John Wood Back before I stumbled onto the nervous system approach to healing, I remember playing Whac-A-Mole with my mind š¤ I repeatedly attempted to force new thoughts into my head. If I had a thought pop up that said āI canāt do thisā, Iād replace it with a thought that says āI can do thisā š āIām not … Continue reading
Listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RSS feed, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, Pandora, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music or wherever you listen to podcasts. How can we break free of the limitations of ego and truly be ourselves in every single moment of our lives?Join me today as I chat with Martin Ball, former 5-MeO-DMT facilitator, the inventor of the phrase “The … Continue reading
āBoys donāt cry.ā āNice girls donāt get angry.ā If you grew up in the Western world, you were probably exposed to these ideas and beliefsā¦ if not explicitly, then at least implicitly š¬ As a resultā¦ Most boys/men feel weak or ashamed if they want to cry (or worse, simply never have any urge to … Continue reading
I remember when I used to feel like this. Life itself was fineā¦ ā¦but internally, I was likeā¦ Is this it? Worse yetā¦ Iād felt that way for so long that it was, wellā¦ normal (for me at least). I didnāt know anything else. I had no reference point outside of my personal experience. Looking … Continue reading
Anxiety, depression, insomnia, negative thinking and more all hide a mountain of energy inside you. Remember the nervous system framework Iāve explained in this emails over and over again? The basic idea is this: In life, shit happens š© That shit produces a stress response in our nervous system due to a sense of being … Continue reading
Listen to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, RSS feed, Overcast, Podcast Addict, Pocket Casts, Stitcher, Pandora, Castbox, Google Podcasts, Amazon Music or wherever you listen to podcasts. Discover the power of nervous system healing and how it can transform your mental, emotional, and physical health in this exciting episode with somatic therapist Simon Berkowitz. Explore how somatic techniques can help you manage internal stressors, develop … Continue reading
In this wonderful world of feeling feelings, itās easy to take things to the extreme. I remember when I first stumbled across the nervous system approach to healing. 3 weeks in, I flew from Thailand to Australia on Singapore Air and on the way, something sparked up in my stomach š¬ Fearā¦ doubtā¦ anxietyā¦ Call … Continue reading
Whether you call it your past, your trauma, your unresolved survival responses, your history, your story, your memories, āwhat happened to youā or YOUR BUCKETLOAD OF CABBAGE (oh shit, I mean “baggage”) š„¬ … ā¦you canāt escape it š¢ You either deal with directly (by discharging and resolving all the unresolved survival responses – using … Continue reading
The dieta is done and as usual, I am in awe of these plants š¤Æ Words will never do the experience justice. Some (most?) things either wouldn’t make sense or wouldn’t seem believable. But what I can tell you is this: I’ve never been more convinced in nervous system work than I am right now. Every time I … Continue reading
Every time I drink plant medicine or take psychedelics, Iām reminded yet again why I love the nervous system approach to healing so much. This time has been no different. Again and again, I get to see just how powerful these tools areā¦ and how terrifying it must be if you donāt have them š± For example, … Continue reading