From Chaos to Calm | Mai Lee Eskelund on Mornings, the Brain-Body Connection & Regulation

What if a chaotic morning didn't have to cost you the whole day?

In this episode of Candid Coach Conversations, Kimberly Boyd sits down with Mai Lee Eskelund... certified Live Life Fully coach and brain-body connection specialist... to talk about how to start your day on your own terms and find your way back to calm when everything goes sideways.

Kimberly opens with a confession: her morning was anything but peaceful. She'd just stepped out of the shower when Harvey, the youngest of her five dogs, darted out the front door. What followed was a half-mile sprint down a rock driveway in her nightgown and a pair of borrowed sandals... "running like there's a bear chasing me"... until she finally coaxed him into a guest house. And yet, an hour later, she realized something that brought her real joy: she had still done her high performance planner, still started the day exactly the way she wanted, before any of the chaos hit.

From there, Mai Lee walks through the tools she actually uses. Name the feeling out loud and let it move... "I feel frustrated... actually, I feel angry... I feel hurt." Run your tongue along the roof of your mouth to reset the nervous system. Walk a figure eight. Use Brendon Burchard's release meditation when a thought keeps circling back. Cool your warm insides with a glass of water, or a cup of hot tea with honey for the heavier days. The two of them close on the changing season and the Planting Seeds retreat for 2027... a single day, landing exactly 90 days out from the new year, to finish this one strong and start the next one even stronger.

In this conversation:

🐕 The morning a puppy named Harvey sent Kimberly sprinting down a half-mile driveway in her nightgown
🗣️ Naming the feeling out loud as it shifts... "I feel frustrated... actually, I feel angry... I feel hurt"
👅 The tongue-to-the-roof-of-your-mouth reset that quietly settles your nervous system
➿ The infinity walk and Brendon Burchard's release meditation for thoughts that won't stop circling back
💧 The reason your insides really are "hot" when you're upset... and how a glass of water cools them down
🌱 The Planting Seeds retreat: 90 days to finish the year strong and start 2027 even stronger

One line from Mai Lee worth sitting with: "It's really hard to hang on to a thought when you're saying the word release. Because anything that does come in, you're immediately saying release."

About Mai Lee Eskelund Mai Lee is a certified Live Life Fully coach with a deep love for the brain-body connection... the simple, fascinating truth that what we feel shows up in the body, and the body can help us feel our way back to calm. She's the kind of coach who starts her morning with a quiet walk with her dog, swears by a good handwritten brain dump (no complete sentences required), and has a regulation tool for every kind of hard day. Her work helps people stop shoving feelings down and start moving through them, so one rough hour doesn't get to run the next twenty-four. Learn more or book a complimentary strategy session with Mai Lee here: https://llfully.com/Coach-MaiLeeEskelund

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