Located at USC Sumter
200 Miller Rd
Sumter, SC 29150
(Tickets and Room # available soon)

Building on the science of stress, this session focuses on how chronic stress and toxicity reinforce one another—creating a feedback loop that impacts emotional well-being, relationships, and self-identity. Participants will explore how stress becomes internalized through thought patterns, people-pleasing, self-doubt, and social pressures, often keeping individuals stuck in cycles of over-functioning, burnout, or emotional exhaustion.

This class shifts the focus from understanding stress to actively building resilience against it. Through education and practical reflection, participants will learn how to interrupt toxic patterns, strengthen self-worth, and develop healthier internal and external boundaries. Topics include social stress, internalized criticism, identity erosion under chronic stress, and the role of self-trust in long-term well-being.

Participants will leave with tangible tools for resilience, increased self-awareness, and a renewed sense of agency—learning how to stop apologizing for existing and begin living from a grounded, regulated, and empowered place.