Kristen Finch
Calm AF | Overthinking, Anxiety & Nervous System Regulation
Calm AF is a podcast about overthinking, anxiety, and learning how to calm your nervous system when your brain won't shut off. It's for high performers who look like they have it together on the outside but feel stuck replaying conversations, second-guessing decisions, and carrying way more mental weight than they should have to. Hosted by Kristen Finch, this podcast names what's actually going on beneath the surface—from anxiety and emotional triggers to the patterns that keep capable people feeling internally unsettled. You're capable, trusted, and high-functioning. The goal isn't to fix you...
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Episodes
The Dysregulated Nervous System: NSF is the Golden Rule 01.05.2024 17:34
The golden rule of calm AF is Nervous System First because your life is curated based on the state of your nervous system. The state of your relationships, the state of your home, the state of your overall wellbeing is absolutely shaped by the state of your nervous system. ~ Take the Nervous System Pattern Quiz here! Not yet a member of Calm AF Life? ~ Join here to pay in full ~ Join here for pa...
The Dysregulated Nervous System: How to Take Back Your Power 24.04.2024 21:29
You need to learn how to manage your OWN feelings of discomfort instead of thinking you have to manage everyone else's. This is how you will take your power back. ~ Take the Nervous System Pattern Quiz here! Not yet a member of Calm AF Life? ~ Join here to pay in full ~ Join here for payment plan ~ Or if you have questions before joining, simply click here to set up a 30 minute call. ~ To in...
The Dysregulated Nervous System: You Need to Learn the Basics 17.04.2024 20:43
This episode is absolutely essential learning because until you have a different understanding of your own nervous system, you will always be chasing the next tool that might help you calm down. ~ Take the Nervous System Pattern Quiz here! ~ Access the FREE Nervous System Course here! Not yet a member of Calm AF Life? ~ Join here to pay in full ~ Join here for payment plan ~ Or if you have que...
The Dysregulated Nervous System: Vacillators 10.04.2024 24:19
There are 3 main dysregulation patterns: Hypervigilance, hypovigilance and vacillators. This episode is all about Vacillators, of which I number. And if you didn't take your quiz yet, to find out which pattern you use the most, check the show notes, take the quiz. ~ Take the Nervous System Pattern Quiz here! Not yet a member of Calm AF Life? ~ Join here to pay in full ~ Join here for payment p...
The Dysregulated Nervous System: Hypovigilance 03.04.2024 19:49
There are 3 main dysregulation patterns: Hypervigilance, hypovigilance and vacillators. This episode is all about Hypervigilance. And if you didn't take your quiz yet, to find out which pattern you use the most, check the show notes, take the quiz. ~ Take the Nervous System Pattern Quiz here! Not yet a member of Calm AF Life? ~ Join here to pay in full ~ Join here for payment plan ~ Or if you...
The Dysregulated Nervous System: Hypervigilance 27.03.2024 23:09
There are 3 main dysregulation patterns: Hypervigilance, hypovigilance and vacillators. This episode is all about Hypervigilance. And if you didn't take your quiz yet, to find out which pattern you use the most, take the Nervous System Pattern Quiz here! Not yet a member of Calm AF Life? ~ Join here to pay in full ~ Join here for payment plan ~ Or if you have questions before joining, simply cli...
Which Nervous System Pattern is Keeping You Stuck? 20.03.2024 21:41
To learn how to be and stay in calm AF energy, you have to get to know your internal dysregulation patterns. When you get to know your own nervous system and how you behave when you're dysregulated, you can start taking control of your own energy (instead of feeling powerless to everything happening outside of you). ~ Take the Nervous System Pattern Quiz here! Not yet a member of Calm AF Life?...
A Quick Detox from Folk Wisdom 13.03.2024 16:48
Is the folk wisdom living rent-free in your head ACTUALLY serving you and making your life better? Probably not. Here's to playing now and working later. To join the Calm AF Life waitlist, click here. To inquire about working with me in 2024, click here.
The Fun Bucket: Having More Fun Drives Better Results 06.03.2024 25:19
If you're not prioritizing FUN in your day-to-day, then you are missing out on major benefits to your health, relationships, career, and even your bank account. To join the Calm AF Life waitlist, click here. To inquire about working with me in 2024, click here.
The Leap Day Podcast 28.02.2024 19:29
I like to think of Leap Day as a bonus 24 hours and I think about it this way: if I were at the end of my life and I was gifted an extra 24 hours, how would I spend that day? To join the Calm AF Life waitlist, click here. To inquire about working with me in 2024, click here.
Choose Growth Over Comfort (Replay) 21.02.2024 17:20
If you want to change anything, you've got to be willing to feel discomfort. Changing how you feel about your life, deciding to leave a toxic job or a toxic relationship, finding your forever person. Whatever it is, discomfort will accompany change. And if you want to feel better, calmer, happier, more content, more FREE...you have to choose growth over comfort. For a deeper dive, visit kristenfin...
Why You Should ABSOLUTELY Practice Self-Love 14.02.2024 24:28
There are so many reasons why we all need to prioritize a healthy, loving relationship with ourselves. It makes life simpler. It makes you feel better. You have more confidence. You set and enforce boundaries easier. It's easier to love other people. It's easier to let other people love you. So, ignore the gimmicky, click-baity, product-pushing headlines about self-love and get busy truly loving o...
Remembering What Matters When Life Sucks 07.02.2024 15:29
Life hands us "opportunities to grow" (yuck) when we least want them, when we feel least prepared for them, when we just don't have room or time or energy for them. Here's to keeping what really matters in your mind, heart, and soul when these ass-ortunities come knocking. To join the Calm AF Life waitlist, click here. To inquire about working with me in 2024, click here.
How to Stop a Thought Spin-Out (Replay!) 31.01.2024 27:02
When you're in the middle of a thought spin out, your mind's brakes are overridden by the nervous system. Here's how to resume control. To join the Calm AF Life waitlist, click here. To inquire about working with me in 2024, click here.
Fire Your Inner Boss 17.01.2024 25:35
Self trust, self belief, self acceptance, and self compassion will get you to the finish line of your goals WAY faster than self berating, self criticism, self sabotaging. So if your inner boss treats you like shit, it's time to fire her and choose a more worthy leader. To join the Calm AF Life waitlist, click here. To inquire about working with me in 2024, click here.
Danielle's Calm AF Journey, Part 2 10.01.2024 39:37
My client Danielle shares how she has transformed from someone who prioritized everyone else before herself to someone who prioritizes herself, her goals, and her life. To get your ticket to the Calm AF Goals Workshop on January 14th (or to get the replay) click here. To join the Calm AF Life waitlist, click here. To inquire about working with me in 2024, click here.
Danielle's Calm AF Journey 03.01.2024 43:47
My client Danielle shares her Calm AF journey in this delightful conversation! To get your ticket to the Calm AF Goals Workshop on January 14th (or to get the replay) click here. To join the Calm AF Life waitlist, click here. To inquire about working with me in 2024, click here.
5 Tips to Uplevel from "Goal-Setting Master" to Goal Achiever 27.12.2023 25:29
If you SET goals like a f*ckin' boss but struggle to ACHIEVE them, these 5 tips will change your life. To get your ticket to the Calm AF Goals Workshop on January 14th (or to get the replay) click here. To join the Calm AF Life waitlist, click here. To inquire about working with me in 2024, click here.
What Do You Want? 20.12.2023 18:58
What I've found over the years is that this question: WHAT DO YOU WANT? is one of the hardest questions for women to answer. If you are not giving yourself permission to want what you want, these three obstacles are probably the reasons why. Join my Future Self Course! Interested in joining Calm AF Life? Tap here to join the waiting list. Interested in working with me but not sure where to s...
This Sh!t Works 13.12.2023 20:20
I could not be prouder of – or happier for – my clients who recently found themselves not only USING but totally benefitting from the Calm AF Life tools that they've been steadily and consistently adopting in our group and 1:1 coaching. And here's the key: they are reaping major transformations through relentless commitment to the process . Interested in joining Calm AF Life? Tap here to join th...
Waiting for Your Wake-up Call (Replay!) 06.12.2023 17:32
WHY do we wait for a wake up call to feel ALIVE in our lives..to stop living a life in survival mode and start living our one life NOW . Today, I'm going to share with you the BIGGEST lies we are believing that are keeping us from reclaiming our lives from survival mode hell. Interested in joining Calm AF Life? Tap here. Prefer a payment plan? I got you. Tap here. Interested in working with me...
4 Essentials to Create an Automatic Habit 29.11.2023 22:30
Thanks to neuroplasticity, the brain's ability to rewire neural connections, you can create any habit you want – especially with these 4 ingredients. Interested in joining Calm AF Life? Tap here. Prefer a payment plan? I got you. Tap here. Interested in working with me but not sure where to start? Tap here.
How Do You Respond to Other People's Energy? 22.11.2023 23:37
Calm AF is an energy state where you know you are in control of your feelings, moods, and thoughts AND knowing you aren't in control of other people's. When you learn to be calm AF, you aren't reliant on other people being in a good mood so you can be in a good mood. If you want to actually feel calm, ease, rest, joy, happiness that is dependent on nothing outside of you, you need to learn to be C...
Matthew Perry, Worthiness, and the Power of Opening Up 15.11.2023 30:50
Vulnerability is not just a virtue; it's a lifeline. In the face of struggle, shame, and the overwhelming pressure to prove your worthiness, PLEASE choose vulnerability instead of choosing isolation. Instead of choosing to go it alone, find a person or a community that gets it. Interested in joining Calm AF Life? Tap here. Join me and other Calm AFers in Mexico! Tap here, spots are limited. Inte...
The Hidden Cost of People-Pleasing 08.11.2023 21:26
Today I want to talk about the TOLL your people pleasing, perfectionism, energy managing, and overachieving behaviors are having on you. These are not so much character traits as they are your nervous system's reactions to perceived dangers. And, because mind-body connection dictates that toxic thoughts are poison in the body, it's important to unlearn these self-defeating habits - and master new...
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