"This was not about slowing down. It was about staying engaged without living with chronic stress."
If that sounds familiar, you’re in the right place.
For a long time, I didn't question my pace either. I told myself I was fine because I could still keep going.
The pressure was constant, and over time it became my new normal. I powered through instead of listening to what my body was asking for.
What I did not realize at first was the cost.
The signs were subtle. I stopped sleeping through the night. It became harder to concentrate. I was more reactive than I wanted to be, and small things felt heavier than they should. The more pressure I carried, the harder everything felt.
I tried the usual fixes. Productivity strategies. Supplements. Exercise. Even yoga. Some things helped temporarily, but underneath it all, I still felt tense and overloaded.
If you’re here, chances are you’ve been carrying a lot for a long time.
Your days are full. Your responsibilities are real. And there is constant pressure to keep up and stay on top of everything.
Your mind feels scattered. Your body feels tense, and stress no longer shuts off between moments — it begins to accumulate.
And that depended on how well my body recovered from stress.
This work isn’t about adding more to your plate.
It’s about learning how to support your body’s natural ability to recover.
When the stress response stays active for too long, it stops resolving on its own. Over time, this turns into chronic stress that affects sleep, focus, mood, and eventually your health.
That understanding shaped everything that came next.
Breathe & Refuel grew out of this work.
It is a physiology informed approach focused on how the body recovers from stress, not how much stress you can tolerate.
Your nervous system determines how you function under pressure.
So we start there.
This approach uses biology, awareness, and breath to help you:
- Rebalance your stress response through intentional breathing
- Support your body’s natural recovery systems
- Interrupt overload before it builds
- Stay clear and capable during real-life pressure
Stress wasn’t the problem.
My body wasn’t recovering from it.
Over time, something became clear.
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Working together is calm, practical, and grounded in real life.
There is no pressure to perform or figure everything out at once.
We move at a pace your body can actually sustain, so recovery becomes something you can rely on — not just understand.
From there, clarity, steadiness, and real change begin to follow naturally.
For years, I did not notice how much my body was paying the price for the pace I was keeping. I thought I was thriving. I stayed productive, met every demand, and handled whatever came my way. I took pride in being reliable and capable. I liked being the person others could count on.
But underneath the productivity and pressure, my body was working overtime.
Stress hormones like adrenaline and cortisol had become my daily fuel. It felt normal because it looked normal. Everyone around me was living at the same pace, moving from one task to the next with constant urgency.
Eventually, my body stopped cooperating. I was restless at night and exhausted during the day. Focus became harder to maintain. Small tasks felt heavier than they should, and everything required more effort than I wanted to admit.
I tried the things I thought would help. Yoga. Supplements. Even more coffee. But trying to fix never lasted.
What my body really needed was a true recovery.
When I began working directly with the nervous system and breath, something became clear. The body is designed to handle stress. What it needs is the ability to recover so it doesn't stay stuck in overdrive.
Stress was not the issue.
The lack of recovery was.
That realization is what led to Breathe & Refuel.
An approach rooted in biology, awareness, and breath, focused on how the body recovers from stress so health and energy are replenished, not depleted.
Today, this is the work I share with others:
helping the nervous system recover from stress more efficiently so clarity returns sooner, energy becomes more reliable, and the body can support real life without constant strain.
If you’d like to understand more about how this work unfolds, you can explore the next section below.
I help people support their body’s ability to recover from stress so their health and energy aren’t slowly worn down by constant pressure.
Hi! I’m Stacey Cauvin.
Learning how the nervous system and breath influence recovery changed what I understood about stress.
It also helped me see something I had missed for a long time.
Client Experience
“…the amazing breathwork session had a tremendous impact on me for the rest of the evening and even this morning.”
— Breathe AND Refuel Client
- Feeling calmer under pressure
- Sleeping more deeply.
- Less mental noise at the end of the day.
- More energy for life outside of work recovery.
What this work feels like
Instead of pushing through exhaustion,
your body begins to recover on its own.
Clarity returns.
Emotional reactivity softens.
Daily life feels easier to move through.
- You can handle pressure without carrying it into the evening.
- Your mind settles more easily.
- You have energy left for the people and moments that matter.
