104 The One Thing Blocking Your Healing (And How to Fix It).

Today we’re going to explore the single most powerful thing standing between you and your body’s ability to truly heal. What is it? Drumroll, please… it’s stress.

Yep, that’s right. Stress is the ultimate party pooper when it comes to your body’s ability to repair, restore, and regenerate.

No matter what you’re trying to heal—whether it’s chronic pain, digestive issues, hormonal imbalances, fatigue, emotional wounds, and even life-threatening conditions—stress is the sneaky little gremlin getting in the way.

Yes, the way our body reacts to stress physiologically is that it literally shuts down healing.

That’s why today, on I Love Me The Podcast, we’re going to break down exactly why that happens, and more importantly, what you can do about it.

You can take a peek at the full episode show notes (and resources I refer to in the show) here:

https://gettingnaked.com.au/2026/11/04/104-the-one-thing-blocking-your-healing-and-how-to-fix-it/

Resources…

If you’re looking to create healing in the mind and body, I have a whole collection of episodes to support you in making the lifestyle changes you need, to put your body into it’s best healing state. Here are the episodes I mentioned in the episode…

If you want to dive deeper into the physiology of how stress and fear effect the body, this is the episode to listen to:

Ep. 40 The Physiology Of Fear: How Our Body Responds To Stress And Fear. https://gettingnaked.com.au/2024/12/04/ep-40-the-physiology-of-fear-how-our-body-responds-to-stress-and-fear/

If money is one of the causes of your stress, then have a listen to this episode next:

Ep.51 Don’t Hate Money, Date Money. https://gettingnaked.com.au/2025/04/09/ep-51-dont-hate-money-date-money/

In this episode we talk about the importance of sleep in our healing efforts:

Ep.60 Sleep Like Your Life Depends On It. The Healing Power Of A 10pm Bedtime. https://gettingnaked.com.au/2025/06/11/ep-60-sleep-like-your-life-depends-on-it-the-healing-power-of-a-10pm-bedtime/

And if ‘getting’ to sleep or ‘staying’ asleep are where you struggle, this is the episode that can support you:

Ep.61 Midnight Mind Chatter? Try This Sleep Hack Tonight. https://gettingnaked.com.au/2025/06/18/ep-61-midnight-mind-chatter-try-this-sleep-hack-tonight/

A breathing practice to release stress, can be found in this episode:

Ep.49 Balance Your Mind And Body With This Simple Breath Practice. https://gettingnaked.com.au/2025/03/26/ep-49-balance-your-mind-and-body-with-this-simple-breath-practice/

Here is the link to the water filter I use:

Zazen Water Filter: https://zazenalkalinewater.com.au/collections/shop-water-filters

And here is an episode about how we can use our water to promote healing within:

Ep.93 What Water Shows Us About Self-Love: Lessons From Dr. Emoto. https://gettingnaked.com.au/2026/06/03/93-what-water-shows-us-about-self-love-lessons-from-dr-emoto/

How to use food to support our healing:

Ep.37 Let Food Be Thy Self-Loving Medicine. https://gettingnaked.com.au/2024/11/12/ep-37-let-food-be-thy-self-loving-medicine/

But it’s not just what we eat, it’s ‘how’ we eat, which I discuss in this episode:

Ep.87 How To Eat For Peace, Pleasure & Perfect Digestion. https://gettingnaked.com.au/2026/03/11/87-how-to-eat-for-peace-pleasure-perfect-digestion/

Learn how to shake off your stresses physically:

Ep.83 The 5-Minute Dance Break That Could Change Your Life. https://gettingnaked.com.au/2025/12/17/83-the-5-minute-dance-break-that-could-change-your-life/

Learn how laughter is such a greta healing tool:

Ep.33 Could Laughter Be The Medicine You Need Right Now? https://gettingnaked.com.au/2024/10/16/could-laughter-be-the-medicine-you-need-right-now/

Learn how to use your neurotransmitters to activate healing chemicals in the body:

Ep.55 The Self-Love Chemical Cocktail: The Science Behind Feeling Good. https://gettingnaked.com.au/2025/05/07/the-self-love-chemical-cocktail-the-science-behind-feeling-good/

Want to learn how to become your very own healer? I highly recommend checking out my Remarkable Relationships program that teaches you how to come into relationship with your body, your mind and your whole life. It includes the step-by-step lessons, so you leave this program confident in your ability to bring your mind and body back into balance and harmony:

Remarkable Relationships program https://gettingnaked.com.au/remarkable-relationships/

Looking for a program to connect more intimately with your body, put it into a state of healing, then I highly recommend:

Yoga for the Vagina program: https://yogaforthevagina.com/

About me…

Hi, I’m Tamra Mercieca, Mental Health & Women’s Pelvic Health Therapist, and host of I Love Me The Podcast. For 25+ years I’ve been teaching people worldwide how to heal depression and anxiety naturally, strengthen pelvic health, and cultivate radical self-love.

In 2011, I founded Getting Naked, an online school offering resources and programs that help people strip away limiting beliefs and childhood conditioning so they can feel confident, connected, free in their bodies and able to love and accept themselves unconditionally.

Alongside being a homeschooling mum, wife, tea lover, and drummer, I’m qualified in more than a dozen holistic healing modalities. I’ve written two books, been published worldwide (print, TV, radio, etc), and often share my passion for self-love, mental health and pelvic wellbeing at yoga and spirituality festivals.

My own journey began when I learned how to overcome suicidal depression and anxiety without medication. From that, I created a ten-session self-love therapy program that now helps others do the same.

On the podcast, I share personal stories, tools and science-backed down-to-earth practices for emotional healing, women’s health, and living with more joy and freedom. May you feel more whole and more complete, by simply tuning in!

If you’d like to read my full love story and bio - including all my credentials - head to https://gettingnaked.com.au/tamra/

Contact…

Website: https://gettingnaked.com.au/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gettingnaked/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/RelationshipQueen/

Music written by Tamra Mercieca and Grey Milton. Performed by Xani Kolac and Grey Milton.