How to Calm Your Nervous System During the Holidays (and Anytime Life Feels Overwhelming)

If you’re feeling wired, tired, overstimulated, irritable, or emotionally stretched thin, you are not alone — and you’re not broken. What you’re feeling is nervous system dysregulation, and this time of year can push even the strongest of us over the edge.

Between holiday schedules, sugar, social expectations, overstimulation, late nights, and the mental load of remembering everything for everyone… your nervous system reads it all as a physical threat.

Cortisol rises.
Blood sugar swings.
Your brain becomes hyper-vigilant.
Your patience disappears.
Your sleep crashes.
Your energy drains.

The good news?
You can retrain your nervous system — and you can start today.

This article gives you simple, actionable steps to calm your stress response, support your hormones, protect your mental health, and restore balance even in the chaos.

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Why Your Nervous System Feels Overloaded

Most people think their irritability, anxiety, or lack of motivation is “just their personality.”
It’s not.

Your nervous system interprets:

noise
sugar
overstimulation
poor sleep
deadlines
multitasking
emotional load
EMF exposure
and even late-night scrolling

…as an ongoing threat.

This triggers your fight-or-flight response, leading to symptoms like:

tension headaches
fatigue
digestive issues
mood swings
overwhelm
anxiety
chronic pain
autoimmune flare-ups

This is physiology — not weakness.

And once you understand how to support the system that runs everything, your whole life begins to shift.

7 Tools to Calm Your Nervous System Fast

These strategies work in real life, even if you're busy, overwhelmed, or stretched thin.

1. Box Breathing (4-7-8 Pattern)

This isn’t “just take a deep breath.”
This is a neurological reset button.

Try:

Inhale for 4
Hold for 7
Exhale for 8
Repeat 4 rounds.

This helps your brain flip from “threat” mode to “safe” mode in under two minutes.

2. Hydrate With Minerals

Most people are dehydrated and mineral-deficient — especially under stress.

My favorites:

Baja Gold
Redmond Sea Salt
Celtic Salt

Put a pinch right on your tongue while drinking water. Hydration + minerals relax the muscles, lower stress hormones, and improve sleep.

3. Shake Off Tension

Literally.

Shake your hands.
Roll your shoulders.
Bounce lightly for 20–30 seconds.

This releases adrenaline and signals your body: we are safe.

4. Protein by 10 AM

The WORST thing you can start your day with:
✓ sugar
✓ carbs
✓ treats
✓ “fun” breakfasts
✓ kids’ cereal
✓ coffee only

The BEST thing you can start with:
Protein.
30–50g in the morning stabilizes blood sugar, mood, and hormones for the entire day.

Kids transform on this one change alone.

5. Take a 48-Hour Break From Multitasking

Ladies…
Too many tabs open in your brain and in your browser.

Multitasking overloads dopamine and keeps your nervous system dysregulated.

Try a 48-hour challenge:
One task at a time.
No stacking.

You will feel the shift.

6. Ask Yourself This One Grounding Question:

"Is this mine to carry?"

Most of what’s weighing you down isn’t even yours.

Quit carrying other people’s stress in your purse.

7. Use Cold Therapy for Immediate Relief

Splash cold water on your face.
Grab a cold washcloth on your neck.
End your shower with 10–30 seconds of cold.

This flips the vagus nerve into reset mode fast.

Your Nervous System Can’t Heal Without Mitochondrial Support

You cannot regulate your nervous system when your mitochondria (your cellular batteries) are depleted.

This is why so many people feel:

exhausted
inflamed
emotionally unstable
foggy
burnt out
“not like themselves”

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gut-brain balance

When you fix the foundation, your body begins to heal — with less resistance and more momentum.

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You Are Not Broken — You’re Overloaded

When you remove what’s harming the body and replenish what’s missing, the body will heal.

You just need someone to show you the roadmap.

If this post helped you, share it with someone you love.
Let’s help more people awaken to the wellness within.

Tanya Candee RN

When your in a low place with your health you just need someone to believe in you. I Believe in YOU - Nurse Tanya

How to Calm Your Nervous System During the Holidays (and Anytime Life Feels Overwhelming)