Viable Wellness

11/19/2025

🛏️ Your 3 AM brain is NOT your friend.

You know that feeling? It's 3 AM. You're wide awake. And suddenly your brain decides to:
• Replay every embarrassing moment from high school
• Worry about things you can't control
• Plan worst-case scenarios
• Remind you of that email you sent 6 months ago

Meanwhile, your rational brain is like "Go to sleep!" and your anxious brain is like "WHAT IF EVERYTHING IS TERRIBLE?"

Here's what's actually happening: Your cortisol and melatonin are out of balance. Your nervous system is stuck in fight-or-flight. And yeah, sometimes it's just insomnia being insomnia.

The good news? Sleep issues are treatable. We're talking:
• Sleep hygiene strategies
• CBT for insomnia
• Stress management
• Sometimes medication
• Nutrition and lifestyle tweaks

You don't have to spend another night battling your brain at 3 AM. 💚

At Viable Wellness, we help you get back to actual, restful sleep.

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11/18/2025

😰 Anxiety is your brain trying to protect you. But sometimes it gets it wrong.

Anxiety tells you there's danger when there isn't one. It makes your heart race, your palms sweat, and your thoughts spiral—all over something that might never happen.

The problem? Your nervous system doesn't know the difference between a real threat and an imagined one. So it treats every "what if" like an emergency.

The good news? We can retrain your brain. Through therapy, breathing techniques, lifestyle changes, and sometimes medication, we can help your nervous system understand the difference between real danger and false alarms.

You don't have to live in constant worry. 💚

At Viable Wellness, we combine therapy, lifestyle & nutrition, and personalized support to help you break the anxiety cycle.

Ready to feel calmer and more in control? Let's talk.

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11/17/2025

POV: You're doing great, but your brain won't let you believe it.

You crushed that project. Your friend said you looked amazing. You made it through a tough week. But your brain is like: "Yeah, but what about that one time in 2015 when you said something awkward?"

Welcome to imposter syndrome and perfectionism. Your achievements don't count because there's always something you could've done "better."

Here's the thing: Your brain is trying to protect you by keeping your standards impossibly high. But all it's really doing is stealing your joy and exhausting you.

The truth? You're allowed to be proud of yourself. You're allowed to celebrate wins. You're allowed to be human and imperfect and still be worthy.

💚 Therapy can help you quiet that critical voice and actually enjoy your life.

At Viable Wellness, we help you challenge those unhelpful thought patterns and build self-compassion. Because you deserve to feel good about the amazing things you're doing.

**Ready to give yourself some credit?** Let's talk.

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11/14/2025

🌱 Your body and mind are connected. Treat them like a team.

You know that feeling when stress makes your stomach hurt? Or when poor sleep tanks your mood? That's not coincidence—it's biology.

Your nutrition affects your mental health. Your sleep affects your anxiety. Your stress affects your digestion. Your movement affects your depression. They're all connected.

Traditional healthcare often treats them separately. A therapist for your mind. A doctor for your body. But here's what we know: You can't heal one without the other.

At Viable Wellness, we look at the whole picture. We ask:
• What are you eating?
• How are you sleeping?
• What's your stress level?
• How much are you moving?
• What's happening with your hormones?

Because real, lasting change happens when we address *all* of it. 💚

Ready to feel better in body and mind? We're here to help.

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11/13/2025

💭 Your feelings are valid, even when they don't make sense.

Sometimes anxiety shows up without a clear reason. Sometimes sadness lingers longer than you'd like. Sometimes you feel stuck in a loop of worry that won't quit.

Here's the truth: You don't need to have it all figured out to deserve support. You don't need to "earn" the right to feel better. Your mental health matters—not because you're broken, but because you're human.

At Viable Wellness, we help you understand *why* you feel the way you do and build real tools to move forward. Whether it's therapy, nutrition, lifestyle changes, or a combination—we meet you where you are.

You're not alone in this. 💚

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11/12/2025

🧠 Depression doesn't mean you're weak. It means your brain needs support.

Think of depression like diabetes. If someone's pancreas isn't producing enough insulin, we don't tell them to "just think positive." We treat it. We support it. We help them feel better.

Your brain works the same way. When serotonin, dopamine, or other neurotransmitters are out of balance, that's not a character flaw—it's biology. And biology can be addressed.

The combination of therapy, lifestyle changes, nutrition, and sometimes medication can make a real difference. You deserve to feel like yourself again.

💚 You're not broken. You need support. That's all.

If you're struggling with depression, anxiety, or just feeling stuck, reach out. We're here to help you understand what's happening and build a path forward.

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11/11/2025

🇺🇸To those who served: Your sacrifice matters. Your mental health matters too.

Veterans Day is a time to honor the brave men and women who've given so much for our country. But honoring service also means acknowledging the invisible wounds—the trauma, anxiety, depression, and PTSD that many veterans carry long after they come home.

You showed incredible strength in uniform. That same strength can carry you through healing.

Whether you're struggling with:
• PTSD or trauma
• Depression or anxiety
• Transition challenges
• Sleep issues
• Substance use recovery

You deserve compassionate, expert care that understands what you've been through.

At Viable Wellness, we're honored to serve those who've served. We combine evidence-based therapy and personalized support to help veterans heal—not just survive, but truly thrive.

If you're a veteran in Tennessee or Kentucky, we're here for you. Telehealth available.

Thank you for your service. 💚

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11/10/2025

📢 Emotional eating is not a character flaw. It's a coping mechanism.

You had a rough day. So you reached for pizza. Or ice cream. Or that entire bag of chips. And then you felt guilty about it.

Here's what nobody tells you: Your brain isn't broken. It's actually doing exactly what it's supposed to do—trying to feel better using the tools it knows.

Food releases dopamine. Dopamine feels good. So when you're stressed, anxious, or sad, your brain goes "Hey, I know a quick fix!" And boom—you're eating to cope.

The problem isn't that you ate the pizza. The problem is that you don't have other tools in your toolbox yet.

What we can do:
• Understand *why* you reach for food when emotions hit
• Build healthier coping strategies
• Address the underlying stress, anxiety, or depression
• Improve your relationship with food and your body
• Create sustainable nutrition habits

💚 This isn't about willpower. It's about having real support and real tools.

At Viable Wellness, we combine nutrition counseling, therapy, and lifestyle coaching to help you break the cycle—not shame you for being human.

Ready to feel better without the guilt? Let's talk.

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11/07/2025

There are days when just getting out of bed feels impossible.
When showering is an accomplishment.
When feeding yourself is all you can manage.

If that's where you are right now, I need you to know something:
Those small things? They're not small. They're survival. And survival counts.

Depression wants you to believe you're not doing enough. But on the days when everything feels too heavy, doing anything at all is enough.

You don't have to be productive. You don't have to push through. You just have to keep breathing and take it one moment at a time. And when you're ready - not when you think you 'should' be, but when you're actually ready - reach out for help.

You're not alone in this. 💚

Crisis support:
📞 988 Su***de & Crisis Lifeline
💬 Text 'HELLO' to 741741

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11/07/2025

The holidays can bring a mix of emotions, from joy to anxiety. Read our newest blog post to explore helpful tips on navigating the holiday season.

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Explore how to navigate depression and other mental health concerns this Thanksgiving and find ways to manage holiday stress and challenges.

11/06/2025

You can do everything 'right' - therapy, medication, self-care, boundaries - and still have hard days. That doesn't mean you're failing or that it's not working. It means you're working the process.

Healing isn't a straight line from 'broken' to 'fixed.' It's messy. It's two steps forward, one step back. Some days you feel strong, other days you're just surviving. All of it counts as progress.

The hard days don't erase the good ones. The setbacks don't cancel out how far you've come. If you're in a rough patch right now after feeling better for a while, that's not failure. That's just part of the process.

Keep going. You're doing better than you think.

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11/05/2025

One of the biggest lies depression and anxiety tell us: 'No one will understand. Don't burden them.'So we isolate. We pull away. We convince ourselves we're protecting others by handling it alone.

But here's the truth: Connection is part of healing.

You don't need someone to fix you or have all the answers. Sometimes you just need someone to sit with you in the hard moments and say, 'I'm here.'

Reaching out isn't weakness. It's courage.

If you're in the middle of a struggle right now, please hear this: There are people who want to help. Therapists, friends, support groups, crisis lines - you have options.
You don't have to carry this by yourself. 💙

Need support?
📞 Call: (931) 291-3153
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