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Helpers On Helping

Riley Smith

Helpers on Helping is a community where we believe the stories of helpers deserve to be seen as much as the work they do. Hosted by Dr. Riley Smith LAc, DACM, this podcast blends behind-the-scenes recovery journeys with the latest science on burnout, stress, and resilience. Each episode gives listeners an intimate look into the hidden struggles and triumphs of teachers, healthcare workers, therapists and first responders—while uncovering practical, evidence-based tools that help helpers restore vitality and sustain their calling. More than a podcast, Helpers on Helping is a lens into the untold lives of helpers, and a roadmap for anyone with a passion for growth and a desire to shift their life from surviving to thriving.

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45 episodes

  1. Why Your Body Won't Relax: Hypervigilance & Digestive Dysfunction | Doctor Riley 21:59
  2. Gut & Stress: The Physical Cost of Being Needed | Doctor Riley 28:29
  3. Normal Bloodwork, Caregiver Burnout, and the Missing Clinical Question | Doctor Riley 23:57
  4. How Nervous System Dysregulation Causes Gut Permeability and Afternoon Bloating | Doctor Riley 23:47
  5. Bloating, Food Sensitivities, and Interoceptive Blunting in Caregiver Burnout | Doctor Riley 25:46
  6. Why Elimination Diets Stop Working: Food Sensitivities, Gut Permeability & Burnout | Doctor Riley 24:54
  7. Why Rest Doesn't Fix Your Burnout & How Unfinished Stress Responses Drain Glutathione | Doctor Riley 23:20
  8. How Hypervigilance Drives Nervous System Dysregulation and Chronic Fatigue | Doctor Riley 24:39
  9. The Biological Cost of Therapist Fatigue: How the Stress Response Changes Your Emotional Chemistry | Doctor Riley 24:40
  10. The Biology of Compassion Fatigue: Why Emotional Numbness Shows Up on Lab Paper | Doctor Riley 24:30
  11. What's Unsaid Is Already Costing You 21:26
  12. The Panel That Reads Your Calendar 23:38
  13. When Saying "No" Feels Like Danger 24:21
  14. How Saying YES to Everyone Is Causing Chronic Inflammation_ 26:12
  15. How to Lower Chronic Inflammation & Reclaim Your Nervous System | The First Honest Decision 26:34
  16. Why You Can’t Heal in a Body That Never Feels Safe | Overcoming Chronic Inflammation 30:44
  17. Why Your Gut Issues Aren’t Just About Food (And How to Fix the Real Source) 28:48
  18. The Real Cost of People-Pleasing & Suppressed Anger 24:24
  19. Stop Calling It "Aging": The Real Reason Behind Your Brain Fog, Skin Flares, & Weight Sticky 25:26
  20. How Chronic Stress Locks Your Body (And How to Break the Loop) 25:17
  21. Why You’re Always Exhausted: The Biological Receiving Block Hidden in Burnout 22:50
  22. Why Nothing Has Worked 23:39
  23. The Loop That Runs Everything 23:58
  24. Low Progesterone Won't Rebuild Until You Stop the Drain 20:44
  25. The Gut-Hormone Connection Most Women Have Never Been Shown 17:15
  26. Why Helpers Hit Perimenopause Early 16:38
  27. People-pleasing Is a Cortisol Problem 19:32
  28. Heavy Periods and Mood Swings Have One Root Cause 17:33
  29. Estrogen Dominance Is a Stress Problem 18:07
  30. What Cortisol Steals From You 35:22
  31. Why Willpower Isn’t Working 33:24
  32. The Cost of Caring: The Metabolic Receipt 27:03
  33. The Cortisol Wake-Up: Decoding Your Body’s Stress Language 26:10
  34. Rebalance Your Care Portfolio: A Roadmap to Thriving 25:30
  35. The Cost of Emotional Labor 21:32
  36. Relationship Imbalance And The Overgiving Trap 22:05
  37. The Self-Neglect Tax: Self-Responsibility vs. Selfishness 17:36
  38. The Hormonal Detox: Moving Stress Through Your Body 12:02
  39. Stress Stacking 12:19
  40. Secondary Stress 12:19
  41. Your Cortisol's Perfect Memory 13:40
  42. Energy Boundaries: Stop Building Walls, Start Protecting Your Garden 14:17
  43. The Hidden Fuel - The High Metabolic Cost of Crisis Mode 13:34
  44. Your Energy Receipt - How Stop Feeling Depleted by 9 A.M. 14:01
  45. Conversations That Drain - Why Emotional Labor Costs More Than You Think 15:18