Over the past three years, my nervous system regulation journey has transformed my life in ways I couldn’t have predicted. I began this path seeking healing — to calm my body, to release the pain and fatigue that had once defined my days. But what I didn’t expect was...
A few weeks ago, I went paddleboarding with my partner—something I genuinely love and have done for years. I’m not afraid of water, and falling in has never been a concern (since the first fall). Yet as we set off together on the same board, something unexpected...
How Letting Go of Perfectionism Helped Me Heal My Nervous System and Chronic Illness For most of my life, I didn’t know I was a perfectionist. I just thought I was doing what I was supposed to do — be good, get things right, keep people happy with my excellence, do my...