Are Your Wellness Habits Helping - or Making Things Worse?

 

Most women who are burning out are doing ALL the right things. The problem isn't effort. It's nervous system state. Find out which state you're actually in and what your body actually needs right now:

THE 3 NERVOUS SYSTEM STATES 

Your Body Is Always in One of These. Which One Is Yours?

 

Most women are a blend - but there's almost always a dominant pattern. This free resource includes a full reference guide across body, mind, emotions, behavior, cravings, and what labs might reveal. 

✅ Rest & Digest
Safe. Social. Connected.
Where your biology thrives
Slow breath, warm hands, soft jaw
Sleeping through the night
Thinking clearly, curious, open
Hungry on a regular schedule
Calm, grounded, content
Emotions flow and don't stick
⚡ Fight or Flight
Wired. Mobilized. On Edge.
Where most women live
Fast shallow breath, tight jaw
Waking at 3am, racing heart
Mind racing, hypervigilant
Sugar & caffeine cravings
Anxious, irritable, overwhelmed
Productive but tense
❄️ Freeze
Shutdown. Numb. Foggy.
Often mistaken for depression
Heavy limbs, shallow breath
Sleep long, never feel rested
Foggy, can't focus or decide
Comfort eating, no hunger cues
Numb, flat, disconnected
"What's the point?"

WHAT'S INSIDE

Your Complete Nervous System Reset.

 

Five tools designed together to help you identify your state, audit your habits, and find the path back to regulation. Practical, science-backed, and built specifically for women.

  • Identify your dominant nervous system state across 6 dimensions
  • Score your weekly habits as calming, activating, or shutdown
  • Understand the dose of every wellness practice that actually helps vs. harms
  • Follow the step-by-step ladder back to regulation
  • Map your life satisfaction across 20 areas with the Live Like a Girl Wheel
01
Nervous System Questionnaire

What each state looks like — body, mind, emotions, behavior, cravings, and what labs might reveal. A two-page reference you'll come back to again and again.

02
Your Nervous System Audit

Check every habit that describes your typical week and score yourself. Find out if you're Balanced, Tipping, Wired, or Overloaded — and what to do next.

03
The Path Back Up the Ladder

You cannot leap from shutdown to calm — you climb through activation first. Here's exactly how, step by step, with specific tools for each rung.

04
Live Like a Girl Wheel

Rate 20 areas of your life from 0 to 10 and connect the dots. See where your wheel is flat — and which one small shift would lift everything else.

05
The Dose Guide

When fasting, exercise, cold plunges, sauna, ketosis, and meditation go from therapeutic to harmful — and how to find the right dose for your current state.

Best-selling author of Fast Like a Girl, Eat Like a Girl, and Age Like a Girl


20+ years helping women heal through lifestyle and biology


Trusted by millions of women worldwide

Hi, I’m Dr. Mindy.

I'm a bestselling author, functional health educator, and host of the Live Like a Girl podcast. For over 20 years, I've helped women understand the truth that changes everything: your body is not working against you. It is a brilliant system responding to the signals you're giving it.

This nervous system reset came out of watching too many women do everything "right" and still feel exhausted, wired, foggy, and disconnected. This missing piece is almost always nervous system state and the first step is knowing where you actually are. 

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MEET YOUR GUIDE

Hi, I'm Dr. Mindy Pelz.

I'm a bestselling author, functional health educator, and host of the Live Like a Girl podcast. For over 20 years, I've helped women understand the truth that changes everything: your body is not working against you. It is a brilliant system responding to the signals you're giving it.

The nervous system reset came out of watching too many women do everything "right" and still feel exhausted, wired, foggy, and disconnected. This missing piece is almost always nervous system state and the first step is knowing where you actually are.

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Stop Guessing. Start Listening.

Your nervous system has been sending signals. This resource teaches you how to hear them and how to respond with exactly what your biology actually needs right now.

Want to Go Deeper?

The nervous system reset is a foundational piece of Dr. Mindy's work inside The Reset Academy™, where nervous system regulation, fasting protocols, hormone health, and metabolic medicine all come together in one guided community.

Learn more about The Reset Academy