of labs, testing, and building a healthcare team that works together
• How to approach healing from a place of self-care, not punishment

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Your brain is hardwired to focus on what could go wrong, and if you are not aware of it, it will quietly sabotage your confidence, relationships, and success.

Stefanie records from her hotel room in Minneapolis while completing her clinical hypnotherapy certification, and dives into the powerful concept of negativity bias. She explains why your mind naturally gives more weight to criticism, mistakes, and worst case scenario thinking, even when there is far more evidence that things are going well.

Stefanie breaks down what negativity bias is, why it exists from an evolutionary standpoint, and how it shows up in everyday life, like replaying one negative comment for days while barely registering multiple compliments. Then she shares practical, actionable tools to rewire this default programming so you can stop living from fear, self doubt, and scarcity.

You’ll walk away with a clear set of strategies, including the 3 to 1 gratitude practice, win tracking, thought reframes, and simple journaling prompts that train your brain to see the whole picture instead of tunnel vision on what is wrong.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• What negativity bias is and why your brain defaults to it
• How it quietly impacts your mindset, confidence, and decision making
• Questions to help you spot negativity bias in real time
• 8 tools to rewire your brain, including gratitude stacking and win tracking
• Why reducing negative input matters more than you think
• How affirmations and repetition reshape your subconscious
• The shifts you will notice when the tools start working

Challenge: Pick one tool from the episode and practice it daily for a week. Notice what shifts, then DM Stefanie and share what you are seeing.

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Messy does not mean broken. Sometimes it is the exact doorway to your next level.

In this episode of Next Level You, Stefanie sits down with Michelle Burke for a powerful conversation about finding clarity in the chaos and learning how to see the magic inside the mess. Michelle shares why she believes every single one of us is a “hot mess” at times, and how guilt, shame, and judgment keep us stuck in the same loops, even when we desperately want to grow.

Together, they talk about what real transformation looks like when you stop trying to “fix” yourself and instead get curious about what your patterns are trying to show you. Michelle explains her approach to guiding people through hard seasons in small, doable steps, including how she works with concepts rooted in Traditional Chinese Medicine and five element theory to identify what emotions are running the show and how they show up in the body. They also touch on the myth of overnight success, the hidden hard parts of growth, and why the messy middle is often where the deepest breakthroughs happen.

This episode is an invitation to release the pressure to have it all together, meet yourself with more compassion, and trust that clarity can be created even when life feels chaotic.

In this episode, you’ll hear:

• Why the “hot mess” seasons are more normal than you think
• How shame, guilt, and judgment keep you on the hamster wheel
• What it looks like to move through the mess without forcing a giant leap
• How emotions connect to the body through five element theory
• Why “overnight success” is almost always a myth
• How to find clarity when you feel stuck in the storm

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When you start leveling up, pay attention to who cheers you on and who tries to pull you back into the bucket.

In this microdose episode, Stefanie unpacks the crab effect: when people (often subconsciously) try to keep you small because your growth triggers their fear of being left behind. She shares the most common signs, like dismissing your goals, downplaying your wins, reminding you of past failures, or projecting their fears onto you, and why it is not personal.

You will also learn how to spot the cheerleaders in your life, protect your energy, and keep rising anyway.

Challenge: Do an audit of your circle. Who pulls you down? Who lifts you up? Pour into the cheerleaders and set boundaries where you need them.

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When life shakes your foundation, you still get to choose what happens next.

In this raw, real solo episode, Stefanie breaks down one of the most important mindset shifts you can make during hardship: the difference between victim mindset (leveling down) and empowerment mindset (leveling up). She shares a deeply personal story about her father, who was largely absent for most of her life, suddenly choosing to move back and re-enter her world in 2025, and how that unexpected change cracked open old abandonment wounds she thought were already healed.

Stefanie makes it clear this is not about toxic positivity or bypassing pain. It’s about learning how to feel the feelings without setting up camp in them, then choosing a more empowered way to hold the experience. You’ll learn what victim mindset sounds like, what it costs you, and how empowerment mindset helps you reclaim your power, rewrite the narrative, and use hardship as fuel for healing and growth.

She also shares a step-by-step process for shifting out of victim mentality in real time, plus examples from her own life that prove the pattern: the hardest moments often become the doorway to your next level self.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• The difference between victim mindset and empowerment mindset
• Why feeling your emotions matters, but staying stuck keeps you trapped
• How to shift from “why is this happening to me?” to “what is this teaching me?”
• Stefanie’s 5-step process to reclaim your power during hard seasons
• Why society conditions people to identify with their trauma
• A challenge to help you apply this mindset shift to your current life

If this episode hits home, Stefanie invites you to DM her and share what you’re moving through, and to send this episode to someone who needs a reminder that they are not powerless.

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