HeyJaredReclaim your nervous system
I research and write about self-discovery, the brain-body connection, nervous system regulation, and trauma integration, both as a neuroscientist and, most importantly, as a fellow human.
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Integration Guide to "Feeling the Feelings — Even When Your Nervous System Learned Not to" (opens the original)
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“It is important, though, to be gentle with yourself when you feel, and when you are not yet able to feel.”Dear Reader,In “Feeling the Feelings — Even When Your Nervous System Learned Not to,” I wrote about how feeling an emotion isn’t always as simple as “just feeling it.” Alongside the feeling itself, we may also be meeting our history with that feeling, which may shape how we respond to it today.This integration guide
Feeling the Feelings — Even When Your Nervous System Learned Not to (opens the original)
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“The greatest turning point in my life was supplanting my quest for permanent happiness and transcendence with a stubborn willingness to be there for myself in every feeling state” Pete Walker, The Tao of Fully Feeling: Harvesting Forgiveness Out of Blame<div c
Nature as Co-Regulator — How the Wild Helps Regulate Your Nervous System. (opens the original)
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We may have moved away from nature, but perhaps our nervous system never did.For most of human history, there was no separation between the human nervous system and the natural world. Our nervous system was exposed to the cycles of sunlight and darkness, changing seasons, and wild nature with its colors, tastes, sounds, and smells. Through continuous experience of living in close connection with the natural world, the nervous system learned what safety and danger felt like within this sensory en
#2 Neuroscience Deep Dive — Studies Exploring How Nature Affects the Nervous System (opens the original)
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We intuitively know that nature changes the way we feel. But how exactly? Research is beginning to reveal the many ways spending time in nature affects our nervous system.In my Nature as Co-Regulator — How the Wild Helps Regulate Your Nervous System post, I write about how spending time in nature can benefit our nervous system and explore the idea that our nervous system may still function in ways shaped by the natural world it evolved in, even as our daily environments have moved indoors. I als
Integration Guide to "Something Is Wrong With Me": How the Nervous System Learns This Belief and How We Heal" (opens the original)
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Perhaps there was never anything wrong with you. Perhaps your nervous system simply became very good at protecting you when being yourself felt dangerous.Dear Reader,In "Something Is Wrong With Me": How the Nervous System Learns This Belief and How We Heal, I wrote about one of the most painful beliefs we carry. I explored where it comes from and how it shows up in the nervous system, and offered some neuroscience-informed reflections on building a greater sense of safety within ourselves.
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