Step 1
Check-in on your week: stress spikes, anxious moments, energy, and sleep.
Stress & Anxiety (Wired and Tired)
Help your body come down so your mind can breathe.
When stress and anxiety won’t turn off, you don’t just feel “a little on edge”—you feel wired, tired, and stuck in a loop you can’t think your way out of. Your nervous system keeps scanning for threats, your body stays tense, and rest never feels as restorative as it should. Brandon helps you understand what’s keeping you stuck in “on” mode and teaches you how to settle your system so you can feel calmer, clearer, and more in control.
What this really feels like
“Wired and tired” isn’t a cute phrase when you’re living it. It looks and feels like:
On the outside
- Your mind racing at night even when your body is exhausted.
- Snapping at people you care about over small things, then feeling guilty.
- Carrying tension in your jaw, shoulders, or gut all day without realizing it.
- Feeling like you’re always “on”—even during weekends, vacations, or time off.
On the inside
- Constantly checking your phone, email, or messages because it feels unsafe not to.
- Anxiety showing up as restlessness, dread, overthinking, or physical symptoms.
- Knowing you “should” relax, but not having a clue *how* to actually do it.
- You might feel like there’s no off switch, like your body doesn’t trust that it’s safe to rest, and like you’re one more stressor away from breaking down. You’re not dramatic or weak—your system is running at a pace it can’t sustain.
Why quick fixes have not worked
Most stress and anxiety advice only touches the surface. These can help in the moment, but they rarely shift the underlying pattern if the deeper realities below are still in place. If you only add more “stress management tools” on top of an overloaded system, they often become one more thing to fail at. You don’t need more pressure—you need a different relationship with your body’s threat alarms. Brandon’s work is about helping your nervous system feel safer and teaching your body how to shift gears out of survival mode, not just silencing your thoughts for a few minutes.
What’s really going on:
- Your nervous system has been stuck in **fight/flight** or **freeze** for a long time.
- Your schedule and responsibilities constantly push you past your real capacity.
- You’ve been carrying work, family, or emotional load without enough support.
- Old experiences or injuries are still signaling “not safe” in the background.
- Sleep, recovery, and quiet time are always the first things to go.
How Brandon works with stress & anxiety (wired and tired)
Instead of telling you to “just relax,” Brandon uses a clear process that respects both your physiology and your real life.
4-step process
1
Clarify your stress & anxiety pattern
Map what your “wired and tired” actually looks like: when worry spikes, when you feel flat or numb, how stress shows up in your body, and what your days and weeks realistically look like. You’ll look at sleep, work, relationships, movement, and past attempts to feel better.
2
Spot your nervous-system levers
Identify what keeps your system stuck in high alert: constant demands, unresolved pain, overtraining, under-recovery, news and notifications, certain environments, or even how you talk to yourself. Instead of trying to fix everything, you’ll choose the two to three levers that are most likely to change how safe your body feels.
3
Practice downshifting
Test small, do-able practices that help your body come down: nervous-system drills, micro-breaks that actually reset you, gentle movement, breath and position changes, and short “transition rituals” between work, home, and sleep. Each experiment is meant to answer, “Does this make me feel a little less wired, or more?”
4
Create a life with buffer
Build routines and boundaries that give your system room to breathe: a weekly rhythm that includes real recovery, realistic limits on how much you can take on, and simple practices you can use when stress spikes. The goal isn’t a stress-free life—it’s a system that can handle stress without getting stuck there.
What progress can look like
Stress and anxiety don’t disappear from life—but your relationship to them can change dramatically. This isn’t about never feeling stressed or anxious again. It’s about not being driven by it all the time—and knowing how to guide your system back toward calm when life turns up the volume.
Falling asleep faster and waking up less wired in the middle of the night.
Fewer days where they feel jittery, panicky, or “on edge” for no obvious reason.
A clearer sense of what actually calms their system versus what just distracts them.
Being able to say no or renegotiate commitments without as much guilt.
Feeling more present with family, friends, and hobbies instead of mentally somewhere else.
Having tools they can use during stressful days, not just on quiet weekends.
Struggling with burnout at work?
If your “wired and tired” stress feels a lot like burnout, you’re a strong fit for the Dec 19, 2025 Burnout Triggers Workshop at 10am PT.
See details for the Dec 19 WorkshopWhat to expect in a session
Sessions are built to be a calm, grounded space—not another performance or place you have to hold it all together. You don’t have to show up as your “calmest self.” You can show up overwhelmed, anxious, or skeptical. The work is designed to meet you there.
Format1:1 coaching via secure video (or in-person when available).
LengthApproximately 50 minutes for a standard session.
Shape of a typical session:
Step 2
Review of any practices or experiments you tried since your last session.
Step 3
Discussion of what helped, what felt impossible, and what you noticed in your body.
Step 4
Clarifying one to three realistic experiments or practices to test before the next session.
About Your Coach
Meet Brandon Day
Brandon Day is a Pain and Performance Coach who works with people whose bodies and brains have been on high alert for too long—founders, professionals, athletes, caregivers, and anyone who’s tired of living in a constant state of “on.” He blends nervous-system–informed coaching, movement and training principles, and behavior-change tools to help you find a more sustainable way to handle pressure. Brandon understands both the science of stress and the lived reality of trying to perform in demanding environments. Sessions with him are practical and human—no judgment for how anxious you feel, just curiosity about what your system needs.
Focus Areas
Chronic stress, wired-and-tired patterns, anxiety symptoms, burnout, pain and performance, nervous-system regulation, long-term habit change.
How He Works
1:1 remote sessions, collaborative planning, small experiments rather than overwhelming overhauls, realistic strategies built around your actual responsibilities and constraints, coordination with your existing providers when helpful.
What Clients Say
“I used to feel like my nervous system was stuck in high alert all the time. With Brandon, I learned how to notice what sets it off and how to actually bring it down. I still have stressful days, but I don’t live in that state anymore.”
Common Questions
Common Questions
Is this therapy or mental health treatment?
No. Brandon’s work is coaching and education. He helps you understand your stress and anxiety patterns, work with your nervous system, and change your routines and environment. He does not diagnose mental health conditions, process trauma as a therapist would, or provide psychotherapy. If you’re dealing with significant anxiety, trauma, depression, or other mental-health concerns, coaching can complement—but not replace—therapy or psychiatric care.
Do I need an official anxiety diagnosis to work on this?
No. Some clients have diagnoses like generalized anxiety, panic disorder, or PTSD. Others don’t have any labels but know they’re constantly wired, tense, or overwhelmed. You don’t need a formal diagnosis to benefit from nervous-system–informed coaching. If Brandon ever feels that therapy or medical support is needed alongside coaching, he’ll say so.
What if I’m already in therapy or on medication?
That’s common. Many people working on stress and anxiety are already seeing a therapist, psychiatrist, or both. Brandon’s role is to help you apply nervous-system and lifestyle changes—sleep, movement, load, rituals, boundaries—in a way that fits your life, alongside your existing care. He does not adjust medications or tell you to stop treatment. With your permission, he can coordinate with other providers.
What if my anxiety is really intense (panic attacks, intrusive thoughts, etc.)?
If you’re in immediate crisis or struggling with severe symptoms (like frequent panic attacks, suicidal thoughts, or inability to function), you should seek medical or emergency mental health support first. Coaching with Brandon can still be part of your recovery later—especially around nervous-system support and lifestyle—but it’s not a replacement for crisis care or clinical treatment.
Will you just tell me to meditate and breathe more?
Breath and awareness can be powerful tools, but they’re not magic wands. Brandon uses a variety of nervous-system and lifestyle tools—movement, posture, vision drills, micro-rest, schedule changes, and more—to help your body feel safer. Meditation might be one option, but it’s not the only one, and it’s never forced if it doesn’t work for you.
How many sessions will I need?
It depends on your goals and how long you’ve been living in “wired and tired” mode. Some people find a short series of three to six sessions helpful to get out of crisis and build new rhythms. Others commit to a 100-day sprint to fully rework how they relate to stress, work, and recovery. After your first session, Brandon will talk through what seems realistic and sustainable for you.
Are sessions remote or in-person?
Sessions are primarily held online via secure video, so you can join from home, your office, or wherever you are. If you’re local and interested in in-person work, you can mention that in your intake form and Brandon will let you know what options are currently available.
You don’t have to stay wired and tired.
Your stress and anxiety are not personal failures—they’re signals that your system has been carrying more than it can handle for too long.
You don’t have to keep pretending you’re fine, waiting for a mythical “less busy season,” or trying random tips you saw online. If you’re ready to understand what your nervous system needs and build a more sustainable way to handle pressure, Brandon is here to help.