The Tea Time Podcast

In this vulnerable episode, host Sharissa Bradley dives into Chapter 14 of "Journey Back to Health" to discuss the reality of stress . Ironically, the very stress she writes about forced her to take a hiatus from recording to practice what she preaches. Sharissa explores the "U-shaped curve" of stress , explaining why too little stress leaves us unmotivated, while too much leads to physical and me...

In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the *Journey Back to Health* series with **Chapter 13: Detox**.   Detox is often viewed as something that should make us feel instantly better — more energy, clearer thinking, and improved stamina. But Sharissa explains that detox doesn't always feel good in the beginning. In fact, it can feel uncomfortable and discouraging becaus...

In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series with Chapter 12: Elimination Diets . Elimination diets are often misunderstood as restrictive or overwhelming, but in this episode, Sharissa reframes them as a tool for awareness. Instead of focusing on what you can't eat, she explains how elimination diets can help you identify foods that may be...

In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series with Chapter 11: Clean Eating . Clean eating is often misunderstood as simply eating unprocessed foods or sticking to the perimeter of the grocery store. While that can be one approach, Sharissa expands the definition to include three additional ways of eating clean: mindful eating, seasonal eatin...

In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series with Chapter Ten: Gut Health . Gut health is one of the most important starting points in a healing journey. The digestive system is responsible for breaking down food, extracting nutrients, and delivering them to the rest of the body. When that process is disrupted by inflammation, autoimmune iss...

In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series with Chapter Nine: Systems and Organs This chapter explains why the body cannot be treated as isolated parts. Sharissa shares her experience visiting multiple specialists who focused narrowly on one organ at a time — particularly the thyroid — without considering how interconnected the body truly...

In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series with Chapter Eight: Knowing Is Not Enough   Drawing from her graduate research in psychology, Sharissa reflects on a central question: why do we know what's good for us — yet still struggle to take action? From studying children sorting "good for me" foods to testing adults on health knowledge, sh...

In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series with Chapter Seven: Superhero Complex . This short but powerful chapter explores the tendency to "wear the superhero cape" — trying to do everything, be everything, and meet everyone's needs while personal health quietly suffers. Sharissa reflects on how overextending herself often leads to neglec...

In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the  Journey Back to Health series with Chapter Six: Emotional Connections . This chapter explores the powerful emotional ties we build around food — especially comfort foods connected to memory, safety, and love. Sharissa shares a personal story about cookies and tea with her grandmother, and how that ritual created a deep emotio...

In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series with Chapter Five: Find Your Why . Sharissa shares why this chapter may be the most foundational part of the entire healing journey. While habit formation, elimination diets, detox, and lifestyle shifts all matter, none of them sustain without a deeply rooted reason for change. Drawing from her pe...

In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series with Chapter Four: A Brain Resistant to Change . This episode builds on previous conversations about habits and brain energy, expanding into why habit change requires more than willpower or motivation. Sharissa explains how habit change involves breaking down what we are actually trying to change...

In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series by working through Chapter Three, Wired This Way . This chapter explores how the brain is designed to follow familiar pathways and why changing habits requires so much mental energy, patience, and grace. Sharissa explains how repeated behaviors become automatic, using everyday examples like drivin...

In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley continues the Journey Back to Health series by working through Chapter Two: Beliefs. This chapter focuses on the thoughts, attitudes, and belief systems that shape our ability to heal — and how early experiences can quietly influence our relationship with food, care, and worthiness. Sharissa shares vulnerably about her ongoing struggle with...

In this episode of the Tea Time Podcast, Sharissa Bradley officially begins the Journey Back to Health series by working through Chapter One of her book. This episode marks the start of a weekly practice where Sharissa uses her own book as a tool to support her current healing journey — particularly around disordered eating, rebuilding hunger cues, and caring for her body as she enters perimenopau...

Welcome back to the Tea Time Podcast. After a long hiatus, Sharissa Bradley returns to share where she's been, why the podcast is coming back now, and what's next. This episode introduces a new series centered around revisiting Journey Back to Health — not as a finished story, but as a living process. Sharissa opens up about experiencing months of severe nausea, weight loss, muscle decline, and br...

Abraham Maslow created the structure of the heirarchy of needs. The topic of this episode is the base of Maslow's pyramid: meeting physiological needs. I give my take on what it means to meet those needs and how I believe this is the way to turn things around!

Welcome to another episode of the Messy Middle series. This episode features my husband Jon and what he believes constitutes the messy middle. I think you will suprised by his definition. The messy middle is an analogy derived from the part of the caterpillar journey where everything turns into mush. I believe it is important to honor the middle phase. Especially now when before and after's are so...

Welcome to the first interview in the messy middle series. This episode features my freind Hannah. I believe the messy middle is the part of our lives that needs to be showcased the absolute most. Yet we are often only exposed to the begining and the end. The middle is where the real magic of transformation exists. It has become a passion of mine to show the middle. On this episode my dear friend...

Welcome to episode 56. I am starting a new series called "The Messy Middle" showcasing the stories from my peers facing their messy middle moments before everything feels clear again. It is too often that we only get to see the tip of the iceburg...the before and after all shiny and new.  I feel like it is important to show the part where everything starts to break down before it can be built up n...

Welcome to episode 55! Thank you for being here. This episode is all about learning to play as an adult, coming from a household that did not value play time or hobby time. I am learning these things now and it is not without hardship. All too often I heard that playing or learning a new hobby would be a waste of my time. When I reached a point in my life where I had time to play I had no idea wha...

Welcome back to another episode. Thank you for being here. This episode is all about coming home to the body. I searched and searched and I couldn't find the place outside myself to feel safe in. I left the comforts of my home and hit the road in search of the place I could feel safe. It turns out I was carrying it with me all along. I had to come home to my body. Even in the most simple moments....

Thank you for joining me on this episode. It has been such a long time since the last time I recorded and I wanted to be able to catch up on what I've been up to. Since my last episode, we sold our house and almost all our belongings and moved into a 32 foot motorhome to travel the U.S. with the intention of finding some land to put our roots down. This episode features a fly on the wall moment on...

Yin and Yang are symbols of balance. The topic of this podcast episdoe is my take on what it means to marry yin and yang in the body. In other words, what it means to exhibit the balance of both the female and masculine energy in order to be a whole and fully functioning human being. It is important to understand the masculine and the feminine energies on a level that your body truly knows. Learn...

Sometimes being busy means there is a lot to get done, but sometimes being busy means there is something being avoided. Often this can take the form of an emotion that feels upsetting to focus on. The topic of this episode is about disassociation and how it can look in the real world to hide from emotions.  Thank you for being here and thank you for taking the time to listen.  If you want to know...

The topic of this episode is staying in the body while still in pain. When the body is in crisis it is normal to want to disconnect. This episode discusses the importance of staying with your body while it is in it's deepest need.  Thank you for being here and thank you for taking the time to listen.  If you want to know more about me please check out my website . I am most active on my instagram...