Through podcast conversations, interviews, and media features, Lori shares the perspective behind her book You’re Not the Problem and the Freedom Framework.
Why High Achievers Aren’t Failing, Their Bodies Are Responding to Stress
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In this interview Lori discusses burnout, nervous system survival patterns, and why many high-achieving people mistakenly believe they are the problem when their nervous system is simply protecting them.
Much of Lori Montry’s work centers on a simple but powerful idea: many of the struggles people criticize themselves for are not signs that something is wrong with them. They are intelligent adaptations created by a nervous system that has been working hard to help them cope with stress.
Through podcast conversations, interviews, and media features, Lori shares the perspective behind her book You’re Not the Problem and the Freedom Framework. Her work invites people to look at their patterns with curiosity instead of criticism and to understand how safety in the body opens the door to real change.
Masks Off: Inner Freedom For People-Pleasers and Perfectionists with Kim Gross
Episode: You’re Not a Problem to Fix
Kim and Lori explore people-pleasing, perfectionism, overthinking, control, shutdown, emotional eating, and hypervigilance as intelligent nervous system adaptations — not proof that something is wrong with you. Lori shares her personal story of overwhelm, sexual abuse, high achievement, and learning to work with both the mind and nervous system for sustainable healing.
The Well-Tended Life with Keri Wilt
Episode: You’re Not the Problem With Lori Montry
In this episode of The Well-Tended Life podcast, I sit down with author, nervous system educator, and former corporate attorney Lori Montry to talk about the patterns so many women carry—and why they may not be flaws at all, but adaptations created to help us survive.
Adult Child of Dysfunction with Tammy Vincent
Episode: You Are Not the Problem: Healing Childhood Trauma, Nervous System Regulation & Breaking Survival Patterns with Lori Montry
In this deeply healing episode of Adult Child of Dysfunction, Tammy sits down with Lori Montry, trauma-informed coach, former corporate lawyer, and author of You’re Not the Problem, for a powerful conversation about childhood trauma, nervous system regulation, emotional eating, people-pleasing, hypervigilance, and healing the patterns that keep us stuck.
The Nourished Nervous System with Kristen Timchak
Episode: You’re Not the Problem: Adaptations, Nervous System Safety & the Conditions for Change
Lori helps people who feel stuck in stress, overwhelm, or self-sabotage understand the survival patterns driving their choices so they can build the safety, capacity, and clarity needed to take aligned action in every area of their lives.
A Beautiful Fix with Tracy Hill
Episode: This Might Not Be a You Problem (It’s Your Nervous System)
In this episode, we talked about what’s actually happening underneath those patterns people tend to call procrastination, self-sabotage, or lack of discipline.
Blossoming Beyond with Beccy Freeman
Episode: You’re Not the Problem with Lori Montry
In this episode, Beccy is joined by somatic healer and author Lori Montry for a powerful conversation about stress, overwhelm, and the patterns so many women feel stuck in.
Now What? with Melissa Murphy
Episode: You’re Not the Problem — The Freedom Framework
Lori’s message is simple… and life-changing: you are not the problem. Your patterns aren’t proof you’re broken — they’re proof you adapted. And the best part? You can adapt again… this time to return to you.
Soul Aligned Self Care with Tina Stinson
Episode: You’re Not the Problem: Why Your Nervous System Keeps You Stuck
In this episode, somatic healing practitioner Lori Montry shares her powerful framework for understanding yourself through a nervous system lens. We explore why willpower alone never works, how to actually build a foundation for lasting change, and what it means to move from your “adapted self” to your “expansive self.”
