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, 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 … 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
My friends used to tell me I was addicted to self-help š That I should just stop and focus on living my life. That I should give up the belief that something was wrong and just do shit. That nothing was in fact wrong. That the path went nowhere. That I was wasting my time. … Continue reading
I remember when it first happened. Iād drank Ayahuasca alone in my bedroom in rural Australia, high up in the Southern Highlands. Outside a snow storm raged while inside I purged who knows what into a bright yellow bucket. That mightāve been the night I tipped my purge bucket all over myself too (a story … Continue reading
ā¦just like you canāt make yourself stop thinking. All you can do is create the space for your nervous system to relax for you š¤ Think about it this way. There are 2 main branches in the Autonomic Nervous System: 1. The Sympathetic Nervous System, which is responsible for not just fight-or-flight but also for … Continue reading
At the beginning of this dieta (9 days ago), I asked for the most life-changing dieta yet. I wanted them to blow my mind with magic, beauty and joy š¤Æ No limits, right? Then on Friday night during our first Ayahuasca ceremony, the plants answered. Iād asked Felix to take a look at a very … Continue reading