27/10/2026
Ever got a “we need to chat” text and felt your whole body react before you’d even read the rest?
Or finally had a day to yourself and ended up cleaning the entire house instead of resting? That’s not you being dramatic.
In this episode, I’m breaking down what’s actually going on in your nervous system, in plain, real-life terms (no
biochemistry lecture, I promise).
In this episode, I talk about:
• What nervous system regulation and dysregulation actually mean, and why the terms get thrown around so much
• How your nervous system is constantly scanning one question: “Am I safe?”
• The healthy window: why your nervous system should rise to meet a challenge and then fall back to rest
• What an activated nervous system looks like: racing thoughts, restlessness, feeling rushed (and why it can look a
lot like ADHD)
• What a shutdown state looks like: exhaustion, withdrawal, “I can’t face people today”
• Why none of these states make you a bad person, and why they can be retrained with reps, not just in a crisis
• How your nervous system can respond differently in different areas of your life, including relationships and attachment
• What happens when two dysregulated nervous systems meet, and how understanding your own can lead to more
compassion
• The questions I ask when I notice I’m snappy, overstimulated or checked out
