Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle

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Why Waking Up the Tiger is Essential to Break-Free from Feeling Trapped

2024-04-26T20:42:56-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Trauma & Survival Physiology|

. I received this question from a member of our community: What does waking the tiger actually mean? "Waking up the tiger" means waking up our fight-flight survival energy impulses. In this video, I explain to you where the term came from and why it's important to your nervous [...]

Feeling Angry? This Exercise Should Help (Plus, Never-Before-Seen Footage of My One-on-One Work!)

2024-04-26T20:53:33-07:00Anger & Healthy Aggression, Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle|

There has only been one time that I have ever purchased something other than a beverage or pastry while sitting in a Starbucks. It was late winter of 2011 and I was hanging out in a Starbucks (in Bellevue, Washington of all places!) and on an impulse, I [...]

The Importance of Ebb and Flow For Avoiding All Things Burnout.

2024-04-26T20:56:29-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle|

When was the last time you slept all day on a Sunday and really, like REALLY, rested? And, by the way, not because you were sick in bed with a flu or cold! Back in February, I did exactly this and it wasn't because I was sick. I was [...]

The “Real” Reason Why We Can’t Break Our Habits.

2024-04-26T21:05:07-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle, Spirituality & Somatic Bypass|

How are those new year’s resolutions going folks? I would love to share this story with you as I’m sure that many of you (even if you didn’t express your resolutions out in public or on paper) are looking to change “something” in your life as the New [...]

The environmentalist in me has this to say

2024-04-26T21:06:37-07:00Healthy Nervous System Lifestyle|

I must start with a piece from environmentalist Paul Hawken. He writes in The Ecology of Commerce – A Declaration of Sustainability: “In our pursuit of growth at any cost, we have mimicked an immature ecosystem with unlimited resources. A mature economic system would appreciate an ancient forest [...]