Regulated
A 4-week course to help you reduce stress by learning nervous system attunement, regulation tools, and simple metabolic rhythms that support steadiness and resilience.
Join metabolic expert, Heathar Shepard and holistic counselor, Jen Antill as they weave together their complementary approaches into a single course.
When the nervous system is steadied and stress is reduced, the body has space to restore and health can truly begin to thrive.
Why Regulation Matters
When the nervous system is chronically activated—stuck in patterns of stress, vigilance, or shutdown—the body operates as if it is in ongoing threat. This affects everything from heart rate variability to inflammation, sleep quality, and hormone balance.
Irregular eating, blood sugar swings, low nutrient density, or high reliance on stimulants can all signal “stress” to the body, reinforcing dysregulation.
In contrast, steady nourishment, mineral-rich foods, adequate protein, and consistent meal timing can stabilize blood sugar and reduce physiological alarm signals. When metabolic rhythms are supported, the nervous system receives consistent cues of safety, making it easier to stay regulated. Over time, this interplay between stable energy metabolism and nervous system balance supports lower baseline stress and a more adaptive, resilient physiology.
As regulation becomes more embodied and stable, it doesn’t only affect physical health—it also shapes emotional life and relationships. When the nervous system is less locked in stress or defense, people tend to feel more emotionally available, less reactive, and better able to recover after conflict. There is a greater capacity for presence, patience, and clear communication, which naturally supports healthier relationships and deeper connections. Over time, this steadier internal state also contributes to a more consistent sense of well-being and happiness—not because life becomes free of stress, but because the body is no longer organized around chronic survival responses.
Module 1:
Breaking the Stress Cycle Through Nourishment & Nervous System Awareness
In this first module, we will explore:
Heathar will explore how the way you nourish your body directly shapes your stress response. You’ll learn how to use food as a foundational tool to help lower cortisol, stabilize blood sugar, and gently move the body out of chronic fight-or-flight patterns. Rather than adding more effort or discipline, this module focuses on restoring steadiness through consistent, supportive nourishment that signals safety to the nervous system. Over time, these metabolic shifts help interrupt the stress cycle at its root, creating more space for regulation, energy, and resilience.
Jen will teach on how nervous system patterns are shaped not only by our lived experiences, but also through intergenerational and maternal inheritance. You’ll learn to recognize these inherited patterns as they show up both consciously and unconsciously in your life, and begin to discern what is yours to carry—and what can be gently released—so your nervous system can become more supportive, adaptive, and aligned with your present life.
Jen will guide you in exploring what stress and dysregulation actually feel like in the body. Many of us are so accustomed to “white-knuckling” our way through life that we mistake chronic stress for normal. Through daily journaling, you’ll begin to recognize your own unique physical and emotional signals of dysregulation, and learn to notice them earlier with more clarity and care.
Module 2:
The Language of the Body: From Cravings to Cultural Conditioning
In this second module, we will explore:
Heathar will turn your attention toward the body’s signals as meaningful communication rather than something to override or ignore. You’ll learn how cravings, energy shifts, and physical symptoms often reflect underlying patterns in stress metabolism, blood sugar regulation, and nervous system load. Instead of relying on discipline or control, this work invites a deeper form of attunement—learning how to listen to what the body is asking for in real time.
Heather will guide you to explore core ways to support and reduce stress metabolism through responsive nourishment, rhythm, and awareness. As you begin to recognize the intelligence behind your body’s signals, you can start meeting stress at its root rather than managing it at the surface, creating more stability, ease, and trust in your own physiology.
Jen will explore the “culture of care” many women are shaped by—an often invisible set of expectations that leads to overextension, over-responsibility, and chronic nervous system strain. Together, we will look at the cultural pressure to be agreeable, accommodating, and perpetually available, often at the expense of personal boundaries and well-being. From there, we will examine what it means to reclaim boundaries, self-care, and self-prioritization not as indulgence, but as a necessary and deeply stabilizing shift—one that can be understood as a quiet, radical form of change.
Jen will also explore the pressure to be “regulated” all the time, and the ways this can become another form of self-judgment. Together, you’ll gently unpack narratives around toxic positivity and the demand to “stay happy,” in favor of learning how to live in a body that naturally moves between activation and rest. You’ll come to understand why nervous system flexibility—not perfection—is what supports real health and resilience.
Module 3:
Building Stability: Low-Stress Eating & Working with Triggers
In this third module, we will explore:
Heathar will guide you through a simple, repeatable daily meal structure designed to reduce metabolic stress and support steadier energy throughout the day. Rather than complex rules or restrictive protocols, this is about creating a reliable rhythm of nourishment that works with your life—not against it. You’ll learn how to build meals that stabilize blood sugar, reduce cortisol spikes, and support a more regulated nervous system through consistent fueling.
The focus is on ease and sustainability: minimal cooking effort, clear templates, and practical options that remove decision fatigue while increasing metabolic support. This approach prioritizes steady nourishment over perfection, helping your body experience more consistency, fewer stress signals, and greater capacity for repair, energy, and resilience over time.
Jen will explore the challenge of meeting our triggers without trying to fix, change, or eliminate them. In a culture that often idealizes emotional control and psychological “perfection,” this can feel counterintuitive and even uncomfortable. Yet it is through the practice of allowing triggers to be present—without judgment or resistance—that we begin to soften our relationship to them and create space for genuine nervous system relief.
We will also examine the ways we resist acceptance, and how that resistance itself becomes part of the pattern. From there, you’ll learn how to work with resistance in a more compassionate and embodied way, gradually building the capacity to stay present with what arises without becoming overwhelmed by it.
Module 4:
The Art of Rest and Response: Fueling Sleep & Meeting Stress
In this fourth module, we will explore:
Heathar will teach on the direct relationship between metabolic stability, nervous system regulation, and the quality of your sleep. You’ll learn how the way you fuel your body throughout the day influences nighttime cortisol patterns, blood sugar balance, and your ability to fully rest and restore. Rather than treating sleep as something separate to fix at night, this module focuses on how daytime nourishment lays the foundation for deeper, more consistent rest.
We will look at how under-eating, irregular meal timing, or blood sugar instability can disrupt sleep cycles and keep the nervous system in a state of low-level alertness. You’ll be guided in simple, supportive ways to structure your eating so your body feels safe enough to downshift at night. Over time, these shifts help improve sleep quality, support nervous system repair, and create a more grounded sense of restoration.
Jen will guide you in learning how to identify what you need when you are triggered, and how to translate those needs into clear, workable actions in real time. Through practical, real-life examples, you’ll be supported in understanding how to meet yourself in moments of stress in a way that is grounding and sustainable, rather than reactive or overwhelming.
Over time, this work helps you build the capacity to stay with activation while also responding to it with care—developing a more embodied sense of self-regulation that can be accessed in the midst of everyday life.
Bonus Module:
The Art of Co-Regulation
In this bonus module, Jen will teach practical ways for couples to co-regulate and support nervous system balance together. While the focus is on partnered relationships, these practices can also be used with trusted friends, a therapist, or a healing practitioner, offering ways to build safety, connection, and regulation in any meaningful relationship.
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Class Dates: July 6 -July 27th
Class includes:
Over 8 hours of video content from both Heathar and Jen (released every Monday)
PDF’s, journaling prompts, and recipes to guide you through the course
The ability to go at your own pace and watch the content as it fits your lifestyle and nervous system
Access to ask all your questions via email while enrolled in the course
Learning how to fuel your system is the first step to healing…
Low carb, keto, carnivore, fasting diets as well as calorie restriction and skipping meals all fuel stress metabolism driving up adrenaline, cortisol and blood sugar levels.
When you operate off of stress hormones, your sleep fails, your digestion becomes compromised, your energy dips, libido tanks and you wonder how you’re ever going to recover. Exercise becomes a fantasy because you just don’t have the energy to do it consistently.
Whether you’re in low-carb recovery, struggle with low thyroid, diabetes, are a chronic under fueler or lead a hectic lifestyle, all diseases and lifestyles chronically fueled by stress hormones, learning how to fuel your body adequately and regulate your nervous system will help you get out of stress, the leading cause of every modern disease.
About Your Teachers
Heathar Shepard
Metabolic Health PractitionerHeathar is a metabolic health practitioner specializing in the relationship between nourishment, hormones, and thyroid repair. Her work focuses on helping women restore energy, stabilize blood sugar, and reduce stress at the physiological level through simple, supportive dietary and lifestyle practices. Heathar holds a Bachelor’s degree in Nutrition and a Master’s degree in Classical Homeopathy, along with advanced training in Qi Gong and Classical Chinese Medicine.
Holistic Counselor + AstrologerJen Antill
Jen holds a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute. She works closely with a small number of women through her holistic counseling and astrology practice, supporting them in reconnecting with their power, their voice, and their deepest needs.
If you are interested in working 1:1 with Jen, or want to book an astrology reading, click here.