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Amanda Kate, Hillarys (2026)

11/06/2026

One of the hardest parts about feeling disconnected from yourself… is that most people around you don’t even realise it’s happening.

Because you’re still functioning.

And honestly? I know this feeling deeply myself.

I’ve had seasons where from the outside my life looked “fine.”

I was still showing up.
Still working.
Still parenting.
Still getting things done.

But internally?

I felt disconnected from myself.

Disconnected from joy.
Disconnected from presence.
Disconnected from the things that used to make me feel alive.

And the scary part is… it didn’t happen overnight.

It happened slowly.

Through prolonged stress.
Constant pressure.
Overstimulation.
Always being “on.”
Always coping.
Always pushing through.

Until one day you realise:
You’re living your life… but not actually FEELING your life anymore.

And I think this is where so many women are sitting right now.

Not falling apart.

Just quietly depleted.

Numb.
Flat.
Emotionally exhausted.
Running on responsibility instead of genuine energy.

What helped me wasn’t becoming more productive.

It was reconnecting.

Reconnecting to myself.
To nature.
To slowing down.
To movement that brought me back into my body.
To the things that made me feel safe, grounded and human again.

Because sometimes your nervous system isn’t asking you to “push harder.”

Sometimes it’s asking you to come back to yourself.

This clip is from my latest Thrive In Life Podcast episode and honestly… I think a lot of women are going to feel seen by this one.

Tune in the latest episode now "Fine, but empty"

09/06/2026

We’ve all been taught to recognise struggle in one very specific way.

The visible breakdown.
The person loudly falling apart.
The person you can see, can’t cope anymore.

And yes… a lot of the time struggle DOES look like that.

But what I’m seeing more and more now isn’t always the obvious crash.

It’s the woman who still functions.

Still shows up.
Still gets things done.
Still smiles.
Still parents.
Still works.
Still replies "im fine" when someone asks how she is.

Meanwhile internally?

She feels flat, empty.
Disconnected.
Emotionally exhausted.
Like she’s slowly drifting further away from herself.

And honestly, this is what prolonged stress and overwhelm can do.

Not dramatic collapse.

Quiet depletion.

A gradual disconnection from yourself, your body, your joy, your needs and the things that actually make you feel alive.

Because humans were never designed to live in constant overstimulation while ignoring what their nervous system actually needs.

Eventually the body adapts.

Not by thriving.

By shutting parts of you down to survive.

This clip is from my latest Thrive In Life Podcast episode where I unpack:

why so many high-functioning women feel so empty
what’s actually happening in the nervous system
why surface-level self-care often isn’t enough
and how to reconnect with yourself again

And if this feels a little too relatable… your body might be trying to tell you something.

Comment EMPTY for the full episode

08/06/2026

2.5weeks back on the road! Holy cow - things move fast on the east coast!

Airlie Beach
Whitsundays
Cape Palmerston
Yeppoon
Elliot Heads
K’gari - Fraser Island

And off to Noosa now!

It’s been a fast descent along the east coast with reason….
So much happening

- launching something NEW & bloody epic, super accessible for all women to get the support and help they crave - to build epic emotional resilience
- sneaking off to the Goldie to squeeze and get quality girl hangs in (and of course support her on tour!)
- pack another suitcase and fly to Arizona to support the most amazing with her live event bootcamp. Mastermind and meet Andy and Jacquie Elliot!

This lap has been so much more than an adventure with the fam. It’s become the biggest year of growth, expansion, shedding and opportunity.

And I have this man to thank for all of it.

Working on the road hasn’t always been easy - living in a tiny house on wheels hasn’t been either, but this guy sure as s**t has made it as easy as possible.

Your sign to hold onto those people who see big visions and hold steady when you leap.

Life’s short - live big!

Whatever that looks like for you

Xx

05/06/2026

So many women have been praised for being:

• “strong,”

• “independent,”

• “the reliable one,”

• “the one who holds it all together.”

Meanwhile internally?
They’re exhausted.

Emotionally overloaded.
Disconnected from themselves.
Running on survival mode and iced coffee.

And this is where a lot of emotional dysregulation actually begins.

Because suppression is NOT emotional regulation.

Just because you’re functioning…
doesn’t mean your nervous system is thriving.

A lot of women become experts at:

• holding things in,

• avoiding emotions,

• pushing through,

• staying busy,

• over functioning,

• caretaking everyone else,

• and disconnecting from their own needs.

Until eventually the nervous system says:

“Cool. Since you won’t slow down voluntarily… I’ll force you to.”

And that can look like:

• snapping over small things,

• crying unexpectedly,

• anxiety,

• emotional numbness,

• rage,

• overwhelm,

• exhaustion,

• burnout,

• shutting down,

• or feeling emotionally reactive constantly.

Your nervous system was never designed to carry chronic stress forever without consequence.

At some point the body always asks for attention.

Because it’s intelligent.

And one of the most powerful things a woman can learn is:
how to stop abandoning herself emotionally just to keep functioning for everyone else.

Because emotional strength isn’t suppression.

It’s emotional SAFETY.
It’s self-awareness.
It’s regulation.
It’s learning how to feel emotions without drowning inside them.

And honestly?
Most women don’t need to become “less emotional.”

They need more support.
More regulation.
More honesty.
More self-connection.
And probably a bloody nap 😅

Save this post if you’re learning how to stop surviving and actually start supporting yourself emotionally.

01/06/2026

One of the biggest misconceptions about emotional regulation is that emotionally regulated people don’t get triggered.

Wrong 😂

Emotionally regulated people STILL:

• get frustrated,

• feel hurt,

• feel overwhelmed,

• get emotionally activated,

• and have moments where they want to launch their phone into the ocean after reading a text message.

The difference is:
they know how to return to themselves faster.

A dysregulated nervous system reacts QUICKLY because its job is protection.

So when your body perceives:

• rejection,

• criticism,

• uncertainty,

• silence,

• conflict,

• feeling ignored,

• or lack of control…

…it reacts like danger is happening NOW.

That’s why emotional spirals can feel so consuming.

Your body is trying to protect you before your logical brain even catches up.

This is why overthinking rarely fixes emotional reactivity.

Because you cannot “logic” your way out of a nervous system response while your body still feels unsafe.

The body always comes first.

And most women were never taught how to:

• pause,

• regulate,

• slow down,

• process emotions,

• or create internal safety.

Instead they learnt to:

• suppress,

• push through,

• overthink,

• people please,

• overanalyse,

• or emotionally explode after holding too much for too long.

Emotional regulation is not becoming emotionless.

It’s learning how to stay connected to yourself while emotions move THROUGH you instead of completely taking over you.

And honestly?
That skill changes every area of your life:

• relationships,

• parenting,

• confidence,

• communication,

• boundaries,

• stress,

• and self-worth.

Save this post for the next time your nervous system starts writing dramatic fictional stories from a 2-word text reply 😂

29/05/2026

Your body already knows how to heal itself!

The problem is we've been taught to override it.

When emotional energy builds in your nervous system, your body instinctively wants to move it. Your voice wants to shake or cry or raise.
Your body wants to move, tremor, release. That's not you losing the plot - that's your nervous system doing exactly what it was designed to do.

We regulate through expression. Through movement. Through sound. It's not woo. It's biology.

But somewhere along the way most of us learned to shut that down. Keep it together. Don't make a scene. Hold it in. And so instead of the energy moving through and completing the cycle - it gets stored.

In your muscles, your chest, your jaw, your hips. Running in the background. Keeping your nervous system stuck in a low level activation it can never quite switch off.

The crying, the shaking, the needing to move -that's your body trying to bring you back to regulation.

Learning to work with that instead of against it? That's where real healing starts.

This episode goes deep on the neuroscience of emotional processing and why feeling it is the part we can't skip. 🎙️

Comment FEEL below and I'll send you the full episode link. 👇

26/05/2026

Most people think emotions live in their head.
They don't.

They're electrochemical events happening in your body - your nervous system, your gut, your chest, your jaw. Talking about them, analysing them, finding the why behind them? That's all valuable. But it's only half the equation.

The half that most people miss is the felt, physiological experience of actually processing what's stored in the body.

And here's the bit that blows people's minds - endlessly talking about or digging into why you feel a certain way can actually reinforce and amplify that feeling.
Your brain and body keep replaying the pattern.

Which means if you don't want to feel that way anymore... that's not moving you forward. That's keeping you stuck in it!!

Real emotional processing isn't just about understanding. It's about completing the cycle in the body SO THAT, you can think differently, process, learn, grow etc

That's what this episode breaks down - the neuroscience, what's actually happening and why the shift you've been looking for might have less to do with finding more answers and more to do with learning to actually feel.

Latest episode of this new season of Thrive in Life Podcast is live. 🎙️

🔗 Comment FEEL for the full episode!

22/05/2026

Just like that…. We are back in a small box on wheels.

Peace✌🏻 out Atherton and the tablelands, it’s been unreal!

What was just Christmas with the bestie, turned into 6months in this gorgeous spot.

Quality time with my soul sista Megan and her gorgeous fam.

Adventures, massive family milestones and big decisions, international travel, a surprise trip home

Camping in a real house had its comforts especially during the wet season 🤣

But now it’s time to mosey on south along the east coast and keep this lap a lappin.

So so grateful for how things have played out for us. Living on the road ain’t always easy… but if you choose to believe…. The universe always has your back!!!

Stay tuned for more adventures dickin around aus 🎉🔥

Amanda Kate

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