The HPA Axis: Your Body’s Stress Symphony (and How to Keep It in Harmony) By Carli Kilgore

April 21, 2025 by Carli Kilgore in Wellness

Ever feel wired but tired, running on empty, or like your body’s in constant overdrive? It could be your HPA axis calling for help. This intricate stress-response system is at the core of your energy, hormones, sleep, and mood. In this blog, we’ll unpack what the HPA axis is, how chronic stress throws it off balance, and most importantly—how to gently restore it using root cause, whole-body healing. Your body’s not broken—it’s protecting you. Let’s help it feel safe again.

The Stress Response: Your Body’s Alarm System (And How to Make Peace With It)

April 11, 2025 by Carli Kilgore in Wellness

We often think of stress as the problem—but what if it's actually a messenger?

Your stress response is your body's built-in alarm system, designed to protect you. But in today's world, it's often triggered by more than just real danger—it's set off by emails, old wounds, and a culture that glorifies busyness.

In this post, we explore the human side of stress—what's happening inside your body, why chronic stress shows up, and how you can begin to calm the chaos from the inside out. As a root cause practitioner and wellness coach, I’ll share the deeper story behind stress, and offer gentle, practical tools to help you shift from survival mode into true safety.

Stress isn’t something to conquer—it’s something to understand.