In this episode of The Untrained Podcast, we sit down with Amanda Smith—former NASA engineer turned coach for high-achieving women navigating chronic illness.We explore what it really means to slow down to speed up healing, and Amanda shares both science-backed tools and deeply personal insights on how to rewire the brain-body connection. Key Takeaways:

• Functional Neurology 101: How Amanda helps clients retrain their nervous systems for balance and recovery
• The Power of Sound: Humming and singing to stimulate the vagus nerve
• Curated Playlists: Using music strategically to calm or energize
• The Gutsy Chick Archetypes: Meet the Bruiser, the Brainster, the Stickler, and the Chillster—and how each one relates to healing
• A real-time reflection on what happens when Iris untrains her habit of going fast through life

This episode is a reminder: Slowing down isn’t weakness—it’s a tactical strategy that at some point we will all have to embrace. 
Amanda Smith is a former NCAA Division I and Division II softball player and  a trained aerospace engineer who has worked on projects for NASA. Now she helps female high performers with confusing health challenges to identify their unique path to clarity, relief, and optimum performance.

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