Reader, It starts the second your eyes open. Your eyelids lift just enough to let in a sliver of morning light. Your head is still half-pressed into the pillow, and the sheets are tangled around one leg like a loose cocoon. The world hasn’t fully come into focus yet. But inside? Inside, it’s already happening. The buzz. Not the good kind. Not the “I’m alive and ready to conquer the world!” buzz. No, this is different. Subtle, but sharp. Like static crawling under your skin. Like the dull hum...
5 months ago • 2 min read
Reader, You’ve spent years living for them. Your boss. Your parents. Your friends. Even your partner. The right words. The right actions. The right everything. Trying to fit into a mold you never signed up for. Do they like me? Am I enough? What if I screw it all up? It’s exhausting. And you can feel it — deep in your chest, tightening your throat, clouding your head. But here’s the thing: It’s not just them. This isn’t about people-pleasing or perfectionism. Not really. It’s your nervous...
5 months ago • 1 min read
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5 months ago • 1 min read
In this wonderful world of feeling feelings, it’s 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 😬 Fear… doubt… anxiety… Call it whatever you want. (I prefer “activation” since all the emotional words are loaded with narrative and bias.) Point is, I was feeling some funny feelings in my stomach. So I sat there on...
almost 2 years ago • 3 min read
Every time I drink plant medicine or take psychedelics, I’m 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 are… and how terrifying it must be if you don’t have them 😱 For example, most nights during this dieta I've laid in bed with electric vibrations running all through my body. It feels something like being plugged into a power outlet. It’s not lethal of course… but...
almost 2 years ago • 3 min read
I remember when it first happened. I’d 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 might’ve been the night I tipped my purge bucket all over myself too (a story for another time 🤣). After the peak of the Ayahuasca ceremony (maybe 3-4 hours in), I remember singing along to a beautiful song called Vuela con el Viento (Fly With The Wind) by Ayla Schafer...
almost 2 years ago • 6 min read
…just like you can’t make yourself stop thinking. All you can do is create the space for your nervous system to relax for you 🤔 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 getting you up in the morning, moving around, driving, working, lifting weights and more. 2. The Parasympathetic Nervous System, which is responsible for resting, digesting, recovering,...
almost 2 years ago • 2 min read
In the world of nervous system healing, “regulation” is the technical term for a healthy nervous system. That’s why I keep talking about “regulating your nervous system” as the goal. However, Daily Rage Subscriber Rhiannon makes an excellent point in her reply to my email on “How I beat up the kid next door” 😯 Rhiannon writes: It’s kind of ironic because “regulating your nervous system” sounds like the opposite of getting uninhibited wild freedom back. The word “regulating” sounds like it’s...
about 2 years ago • 2 min read
24 hours ago, this was my view… I’d hiked up to this lookout with Adyashatmypants and a few friends, 2 dogs and 5 bags of definitely not dry rice cakes (caaaaaaaaaarbs 🤤). We started at 830am, took a taxi to the start of the trail and by 1130, we’d arrived at the spot where I took that photo. Then we sat, talked, laughed and ate the aforementioned rice cakes with peanut butter (more liquid than butter thanks to the sun ☀️), salty chocolate and more salt (yes, we sprinkled salt onto the runny...
about 2 years ago • 2 min read