Hi folks!
Did you know that, every month, over 150,000 people scour the internet for:
“How to reduce stress”
“How to calm down”
“How to relax”
And that’s just according to what Google trends can measure. 🤷🏻♀️
As a nervous system expert who’s practiced and taught this stuff for over 25 years…
I’m not surprised.
Modern day human beings have become masters of what I call “coping strategies.”
There are whole industries out there, built around and the resources – positive and not-so-positive – that we have created in order to help soothe our activation…
But what happens when we can’t meditate, tap, or Tai Chi our way out anymore?
In other words:

I spend some time answering this question in my new YouTube vlog, called ‘Can’t Calm Down? Why Your Coping Strategies Fall Short — A Nervous System Expert Explains’
In this 27-min video, I also get into:
- Why it’s important to understand the lineage of methodologies like SE & TRE
- Why building capacity is so important, especially when working with early trauma
- A quick breakdown of why so many people have success with my unique approach
HINT: What you learn via my online resources, classes, and programs will mean that you find yourself needing these kinds of external resources and management strategies less and less.
Why?
Because I teach you how to build REAL regulation from the inside out (and from the outside in).
And that’s a very different thing from just finding a new way to “calm down.”
Watch today’s video to learn more.
Mentions:
➤ All Things Nervous System & SBSM Q&A (livestream recording)
➤ Book: “Waking the Tiger: Healing Trauma” by Peter A. Levine
➤ Unraveling the Nervous System’s Role in… Autoimmune Disease (live event replay)
➤ The ABCs & 123s of Nervous System Regulation
➤ SmartBody SmartMind™ – My 12-week online group program that currently runs twice a year.
➤ Somatic Practice – The Work of Kathy L. Kain, PhD and Stephen J. Terrell, PsyD, SEP
➤ Original livestream video on Instagram (recorded March 4, 2025)