We’re only one week into the new year, and for so many of us, the excitement of a fresh start is already tangled with overwhelm, fading motivation, and that old familiar shame spiral: “Why can’t I keep this up?”

In this episode, Leanna unpacks the truth behind why willpower always seems to crumble long before our goals do and why it has nothing to do with discipline, character, or commitment.

Instead, you’ll learn how your nervous system, your beliefs, and the pressure you inherited from previous generations shape your capacity more than any planner or resolution ever could. Through compassionate storytelling, research-backed insight, and her signature Four N’s Framework (Notice, Name, Nurture, Navigate), Leanna guides you toward a gentler, more sustainable way to begin again this year—one rooted in regulation, not pressure.

If you’re ready to set goals your body can actually hold, this episode will feel like an exhale you didn’t know you needed.

In This Episode, You’ll Learn:

• Why motivation drops sharply after the first few days of January
• How stress literally shuts down the part of your brain responsible for willpower
• The beliefs that quietly sabotage your goals and how to rewrite them
• Why small goals are not “easy”… they’re regulating
• How to use the Four N’s to shift from shame into safety
• A new way to create goals your nervous system can sustainably support
• How generational patterns around pressure, survival, and worthiness influence your capacity today
  
  

If you’re craving a more compassionate, nervous-system-informed way to grow this year, this episode will help you release the pressure and rebuild from a grounded, empowered place.

You are not behind. You’re beginning.

Connect with me:
Instagram → @aligningwithleanna

Website → leannahunt.com

Disclaimer:
Although I am a licensed Associate Clinical Mental Health Counselor, The NeuroHeir℠ Podcast is not a substitute for therapy, counseling, or medical treatment. The tools and practices I share are for educational and coaching purposes only. Every nervous system is unique, and what we discuss on this podcast should not replace your own individual therapeutic work or professional support.

The focus of this podcast is my coaching work, which centers on education, nervous system practices, and generational healing tools designed to support—not replace—your personal journey with a qualified provider.

If you are struggling with your mental health or experiencing overwhelming emotions, please seek support from a licensed professional in your area. You don’t have to do this work alone.

As we stand at the threshold of a brand new year, this final episode of 2025 invites you into something deeper than resolutions or reinvention — a gentle homecoming to yourself. Throughout Season One of the NeuroHeir Podcast, we've explored silence, safety, family systems, nervous system healing, and how to consciously interrupt generational patterns. Today, we close the year with integration, softness, and a remembered sense of who you are becoming.

Inside this episode, I guide you through Meeting the Warrior and the Higher Self — a grounding New Year’s meditation designed to help you lay down what’s been heavy, honor what’s protected you, and reconnect with the version of you who leads with wisdom, intuition, and alignment. This is a practice you can return to anytime your nervous system needs spaciousness or a reminder of your wholeness.

In This Episode, You’ll Experience:

• A guided somatic meditation to release the pressure of “becoming”
• An embodied meeting with your Warrior Self — the part of you that has carried so much for so long
• A connection with your Higher Self — the calm, aligned, deeply-rooted version of you
• A visualization for closing one season and stepping consciously into the next
• Space to name what you’re ready to let go of and what you’re ready to welcome
• A reminder that legacy repair happens in small, regulated moments of choice
  
  

As we move into 2026 together, remember: you don’t have to become someone new. You’re simply returning home to yourself — breath by breath, moment by moment.

If you’re craving deeper guidance, somatic support, and a community of fellow cycle-breakers, the NeuroHeir Membership opens February 2026. Inside, we practice these tools together.

Connect with me:
Instagram → @aligningwithleanna

Website → leannahunt.com

Disclaimer:
Although I am a licensed Associate Clinical Mental Health Counselor, The NeuroHeir℠ Podcast is not a substitute for therapy, counseling, or medical treatment. The tools and practices I share are for educational and coaching purposes only. Every nervous system is unique, and what we discuss on this podcast should not replace your own individual therapeutic work or professional support.

The focus of this podcast is my coaching work, which centers on education, nervous system practices, and generational healing tools designed to support—not replace—your personal journey with a qualified provider.

If you are struggling with your mental health or experiencing overwhelming emotions, please seek support from a licensed professional in your area. You don’t have to do this work alone.

The holidays are here and while the season is filled with light and celebration, many of us also feel the familiar weight of exhaustion, pressure, and the quiet belief that rest has to be earned.

In this grounding and emotional episode, Leanna shares her own story of pushing past her limits for years, mistaking her body’s signals as weakness instead of the deep wisdom they were. She opens up about chronic fatigue, burnout, and the nervous system patterns that made slowing down feel impossible.

You’ll learn why rest can feel unsafe when your body has been living in survival mode, how stress chemistry reshapes your energy and emotions, and what the research says about the biology of repair. Leanna also guides you through a gentle, real-time Four-N Reflection—Notice, Name, Nurture, Navigate—to help your body soften, settle, and find safety again before the year comes to a close.

In this episode, you’ll explore:

• Why burnout around the holidays is so common (and not a personal failure)
• The physiology of “wired but tired,” inflammation, and chronic exhaustion
• How your nervous system sends early warnings before a full crash
• Why rest can feel unsafe and the science behind that response
• A step-by-step guided Four-N practice to help regulate in real time
• How your individual repair becomes legacy repair for future generations
  
  

If you’re moving into the holidays feeling overwhelmed, overstretched, or simply tired to your bones—this episode will help your body exhale.

Take a breath. You don’t have to earn your pause. Your repair begins here.

Research Integrity Disclaimer

This podcast draws upon evidence-based frameworks in neuroscience, attachment theory, and trauma-informed practice.
Leanna’s reflections and the 4Ns Framework are original interpretations informed by this body of research and her clinical and coaching experience.
While every effort is made to represent research accurately, the ideas shared reflect Leanna’s professional understanding and may include her own evolving interpretations.
All information is intended for educational and reflective purposes only and should not be considered a substitute for therapy, diagnosis, or medical treatment.

Connect with me:
Instagram → @aligningwithleanna

Website → leannahunt.com

Disclaimer:
Although I am a licensed Associate Clinical Mental Health Counselor, The NeuroHeir℠ Podcast is not a substitute for therapy, counseling, or medical treatment. The tools and practices I share are for educational and coaching purposes only. Every nervous system is unique, and what we discuss on this podcast should not replace your own individual therapeutic work or professional support.

The focus of this podcast is my coaching work, which centers on education, nervous system practices, and generational healing tools designed to support—not replace—your personal journey with a qualified provider.

If you are struggling with your mental health or experiencing overwhelming emotions, please seek support from a licensed professional in your area. You don’t have to do this work alone.