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WELCOME OCTOBER 🎀

Join Black in Loudoun and our partners for our 1st Annual Women in Wellness 2026, hosted by Stack House Studios, Sunday, October 18th from 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM.

This curated wellness experience brings together local Black owned, women owned businesses for an afternoon centered around movement, wellness, education, connection and community.

Join us for Yogalates FLOW, a wellness activity, brunch bites, wellness education, vendors, partner spotlights and a Social Wellness Mixer. Yoga mats will be provided, and movement sessions are first come, first served.

Everyone over the age of 21+ welcome

In partnership with:
@4everyoung_loudoun
@evolvebhc
@the.wellness.shift
@dmvwaxer_valerie
@thebelleperspectivetv

📍 Stack House Studios | Ashburn
📅 Sunday, October 18th
⏰ 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM

🎟️ Reserve your spot through the Stack House and Black in Loudoun Links in bio.

Come move, connect, learn and pour back into yourself while supporting the incredible women and businesses making an impact right here in Loudoun.

October is for wellness, connection and community. We’ll see you there!
#blackinloudoun #wellness #womenowned #blackbusinessowner #healing taken in Loudoun County by @the.wellness.shift

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18 days ago

WOMEN IN WELLNESS. Partner Spotlight.

Meet Kara Ryles, Lifestyle Wellness Designer and Founder of The Wellness Shift Co., at our first annual movement and wellness experience provided by local Loudoun County Black-Owned, Women-Owned Businesses. Look for a special attendee offer from Kara in your goodie bag!

Kara helps high-responsibility women in federal and mission-driven roles manage burnout, stress, and hormonal shifts through lifestyle coaching. She works at the physiological layer (hormones, gut, nervous system) and brings 18 years of federal acquisition experience and ACE health coaching certification to her work with women navigating this season of life.

At The Wellness Shift Co., Kara's coaching is built on her signature framework, The S.H.I.F.T. Method™, a five-phase approach: Stabilize, Harmonize, Integrate, Form, and Translate. It addresses stress physiology, metabolic health, movement, habit design, and long-term sustainability in a specific sequence designed for sustainable change. All coaching sessions are available virtually.

Event Hosted by Stack House Studios
🗓️ Sunday, October 18th
🕚 11:00am - 2:00pm
⭐ Neo-Soul Jazz Brunch Vibes, Wellness Education, Goodie Bags, Networking, Yogalates FLOWs, Wellness Activities, Nervous System Relaxation, Social Wellness, Partner Spotlights

In Partnership With:

@blackinloudoun
@4everyoung_loudoun
@dmvwaxer_valerie
@evolvebhc

Venue Styled by Modern Muse Floral Artistry

Book your spot on the @stackhouse.getmefit Eventbrite Page [link in bio] and share with friends!

#wellnessevent #feelgoodmovement #beauty #health #wellnessbrunch taken in Loudoun County, Virginia by @the.wellness.shift

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You don't need a four-phase workout manual.

A new study tracked 5,703 women's real activity data for over two years. The difference between the highest and lowest points of an entire menstrual cycle? About 2 percent. Not the kind of number that justifies overhauling your whole training week around your hormones.

Here's what actually matters: let your symptoms, not a calendar, decide your intensity on a given day. Rest during your period isn't falling behind. It's symptom management, and that's allowed to be enough.

Save this for the next time you feel behind because you didn't buy the cycle-syncing plan. You didn't miss anything.

Full breakdown (two studies, what the data does and doesn't show) is on the blog, link in bio.

#HormoneHealth #WomensHealthCoach #HighCapacityWomen #EvidenceBasedWellness #MidlifeWellness by @the.wellness.shift

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8 days ago

You carry a lot. Come set some of it down.

On Sunday, October 18, Black in Loudoun presents its 1st annual Women in Wellness morning at Stack House Studios in Ashburn, and I'm honored to be one of the partners.

I'm leading a short guided nervous system reset: simple breathwork and grounding you can take with you into a full Monday. No experience needed and nothing to perform. Come exactly as you are.

The morning also includes two Yogalates FLOW sessions, a brunch bar, and a social wellness mixer with local Black-owned, women-owned wellness businesses. A room built by and for our community, where you don't have to explain the load you carry.

Tickets are at the link in bio. Tag a friend who's been holding it all together and could use a morning that holds her back.

Hosted by @stackhouse.getmefit · Presented by @blackinloudoun

Coaching education from an ACE Certified Health Coach, not medical or mental health care.

#WomenInWellness #BlackInLoudoun #LoudounCounty #AshburnVA #TheWellnessShift #KaraRyles #HealthCoach #WomensWellness #BlackWomenWellness #NervousSystemHealth #StressRelief #BurnoutRecovery #WomenLeaders #ProfessionalWomen #DMVWellness #NoVAEvents #BlackOwnedBusiness #CommunityWellness by @the.wellness.shift

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9 days ago

Today at noon.

Stop Serving on Empty is happening live at 12 PM ET. Forty-five minutes, free, virtual, and camera optional. Bring your lunch.

If you've already registered, check your inbox for the Google Meet link. If not, there's still room. Link in bio.

Coaching education, not medical care.

#StopServingOnEmpty #WomenInGovernment #BurnoutRecovery #NervousSystemRegulation #HighCapacityEra by @the.wellness.shift

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12 days ago

This is the real version.

Not the perfectly planned week. The one where the calendar is full, the list didn't get shorter, and I'm still laughing anyway, because this is the season I'm in.

For a long time I thought a full calendar meant I was behind. It doesn't. A full calendar usually just means a full life.

Your real version counts too. What does your week actually look like right now?

#HighCapacityEra #RealNotPerfect #WorkingMotherLife #MentalLoad #WomenInGovernment by @the.wellness.shift

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13 days ago

Your exhale is doing more than you think.

Two studies published this year, one using brain imaging and one using deep brain recordings, found that a longer exhale measurably shifts heart rate variability and activates brain regions tied to calming the body down.

Try it: breathe in for 2 counts, out for 8. Repeat for about a minute, right before the moment that's actually hard.

It won't fix an overloaded week. It's one small, free, evidence-backed tool you can use in real time.

Save this for your next back-to-back meeting day. Full breakdown linked in bio.

Educational content from an ACE Certified Health Coach, not medical advice. If you have a respiratory or heart condition, check with your healthcare provider before trying new breathing practices.

#NervousSystemRegulation #BreathworkForWomen #BurnoutRecovery #HighCapacityEra #StressRelief by @the.wellness.shift

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15 days ago

If you're the one everyone leans on, this is for you.

If you say "I'm fine" faster than you can check whether it's true.

If you keep the calendar, the household, the team and everyone's mood on your list, and your own name is at the bottom.

None of that means you're doing it wrong. It means you've been carrying a lot for a long time.

On Oct 7 at 12 PM ET, I'm hosting Stop Serving on Empty, a free 45-minute live workshop for women who lead. Register at the link in bio.

Save this for the next time "I'm fine" comes out on autopilot.

Educational content. Not medical advice or treatment.

#StopServingOnEmpty #HighCapacityEra #WomenInGovernment #MentalLoad #WomenWhoLead by @the.wellness.shift

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17 days ago

Real talk: I used to feel like I was doing something wrong every time I skipped a "high intensity" day because I just didn't have it that day.

Nearly 20 years in federal acquisition taught me how to push through anything. It did not teach me how to listen to my own body. That took longer, and it's still a practice.

These days my rule is simple: show up in whatever way today actually allows, and let that be enough. Some weeks that's a hard training block. Some weeks that's a walk and calling it a win.

Tell me: what's one wellness rule you've quietly stopped following because it just didn't fit your real life?

#SustainableWellness #HighCapacityWomen #BlackWomenWellness #FederalWomen #RealTalk by @the.wellness.shift

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6 days ago

Your nervous system doesn't know the difference between a scary email and a saber-tooth tiger. Same alarm system, same flood of cortisol, same racing heart.

The good news: it also doesn't take much to tell your body "we're safe now." A slower exhale than inhale. A hand on your chest. Cold water on your wrists.

These aren't hacks. They're signals. And your body is always listening for them.

What's your go-to signal when things feel like too much? Tell me below.

Educational content from an ACE Certified Health Coach, not medical advice.

#NervousSystemRegulation #HighCapacityWomen #WellnessShiftCo #StressReliefTips #FederalWomen by @the.wellness.shift

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19 days ago

Busy season or serving on empty? Sometimes it's hard to tell from the inside.

Swipe through the five signs. If more than one sounded familiar, it's not a character flaw. It's information.

That's exactly what we'll unpack in Stop Serving on Empty, my free live workshop on Wednesday, Oct 7 at 12 PM ET. Link in bio to save your seat.

Which sign hit closest? Tell me below.

Coaching education, not medical advice. Talk with your healthcare provider about ongoing symptoms.

#BurnoutRealityCheck #StopServingOnEmpty #HighAchievingWomen #WomenInGovernment #NervousSystemRegulation by @the.wellness.shift

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20 days ago

Ever finish something small and feel more wiped out than after the big project?

New research gives that feeling a name. A 2026 study of more than 66,000 workers found that tasks falling outside your role, or tasks that plain shouldn't need to exist, predict burnout more than almost anything else researchers measured. Not your workload size. Not your time management. The legitimacy of the task itself.

Psychologists call it stress as offense to self. A heavy workload that's actually yours can still affirm your value. But a task that isn't really yours quietly tells your nervous system your time doesn't matter here.

This week, try a two-question check on whatever is draining you most: Is this actually mine? Does it even need to happen at all?

You don't have to fix everything you find. Naming it is the first real step.

Save this for the next time you feel guilty about being tired. Full research breakdown linked in my bio.

#Burnout #WorkplaceBoundaries #NervousSystemRegulation #WomenInGovernment #HighAchievingWomen Kara Ryles seated on a chair beside the text: Not all tired is the same tired. The tasks that aren't really yours are the ones that drain you most. by @the.wellness.shift

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