A HOLY MESS | Nervous System, Somatic, Regret, Exhausted, Burnout, Boundaries, Emotional Healing, Christian Mindset, Recovery cover art

A HOLY MESS | Nervous System, Somatic, Regret, Exhausted, Burnout, Boundaries, Emotional Healing, Christian Mindset, Recovery

A HOLY MESS | Nervous System, Somatic, Regret, Exhausted, Burnout, Boundaries, Emotional Healing, Christian Mindset, Recovery

By: Dani Sumner | Christian Life Coach Spiritual Director Spiritual Transformation Coach
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Do you ever feel stuck, emotionally drained, or like you’re constantly striving but never “enough”? You’re in the right place!

Welcome to A HOLY MESS Podcast (ranked in the top 1% globally🎉), a podcast designed for you if you’re ready to break free and heal from self-doubt, burnout, and overgiving—so you can step into confidence, peace, God’s grace and purpose with clarity.

Each week, I share biblical wisdom, mindset shifts, and real conversations to help you:
✨ Overcome self-doubt and fear with faith-based confidence.
✨ Let go of striving and perfectionism and embrace God’s grace.
✨ Set healthy boundaries and stop people-pleasing without guilt.
✨ Heal from burnout, shame, regret, and emotional exhaustion.
✨ Renew your mind with God’s truth and step into your purpose.

There’s no magic wand to find more freedom, but there are practical tools that can help.

Even as Christians who sometimes feel unworthy and shame about our past, anxious about our future, or feel like we are not enough. There is so much more for us! There’s hope, joy, peace, fun, purpose, and a reason that YOU are on this planet.

If you’re ready to rediscover your worth, reconnect with God, and finally feel at peace, you’re in the right place.

We can have fun and laugh while trudging through our messes; this stuff doesn’t need to be dry and boring.
I can’t wait to journey with you.
Your new friend,
Dani

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Episodes
  • 231. The Real Reason You're Burned Out: Your Soul Wants a Seat at the Table
    Jun 13 2026

    📞 Ready to talk? Book a free discovery call with Dani → https://calendly.com/danisumner

    The Real Reason You're Burned Out: Your Soul Wants a Seat at the Table

    You've achieved. You've raised the family. You've done right by God. And somewhere along the way you woke up feeling numb, lost, like you've been a passenger in your own life. In this episode (recorded mid-walk in Dani's backyard), she gets real about waking your soul back up, giving her a seat at the table, and becoming the main character of your own life again.

    In this episode, Dani talks about:

    • Why striver-women lose themselves while doing all the right things
    • The difference between your soul's voice and your shitty committee's voice
    • A guided soul check-in you can do right now (breathing + "soul, what do you need?")
    • "Everything is awkward until it's elegant": permission to be new at this

    Glad you're here, Dani

    🎙️ Mentioned in the Episode The "couple drinks on accident" episode Dani referenced: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-holy-mess-nervous-system-somatic-regret-exhausted/id1593131576?i=1000649031720

    Want to Go Deeper? 💫 Book a free discovery call at aholymess.com (or jump straight to calendly.com/danisumner to grab a spot right now). 1:1 coaching for the deep work. Life Coach Certification if you feel called to do this for others (or just to become a better human). No magic wand. No magic pill. Just the process, and you don't have to do it alone.

    If this episode spoke to you, leave a review and share it with a friend who needs to hear they're not where they used to be. 🤍

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    17 mins
  • 230. 7 Practical Tools to Regulate Your Nervous System When You're Triggered
    Jun 10 2026

    You've done the deep work. The therapy. The books. The journaling. And you still get triggered, you still slip into the shitty committee, you still reach for the chips or the wine or the doom scroll before your brain catches up. In this episode (a peek inside one of Dani's group sessions), she gives you 7 practical tools to calm the storm so you can actually do the deeper identity shift work and step into your next level.

    She shares the thesis that "practical isn't sexy, but it's very, very needed," the client story about Jane who learned to giggle at her own shitty committee instead of crucifying herself, and the reframe that will change how you think about the hard people in your life: honor your allergies.

    In this episode, Dani talks about:

    • Why root work alone keeps you circling the same mountain
    • The "house on fire inside the house" chaos most of us are actually fighting
    • 7 practical tools to reach for the moment a trigger hits (walking, classical music, air lunges, box breathing, calling a friend, dancing, ping pong or a tennis ball)
    • The "honor your allergies" reframe for the people who keep triggering you
    • A simple boundary that saved a friend's sleep (no calls with her daughter past noon)
    • Joel 2:25 and the years the locusts have eaten

    If your shitty committee has been running you ragged and you're ready to do the deeper identity shift work, this is what I do with my 1:1 clients (and what I train inside the Life Coach Certification if you feel called to do this work for others). Book a free discovery call at aholymess.com, or jump straight to calendly.com/danisumner if you're ready to grab a spot right now. And if you're not ready yet, this episode will hit like a deep breath and a hug and a kick in the ass all at once.

    Glad you're here, Dani

    🎵 From the Episode Dani's classical music playlist for nervous system regulation: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2AIyLES2xJfPa6EOxmKySl?si=YA5K4BzPTmCWiyrxucOrQg&pi=0GwGP2rIRnOWV

    Want to Go Deeper? 💫 Book a free discovery call at aholymess.com (or jump straight to calendly.com/danisumner to grab a spot right now). 1:1 coaching for the deep work. Life Coach Certification if you feel called to do this for others. No magic wand. No magic pill. Just the process, and you don't have to do it alone.

    If this episode spoke to you, leave a review and share it with a friend who needs to hear they're not where they used to be. 🤍

    🌟To learn more about Dani & to join the newsletter list-> https://www.danisumner.com/

    🌟 Follow me on YouTube

    🤳🏼 ALSO, let's connect on social media: Facebook, Instagram -> Facebook and Instagram

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    27 mins
  • 229. How to Stop the Overthinking Spiral: 4 Body-Based Practices to Calm Your Monkey Brain
    Jun 6 2026

    Your brain is doing the thing again. Spinning every scenario, asking every question, mapping every worst case. You can feel the anxiety climbing and you cannot think your way out of it. In this episode, Dani gets real about the overthinking spiral, the gift hiding inside your monkey brain, and the one line that changes everything: overthinking is not healed by more thinking.

    She shares the box breathing pattern she uses with clients, the truth that your shitty committee does not get to run the rest of your day, and why getting out of your head and into your body is how the Holy Spirit actually speaks to you.

    In this episode, Dani talks about:

    • Why your overthinking brain is a gift, not a curse
    • The one-line reframe: overthinking is not healed by more thinking
    • How to name the spiral out loud so it loses its grip
    • Box breathing (4-4-4) for when your nervous system is racing
    • Getting back into your body so you can actually hear your intuition
    • How to shut down the shitty committee and the critic upstairs

    If your shitty committee has been running you ragged and you're ready to actually become friends with your brain instead of being attacked by it, this is exactly the work I do with my 1:1 clients. Book a free discovery call at aholymess.com and let's figure out your next right step. And if you're not ready for that yet, this episode will hit like a deep breath and a hug and a kick in the tail all at once.

    Glad you're here, Dani

    Ready to Go to Your Next Level? 💫 Friend, if you're feeling the tug, that stirring inside that says there's MORE for you, I want to talk to you. Whether you're ready to do the deep life transformation work or you feel called to help OTHER people transform their lives, I've got something for you.

    🌟 1:1 Life Coaching & Transformation Programs If you're craving more peace, more joy, more purpose, and you're ready to stop just surviving and start THRIVING! Let's connect. Book a free discovery call and let's figure out together if one of my programs is your next right step.

    🌟 "Messy Life Transformation Life Coach Certification" --Do you feel called to help people? Are you someone who's been through the hard stuff and now wants to turn that pain into purpose? Getting certified as a life coach through my program is one of the most holy, rich, and powerful things you can do; not just for your clients, but for YOU. It changed my life. And it can change yours.

    ➡️ Book Your FREE Discovery Call Today to schedule your call with Dani.

    No magic wand. No magic pill. Just the process, and you don't have to do it alone.

    If This Episode Spoke to You… Would you do me a favor and leave a review? It helps so many more people find this community. And share this episode with a friend who needs to hear that they're not where they used to be, and that's WORTH celebrating. 🤍

    🌟To learn more about Dani & to join the newsletter list-> https://www.danisumner.com/

    🌟 Follow me on YouTube

    🤳🏼 ALSO, let's connect on social media: Facebook, Instagram -> Facebook and Instagram

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    20 mins
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