The Vagus Nerve vs. The Sympathetic Nervous System: Are We Missing the Point?

Everyone’s obsessed with vagal tone—cold plunges, breathwork, yoga—all in the name of relaxation. But what if the real issue isn’t calming down, but strengthening up? If your fight-or-flight system is weak and overreactive, no amount of deep breathing will save you from spiraling the moment life gets stressful.

Resilience isn’t about escaping into a parasympathetic bliss coma—it’s about building a nervous system that can handle intensity without breaking. Want to stop seesawing between burnout and collapse? Train your mind. Train your body. Train your attention.

Because true freedom isn’t about shutting down stress—it’s about standing steady in the storm. 🌿 Read more.

“The Nervous System No One’s Explaining: Forget On or Off—It Thrives In the In-Between.”

We’ve been told to “calm down,” to “activate the parasympathetic,” to breathe, meditate, and regulate. But what if we’re missing the bigger picture? Your nervous system isn’t just about switching between stress and relaxation—it’s about balance. The sympathetic system isn’t the enemy; it’s what keeps you sharp, engaged, and resilient. Instead of flipping between panic and shutdown, we need to train both systems to work together—to build a nervous system that can handle life without breaking.

Your nervous system isn’t a switch—it’s a dimmer. Let’s learn how to use it.

Grounding has become a buzzword in wellness spaces, but is it just a temporary fix when we feel ungrounded most of the time? This blog explores how we can rediscover a reimagined ground of our being so we don’t need this constant reminder to “get grounded.” Plus, seven actionable ways to embody this deeper ground.

Read more to step off the see-saw of “grounded” versus “ungrounded” and into the stability that’s already yours.

What if speech wasn’t just words but a felt experience, a sense, like touch or taste? Inspired by Philip Shepherd’s Radical Wholeness and the Anlo-Ewe culture, this post explores how embodied speech can deepen connection in a disconnected world.

Nonduality: Why Reclaiming Wholeness Matters in a Fragmented World

Nonduality isn’t about fixing what’s broken or chasing some mythical ‘there’—it’s about realizing the wholeness that’s already here. This article explores how embracing the interconnectedness of all things, through embodied experience, can free us from outdated beliefs, restore our inner steadiness, and help us live fully, right now.

A genogram, Lenny Kravitz, a backpack, the Grateful Dead, and a spiritual path I never saw coming. Where did it lead? Let’s just say, not where I expected…

A new blog post promoting differentiation from enmeshed family systems. Embodiment can be an essential ingredient in the differentiation recipe.

Unlocking Life’s Full Experience: The Essential Role of Right Brain Integration After Trauma

Exploring Quantum Levels: The Biological Level and the Birth of the Nervous System

The purpose of the nervous system is to organize chaos. Is this too much to ask? Just how chaotic is everything anyway?

Love is the Spiritual Arena for Human Growth; Science is a Source of Spirituality

The Estuary of Big Love; Horizontal vs. Vertical Pathways

The Virulent Impact of Not Feeling Loved: A Lesson from the Tin Man

Part one of a four-part series on Big Love

20 + years of meditation, here is what I have learned

10 transmissions that stuck