HCA Talks Health
Self-Care, Resilience & Wellbeing: A Health Coach Perspective
Caring for Yourself with Debi Mason
Published: 16th May 2025
What does it really mean to care for yourself in a world that constantly demands more?
In this follow-up episode of HCA Talks Health, Debi Mason, Professional Health & Wellness Coach and graduate of Health Coaches Academy, continues the conversation on burnout recovery and the guiding question that transformed her life: “How will this nourish me?”
What you’ll learn in this episode:
Why self-care is more than just bubble baths and breaks
How to stay connected to your needs during stress and overwhelm
The role of nervous system regulation and polyvagal theory
Simple, consistent practices to support resilience and wellbeing
How to shift from “pushing through” to making nourishing choices
This episode is a gentle yet powerful reminder to pause, reflect, and ask yourself what truly supports your wellbeing.
Timestamps:
00:00 – Introduction
01:00 – “How will this nourish me?” became a guiding question
02:00 – Nourishment: Whole-life nourishment - mental, emotional & physical nourishment
05:00 – Giving from overflow instead of depletion
06:00 – Using nourishment as a decision-making lens
07:00 – Everyday choices & listening to your needs
08:00 – Nourishment during difficult situations
09:00 – Perspective, compassion & learning through challenge
10:00 – Nature & daily sources as a source of nourishment
13:00 – Routine, learning & curiosity
14:00 – Gratitude, joy & simple pleasures
15:00 – Nervous system regulation & polyvagal tools
19:00 – Breath, movement & releasing stress
21:00 – Learning from nature’s stress responses
22:00 – Building a personal nourishment toolkit
24:00 – Reflection practices to identify nourishment
26:00 – Body awareness & somatic feedback
28:00 – Scheduling nourishment as non-negotiable
29:00 – Nourishing to abundance & overflow
31:00 – Reframing self-care as non-selfish
32:00 – Protecting time, health & energy
33:00 – Moving from surviving to thriving
35:00 – Closing
Debi Mason - Health Coach and Mentor at Health Coaches Academy
Our guest, Debi Mason is a mentor at HCA, and a certified Health & Wellness Coach, who works globally and online with individuals experiencing bloating, IBS, and fatigue, supporting them to heal their gut naturally, restore their energy, and live free from ongoing discomfort.
Debi’s journey into health coaching began with her own health challenges, living for years with debilitating symptoms, including relentless migraines, severe gut pain and anxiety. A pivotal realisation changed everything: her health was not fixed, rather it was within her control. This insight set Debi on a path of exploration, where she discovered the profound influence that nutrition and lifestyle choices have on overall wellbeing.
Today, Debi sees herself as a supportive health companion. Her goal is for others to experience and thrive off of the freedom and vitality that come with true health.
In this episode Debi explores how self-care is a mindset that can be learned. Debi encourages us to “Protect that space of pause. Protect that space of actually listening to what it is that we need and asking that question: How am I going to nourish myself?”
If you are encouraged to invest in your health, contact Debi: https://www.debimason.com/.
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Watch Debi’s first episode on escaping corporate burnout, where she shares her powerful journey from severe health struggles in a high-stress corporate role to reclaiming her energy, freedom, and purpose through health coaching.
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