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Untamed & Unfiltered Wellness

If your stress, sleep, or hormones have shifted and nothing you used to do is working anymore, this is where we get honest about why and what to do next. We deal in real solutions here.

Untamed and Unfiltered Wellness is a podcast for women noticing changes in energy, sleep patterns, mood, recovery, or stress tolerance and wanting to understand what the body is communicating.

Each week, we break down:

Stress and nervous system regulation
Sleep changes and sleep support that actually works
Cortisol, blood sugar, and hydration patterns
Perimenopause and hormone transitions
Herbal strategies for a steadier baseline

This isn’t surface-level wellness. Real bodies. Real responsibilities. Real stress loads.

You’ll leave each episode with something you can actually use...practical guidance and realistic shifts that help your body feel more predictable, supported and steady.

Hosted by Jo Swensson, Herbalist and Holistic Lifestyle Health Coach.

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Untamed & Unfiltered Wellness

Stress & the Inflammatory Response, What’s Really Happening in Our Body

August 24, 2025 • Jo Swensson • Season 1 • Episode 17

Stress isn’t just a feeling, it’s a full-body event that hijacks your nervous system and fuels inflammation. In this episode, I share Gloria’s story, a midlife high achiever who looked fine on the outside but was running on empty inside, to show how stress messes with your HPA axis, weakens your vagus nerve and sets off the silent fire of chronic inflammation.

We’ll break down how your brain, gut, and immune system get caught in the crossfire and why that constant ‘I’m just stressed’ isn’t harmless small talk, it’s a warning sign.

Tune in to learn: