Essential Mental Healing
Essential Mental Healing
Candace Fleming
From Police Stress To Nervous System Peace with Valerie Holden
52 minutes Posted Feb 12, 2026 at 5:00 am.
Warm Welcome And Winter Gratitude
Meet Valerie: Cop To Coach
The Power Of Calm Presence
Listening To Understand, Not To Reply
“You Don’t Need To Escape Your Life”
Stress Chemistry And Health Costs
Three-Minute Resets And Micro-Practices
Signs Your System Is Stuck In “Yellow”
Confidence, Validation, And Intuition
Accountability Versus Procrastination
Flow Over Forcing And Manifesting
Keeping Up With The Joneses And AI
How To Work With Valerie
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Send us Fan Mail It's Therapy Thursday Ever feel like you’re always “on,” even when nothing is actually wrong? We sit down with former police officer turned intuitive life coach and nervous system specialist Valerie Holden to explore how constant yellow-zone living steals sleep, fuels anxiety, and quietly taxes the body. Valerie shares why calm is a skill, not a mood, and how your presence can de-escalate a room before a single word is said. We dig into the biology behind stress—how adrenali...