110: From Stress to Authentic Success with Danielle Sax - Episode 110110: From Stress to Authentic Success with Danielle Sax - Episode 110
UK Health Radio Podcast
Danielle Sax and Janet Atwood share a deeply honest conversation about trauma, self-love and authenticity, linking past pain to present-day stress and success. Through stories, exercises and simple daily practices, they suggest ways to move from self-blame and contraction towards acceptance, kindness and a more joyful life.
44:26•16 May 2026
From Stress and Shame to Self-Love: Janet Atwood on Authentic Success
Episode Overview
- Seek expert support and allow yourself to feel the pain of past trauma instead of burying it, as buried feelings tend to resurface later.
- Practice self-love through authenticity, transparency and vulnerability, focusing on accepting who you are in each moment rather than chasing perfection.
- Ask “How is this working for me?” to reframe painful experiences and move from seeing yourself as a victim to recognising the strengths and gifts they created.
- Use daily rituals such as gratitude and clear intentions to gently raise your vibration and shift from a contracted, fear-based state into a more expansive one.
- Notice how your judgements of others mirror your own self-judgements, and use this awareness to treat yourself with greater kindness and compassion.
“Life is here to enjoy, not to annoy.”
Get ready to be moved by real-life accounts of how self-love can transform even the hardest stories. This conversation on UK Health Radio’s ‘From Stress to Authentic Success’ pairs host Danielle Sax with guest Janet Atwood, co-author of the bestseller *The Passion Test* and long-time teacher of self-love.
Aimed at anyone feeling weighed down by stress, trauma, low self-esteem or old habits like people-pleasing (including those in recovery from alcohol or other coping mechanisms), the episode blends raw honesty with practical tools. Janet shares a deeply personal story of being drugged and raped as a teenager, the years of denial that followed, and how that unprocessed pain resurfaced decades later.
She talks openly about using alcohol to numb during a triggering reunion and how that experience pushed her towards deeper healing. Rather than staying in the past, Janet keeps asking one key question: “How is this working for me?” From there, she talks about choosing to be a “victor rather than a victim”, and how real healing happens when you pass on what you’ve learned to others who are struggling.
You’ll hear about her favourite concept, ATV – authenticity, transparency and vulnerability – and why she links it directly to self-love and acceptance. There’s a clever exercise where Danielle is asked to list five words about someone she loves, then five when that person is difficult, revealing how our judgements of others mirror how we treat ourselves.
Janet sprinkles humour and warmth through big ideas like: “Life is here to enjoy, not to annoy,” daily gratitude rituals, and the Rumi line, “Out beyond right doing and wrongdoing, there is a field. I’ll meet you there.” If you’re curious how to move from self-blame and contraction to kindness and inner expansion, this conversation might spark the next step. What parts of you are ready for more acceptance today?
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