140. Transform Your Health, Transform Your Business: 3 Steps to Overcome Overwhelm
Release Date: 04/15/2024
Why You Self-Sabotage Success & How to Expand Your Capacity to Receive | Ep. 186
XPAND CAPACITY™
What happens when you finally get the money, the relationship, the health, the title, or the business growth you worked so hard to create—but you still find a way to lose it? In this episode, Dr. Christine explores the art and science of receiving: the inner capacity required to hold success, sustain growth, and stop turning every opportunity into another transaction. She shares a vulnerable look at her own high-achieving pattern—building success, then sacrificing her health, relationships, presence, and identity in the process. She also reflects on the difference...
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I Quadrupled My Income and Burned Out: The Hidden Cost of Success | Ep. 185
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Show notes If you’re in a midlife crisis, feeling lost in your 40s, or successful on paper and asking “Is this it?”, this episode is for you. In 2020, Dr. Christine Manukyan walked away from 11 years at Cedars-Sinai, a stable income and the identity she had built over 20 years in healthcare. She didn’t have a plan. She had an inner whisper she couldn’t ignore anymore. In this episode, Christine shares what happened on day three of Tony Robbins’ Unleash the Power Within that made her quit her job days later. She talks about the burnout that hit after she quadrupled her income, and...
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Why Your Manifestation Isn’t Working Yet | Ep. 184
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Episode description What if the reason your biggest goals feel difficult to create is that you are trying to manifest them from your head instead of from a regulated nervous system? In Episode 184 of the Expand podcast, we explore the connection between manifestation, nervous system regulation, intuition, and soul-level alignment. The host shares why creating from survival mode or ego can lead us toward goals that look impressive but do not truly feel right—and how pausing, healing, and creating a sense of safety can expand our capacity to receive what we genuinely desire. This...
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Breaking Generational Patterns: How to Heal & Forgive | Ep. 183
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Listen to my podcast interview with Anitha on Arise With Anitha Podcast. We talked about how to break generational patterns as two Armenian women who have been on healing journey, especially when it comes to mental health and forgiveness. Connect with Dr. Christine | IG @drchristinemanukyan Connect with Anitha | IG @arisewithanitha
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Why Success Can Still Feel Lonely: The Story Behind XPAND | Ep. 182
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Welcome to a new chapter of XPAND. In this Season 7 premiere, I’m sharing the story behind XPAND, why human connection matters more than ever, and what it means to create an extraordinary life through Longevity, Love, and Legacy. Because expansion isn’t about constantly becoming someone new. Sometimes, it’s about coming home to who you were before the world told you who you needed to become. Ready to begin your own reset? Join me for the 22-Day XPAND Capacity Reset, starting September 28. For 22 days, we’ll spend just 22 minutes a day helping you recognize the patterns keeping you...
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The Life Audit Nobody Teaches You (But Every High Performer Needs) | Ep. 181
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Introducing Xpand Capacity™ Reset: A 22-Day Nervous System & Identity Expansion | Ep. 180
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Your nervous system is running the show — and if it's dysregulated, so is everything else. Your decisions. Your revenue. Your relationships. Your capacity to receive what you've worked so hard to build. In this episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on the exact framework I use with 7, 8, and 9-figure founders to break through the invisible ceiling that no strategy, supplement, or success hack has been able to touch. I'm walking you through the 5R Protocol — the five-step process at the heart of the 22-Day Xpand Capacity™ Reset: Recognize — identify the dysregulation patterns...
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Healing Beyond The Prescription: Intimate Interview With Dr. Samantha Harte | Ep. 179
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One man in his 40s walks out of the hospital with more than 20 prescriptions and we can’t stop thinking about what that says about modern healthcare. We sit down with Dr. Christine, a former hospital pharmacist who made a radical career pivot from dispensing meds to practicing holistic healing, functional medicine, and nervous system work. Together, we unpack the moment an identity breaks, the fear that follows, and the freedom that comes when you finally admit, “This isn’t who I am anymore.” We go deep on prevention and root cause healing: how stress, sleep, trauma, and trapped...
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Burnout to Capacity: How Overwhelm Costs High Performers Millions | Ep. 178
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You're not lazy. You're not weak. You're dysregulated — and it's costing you more than you know. In this episode, I sit down for a raw, unfiltered conversation about what burnout really is, why it lives in the body long before it shows up in your bank account, and why the highest-performing women I know are making their worst decisions from a place of complete nervous system collapse. We go deep on functional freeze — what it looks like, why it's so easy to miss, and why so many high performers mistake it for discipline. We talk about how emotions don't just affect your mood — they...
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The Pivot: Unbecoming to Become my Billion-Dollar Identity™ | Ep. 177
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Episode Title: The Pivot: Unbecoming to Become My Billion-Dollar Identity™ What does it actually cost to stop performing a life that was never yours? In this episode, I'm pulling back the curtain on the pivot — the real one. The one that didn't look like a strategy. It looked like surrender. I share how I invested $650K into myself — not into a business, not into a brand — into the unbecoming. Into stripping away the identity that was keeping me stuck, safe, and small. I talk about what that actually meant, what I had to walk away from, and why I'd do it again without hesitation. ...
info_outlineIn this new episode of the The Wholistic Vitality™ Podcast, I talk about regulating the nervous system and transforming health and overall well-being emphasizing that managing stress and emotional overwhelm is crucial for preventing disease and improving life quality. I advocate for a transformational approach to health that not only impacts personal well-being but also extends to enhancing business and professional life. This episode underscores the journey of healing as a continuous, intentional process that requires active participation, community support, and a shift in personal energy and perspective to achieve a balanced, healthy state.
Don't miss out on this valuable discussion—take the time to listen and see how you can apply these insights to your own path to wellness.
“The functional freeze is so deep and many of you are living your life in this functional freeze and this red light that I was showing earlier, and you don't realize how bad it is getting and you don't realize how much damage it is doing to your body. And there is this theme of this nervous system desiring intensity, the stress chemistry because it momentarily turns on their brain and moves them out of the shutdown. I'm gonna say this again in a different way, it's called a functional freeze.”
Takeaways to delve into:
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Impact of Stress on Health: Dr. Manukyan emphasized the significant impact stress and overwhelm have on physical health, leading to diseases and reducing overall wellness.
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Transformation through Health: She advocates for a transformational approach to health, suggesting that improving personal health can have a ripple effect, transforming one’s life and business.
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Exercise and Discussion: The session includes practical exercises aimed at overcoming feelings of overwhelm and stress.
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Personal Healing Journey: Dr. Manukyan shared her personal experiences with stress, business pressures, and her journey towards healing, including her time in Bali and attending Dr. Joe Dispenza’s retreat.
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Healing as a Continuous Process: Healing is presented not as a destination, but as an ongoing journey of self-discovery, acceptance, and love.
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Nervous System Regulation: The talk covers the importance of regulating the nervous system to maintain a healthy state, using examples like a traffic light system to describe different states of nervous arousal (green for calm, yellow for caution, red for high alert).
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Interactive Elements: The webinar included interactive elements like breathwork exercises focused on gratitude and forgiveness, designed to help participants shift their emotional states.
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Community and Support: Emphasizing the importance of community, Dr. Manukyan encouraged participants to seek and offer support, highlighting the value of a supportive network in the healing process.
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Long-term Behavioral Changes: Dr. Mulligan urged participants to engage in daily practices that promote healing and well-being, helping to establish new, healthier patterns over time.
The Wholistic Vitality™ Blueprint Masterclass: Your Path to enhance your health, well-being, and success as an entrepreneur! A 3-day transformative experience for entrepreneurs and visionary leaders.
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