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Posts by Olivia Tompkins, Cardio Thoracic ICU Nurse, London, CrossFit athlete, CrossFit coach

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ICU Nurse & CrossFit Athlete: I Was Sceptical Too – Until I Saw Anxious Thoughts Drop by 35% in 10 Days
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ICU Nurse & CrossFit Athlete: I Was Sceptical Too – Until I Saw Anxious Thoughts Drop by 35% in 10 Days

Why anxious thoughts arrive when everything goes quiet - and the daily habit that finally helped my nervous system…
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ICU Nurse: Exhausted at Work, Drained at Home, Empty Inside – One Hidden Pattern Behind All Symptoms of Burnout
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ICU Nurse: Exhausted at Work, Drained at Home, Empty Inside – One Hidden Pattern Behind All Symptoms of Burnout

What years on the ICU frontline taught me about burnout - and why exhaustion, low mood and feeling empty…
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CrossFit Athlete: 5 Ways Vagus Nerve Stimulation Can Take Your Daily Workout to the Next Level
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CrossFit Athlete: 5 Ways Vagus Nerve Stimulation Can Take Your Daily Workout to the Next Level

You track your HRV (Heart Rate Variability). You hit your protein. You sleep eight hours. But if your output…
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CrossFit Athlete: I Used a Vagus Nerve Device for 30 Days to Boost HRV and Recovery… Here’s What Happened
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CrossFit Athlete: I Used a Vagus Nerve Device for 30 Days to Boost HRV and Recovery… Here’s What Happened

My HRV was stuck. Every session I went in under-recovered. This is what changed.  For eighteen months, I had…
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ICU Nurse: I Thought I Was Just Exhausted – Until I Realised My Nervous System Was Stuck in Survival Mode
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ICU Nurse: I Thought I Was Just Exhausted – Until I Realised My Nervous System Was Stuck in Survival Mode

Working long hospital shifts where you carry more than just the work, feeling exhausted felt normal. What I didn’t…
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ICU Nurse Explains: “Your Low HRV Might Be Signalling A Deeper Problem” (And Your Vagal Tone Might Be The Solution)
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ICU Nurse Explains: “Your Low HRV Might Be Signalling A Deeper Problem” (And Your Vagal Tone Might Be The Solution)

When You Have Done Everything to Support Recovery, But Your Nervous System Still Will Not Settle Down You’ve done…
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