Episode 2 - Your Nervous System Isn't Broken. It's Just Trained.
About this episode
Emma Queen discusses how the nervous system is trained by early experiences and offers insights into emotional regulation and trauma.
Why do you keep reacting that way? Why can't you just be calm? What is actually wrong with you? Nothing. That's the answer. In this episode Emma Queen breaks down why your nervous system is not malfunctioning, it's doing exactly what it learned to do from your earliest experiences. We get into neuroception (your body's constant safety scan), why your brain burns 25% of your daily calories just running in the background, and why the patterns you most want to change were actually brilliant survival strategies once. We also talk about trauma (and why there's no hierarchy in it), why shame and willpower will never retrain your nervous system, and what regulation actually means. Spoiler: it's not about being calm. It's about being able to return to calm. Plus one question that changes everything: instead of "what's wrong with me?", try "what is this protecting me from?"
More episodes of Emma Queen - Expert in getting sh*t done
- Episode 6 - What Coming Home to Yourself Actually Looks Like
- Episode 5 - Emotional Sovereignty: Choosing Yourself Without Burning It All Down
- BONUS — My Story: How I Accidentally Became a Nervous System Coach
- Episode 4 - Coping vs. Regulating. There's a Difference.
- Episode 3 - Why Willpower Was Never Going to Fix This
- Episode 1 - You've Done the Work. So Why Are You Still Stuck?
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