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Carrie Freshour | Coach, Author & Speaker 🧠 | I help leaders break self-defeating beliefs and anxiousness, navigate family dynamics & break toxic cycles so they can stop surviving & thrive. LCSWC| Author | Coach |Speaker

I help high-achieving executive moms overcome imposter syndrome, ruminating thoughts, self-doubt, and overwhelm while balancing the pressures of leadership alongside personal challenges, such as family dynamics, caregiving responsibilities, or navigating emotional and mental health concerns. So that they can make confident decisions, excel in their careers, manage stress, build meaningful relationships, and live a balanced, fulfilling life.

11/14/2025

If you’ve been holding it all together for everyone,family, work, friends, consider this your reminder: you deserve a space too.

This is what it actually looks like to stop carrying it all by yourself.

Inside my free community, Off the Therapist’s Couch & Into Your Life, we’re breaking cycles together.

Real tools. Real conversations. No masks required. Just women who get it.

💬 Comment “Group” and I’ll send you the invite link.

11/13/2025

You’re not self-sabotaging.
You’re self-protecting.
Most of the behaviors you judge yourself for, procrastination, overthinking, numbing, started as brilliant adaptations.
They kept you safe when you didn’t have the support, space, or safety to do it another way.

🧠 Here’s the truth:
Procrastination isn’t laziness it’s fear your effort won’t matter.

Overthinking isn’t indecision it’s your brain trying to control the unknown.

Numbing isn’t failure it’s your body asking for a break.

You learned to survive.
And survival is a form of intelligence.
Healing just means you don’t have to stay in protection mode forever.
You get to learn new ways to feel safe without overworking, overthinking, or disappearing.

That’s the work I do as a trauma-informed coach for high-achieving women: helping you move from survival to self-leadership, from coping to calm, from performing to peace.

💡 Save this for the next time you start judging your coping mechanisms.

📩 DM “Elevate” if you’re ready to build a life that doesn’t require self-protection to survive it.

11/12/2025

You know that flash of shame when your partner sighs?
Or that little panic when your boss says, “we need to talk”?
That urge to fix things before they fall apart?

It’s not drama. It’s data.
Your nervous system’s just whispering, “This feels familiar.”

The work isn’t about shutting that down.
It’s learning how to calm the response without shaming the reaction.

Because healing isn’t about silencing yourself.
It’s about learning to listen differently.

🕊️ Follow for more trauma-informed reminders to help you stay grounded, not guarded.

11/11/2025

You’ve been told to “stay calm.”
To breathe. To think positive. To not let them “get to you.”

But calm isn’t the goal.
Connection is.

Because sometimes your calm face is actually your disconnected nervous system doing what it’s always done protecting you.
It’s the part of you that learned early: if I can look fine, maybe I’ll be safe.

But regulation isn’t about appearing calm.
It’s about staying with yourself through the discomfort without abandoning who you are in the process.

🧠 Emotional regulation is this subtle but powerful shift:
You stop trying to control your emotions, and start being in relationship with them.

When you can stay connected to yourself even when you’re angry, anxious, or overwhelmed, you stop reacting from old wounds and start responding from your healing.

That’s where your power lives.

That’s the work I teach inside my trauma-informed coaching for high-achieving women how to regulate your nervous system, set boundaries without guilt, and rebuild a life that feels aligned, not just impressive.

💡 Save this for when “calm” starts to feel like pressure again.
📩 DM “Elevate” to learn how to take your power back without losing yourself in the process.

11/10/2025

Because awareness doesn’t erase instinct but it does help you laugh instead of spiral. 😅

The holidays can bring out our inner “fixer,” especially when old family dynamics start to resurface. Remember: you don’t have to manage everyone to keep the peace.

Sometimes the healthiest thing you can do is take a deep breath… and pass the mashed potatoes. 🥔💛

😂 Tag a friend who’s really trying not to manage everyone this year. We see you doing the work!

11/09/2025

You know that feeling when your body’s screaming “enough,” but your mouth still says “it’s fine”?
Yeah… that’s what your body’s been trying to tell you.

Boundaries aren’t rebellion.
Sometimes the most loving thing you can do is stop rescuing people from their own discomfort.

That’s not cold. It’s clarity.
It’s your nervous system saying, “I can’t keep betraying myself just to keep the peace.”

The truth? Boundaries are how you stay connected without losing yourself.

💬 Comment “Boundaries are love” if that hit a nerve (in the best way).

11/08/2025

You didn’t choose to be the “emotional first responder” in your family. It happened because your nervous system learned early that peace = safety.

So you became the one who fixes, smooths, and holds it all together.
You read every tone, every sigh, every shift in the room like it’s Morse code for danger.
And honestly? That’s not weakness. That’s intelligence emotional survival intelligence.

But that same hyper-attunement that once kept you safe is now keeping you exhausted.
You can’t regulate when you’re constantly on alert.
You can’t rest when your worth depends on keeping everyone else calm.

Your empathy isn’t the problem.
It just needs boundaries and nervous system safety to lead instead of rescue.

That’s the work I do with high-achieving women in my trauma-informed coaching, helping you stop overfunctioning, regulate your emotions, and finally feel calm and connected (without guilt).

🧠 You don’t have to keep rescuing everyone to belong.
You’re allowed to take up space without managing the room.

➡️ Save this for the next time you feel yourself slipping back into “fixer mode.”

And if you’re ready to break that cycle for good
📩 DM “Group” or join my free group Off the Therapist’s Couch & Into Your Life.

Because empathy is sacred.
But it was never meant to be a full-time job.

11/07/2025

You can already feel it, right?

The calendar’s filling up. Everyone’s expectations are climbing. And somehow, you’re the one holding it all together again.

Here’s the truth: breaking the cycle doesn’t mean canceling Christmas.
It means not abandoning yourself just to keep the peace.

Your nervous system deserves safety too.
Let that be the tradition that actually sticks this year.

✨ A few ways to stay grounded when the season gets loud:
– Step outside before you respond.
– Drop your shoulders before you say yes.
– Notice when your body says “no,” even if your mouth doesn’t.

❤️ Comment “Elevate” if you’re ready to rewrite your holiday patterns.

11/06/2025

You keep saying someday.
When work slows down.
When life feels easier.
When the kids don’t need you so much.

But what if the waiting is what’s keeping you stuck?

Because staying in survival mode has a cost.

💔 Relationships that drain instead of heal.
🧠 Anxiety that never really quiets.
😓 Nights where your mind won’t shut off, no matter how tired you are.
🌀 Coping mechanisms that get harder to hide.

You’re not lazy. You’re loyal,
to old patterns that once kept you safe.
But safety and fulfillment aren’t the same thing.

One of my clients told me,
“I spent years trying to outrun my pain.
Then I realized, it wasn’t chasing me,
it was calling me home.”

That’s what we do inside Elevate Your Influence.
We turn “someday” into today.
You’ll learn to:
✨ Rebuild trust with yourself
✨ Shift from survival to strategy
✨ Lead, love, and live without losing yourself in the process

📩 DM RECLAIM for details or to see if it’s a fit.

Because waiting won’t heal you.
Starting will.

11/05/2025

Feelings and felt sense remind us first of our safety.
Real or perceived, the body is not buying into the safety.

We say, “I’m fine.”
“Calm down.”
“I’m fine.”
But the body is not buying it.

Heart racing.
Knot in my belly.
Flushed skin.
That’s information, I don’t feel fine.

We are taught not to feel, to make it go away, to push it down.
That is when the felt sense, the feelings, get out of control.
Eventually, you break.

You might snap, or you might retreat.
You might drink, or you might scroll endlessly until your eyeballs fall asleep at night.
You might explode over small stuff or embarrass yourself at a family or work function.

You cannot keep it all in; it will surface.
How do you want it to surface?

With grace and a sense of calm, even in the hard of it,
or another event where you leave feeling so small and worthless that no one really sees you?

I can show you how to be both and,
to acknowledge and calm the felt senses,
and articulate your needs in ways that are healthy,
even in the hardest times,
and that build your resilience and resolve.

11/04/2025

You keep telling yourself it’s too late.

Too late in the year.
Too busy.
Too much going on.

But just because there are less than 90 days left in the year doesn’t mean it’s too late.
You can start anytime.

Starting today means that when 2026 begins, you’ll feel something you haven’t felt in a long time.
✨ Joy in your mornings
✨ Pride in how you show up
✨ Purpose in how you lead your life

You’ll be sleeping better, arguing less, and handling conflict without falling apart.

You’re not lazy.
You’re not unmotivated.
You’re just tired of running on survival mode.

The truth?
You don’t need another plan to fix yourself.
You need a reset that actually sticks.

Inside The Last 90 Days, we don’t wait for “someday.”
We start now so you enter 2026 feeling calm, confident, and in control again.

💬 Comment “NOW” and I’ll send you everything you need to get started.
Because it’s not too late.
It’s just time.

11/03/2025

You can journal.
You can name the feeling.
You can know exactly where it came from…

And still feel like your body’s betraying you.

💥 Because insight isn’t regulation.
🧠 Knowing your triggers doesn’t stop the loop.
🌀 You need tools to interrupt the spin, not just awareness of it.

That’s what trauma-informed healing is:
👉 Not just thinking it through.
👉 But learning how to feel it… and still feel safe.

📥 Want one tool I give my coaching clients to regulate anxiety in the moment?
DM me SPIN and I’ll send you “10 Ways to Stop Anxiety in Its Tracks.”

Tag a friend who’s done all the journaling but still feels stuck. There’s more support, and it’s not on Google.

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