Ep. 397 - Why Your Nervous System Is Blocking Your Manifestation with Sarah Baldwin

About this episode

This episode explores how the nervous system impacts manifestation and the importance of understanding and nurturing our inner child.

What if your core wounds aren't things to conquer, but parts of yourself that just need to be seen, heard, and understood? And what if the reason manifestation feels effortless in your imagination but impossible in action has nothing to do with motivation…and everything to do with your nervous system? This week, Jessica sits down with somatic therapist and parts work expert Sarah Baldwin for a conversation that will completely reframe how you understand manifestation. Together, they explore why your nervous system calls the shots on what you attract, and how the self-protective patterns you developed as a child are quietly keeping you from stepping into your purpose, relationships, visibility, and expansion as an adult. Using Somatic Experiencing & Internal Family Systems (IFS) and spiritual practices, Sarah explains how our minds are made up of different "parts" — inner voices or emotional states, each with their own fears and roles. The parts that learned to protect you in childhood don't disappear; they keep running in the background, quietly shaping what you believe you're allowed to have. Unblocking starts with getting curious about those parts rather than fighting them, and…

People in this episode

Host: Jessica

Guest: Sarah Baldwin

Topics covered

• nervous system
• manifestation
• somatic therapy
• parts work
• inner child
• self-protection

Keywords

• nervous system
• manifestation
• somatic experiencing
• internal family systems
• self-protective patterns
• inner child
• emotional states

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