Anatomy of Emotions Series - I am the nervous System

Your symptoms are not betrayal.The body’s way of saying: Listen To Me., no more. I am the Nervous System

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We were taught to treat the body like a machine.
If it hurts, fix it.
If it breaks, medicate it.
If it slows down, push it harder.

But your body is not a machine.
It is a living library of your life, a vessel for your Soul to experience what it is to BE human — holding every experience, every moment of joy, grief, fear, and love within your tissues.

Until decades later, around midlife… it can hold the unresolved emotions no more.
And it says NO more — through pain, through dis-ease, through the exhaustion that forces you to stop.

Your symptoms are not betrayal.
They are boundaries.
The body’s way of saying: “I will not carry what has been denied any longer.”

Pain is not punishment.
It is your body’s sacred No — a message asking you to finally listen.

This is the invitation of the Anatomy of Emotions series: to stop seeing your body as a problem to fix, and begin hearing it as the messenger of your deepest truths.

But before we hear from your ankle, your knee, your heart, or your shoulders…
we begin with the one who decides whether you feel safe enough to listen at all: your Nervous System.

No matter if my clients come to me for help with their health, their business, their marriage — or something else entirely — we always start in the same place:

👉 at the root cause — the nervous system.

Because when your nervous system is in constant survival…
how you do anything is how you do everything.

If you’re stuck in fight, flight, or freeze, no amount of therapy, strategy, or mindset work can land.
Your body will keep looping the same stories until it feels safe enough to let them go.

In business, this looks like hitting invisible ceilings.
You delay launches, avoid visibility, or collapse under deadlines — not because you’re unmotivated, but because your system has hit its capacity.

In relationships, this shows up as shutting down when intimacy deepens, picking fights when you crave closeness, or keeping people at arm’s length.

In health, it appears as chronic pain, autoimmune flare-ups, brain fog, and exhaustion.

It’s not that you’re broken.
It’s that your nervous system is saying: “This is too much, too fast, too unsafe.”

I Am Your Nervous System

I am the conductor of your entire symphony.
Every emotion, every sensation, every story your body holds — all of it moves through me first.

When I am regulated, you feel safe, present, and clear.
You breathe deeply. Your mind opens. Your heart softens.
You can hold more — more responsibility, more intimacy, more visibility — without breaking.

When I am dysregulated, your reality narrows.
You miss opportunities. You overreact or collapse.
You make protective short-term choices that cost you long-term peace.
Not because you don’t care, but because I am protecting you from overwhelm.

I am not your enemy.
I am your protector.
I am the one who decides how much love, energy, money, or attention feels safe for you to hold.

You don’t outgrow me with willpower.
You expand me with rhythm, awareness, and trust.
Every time you pause instead of push, every time you breathe instead of brace, every time you let safety lead instead of urgency — you upgrade my capacity.

Crisis is not collapse.
Crisis is the threshold of more capacity.
And I am the gatekeeper who makes that expansion possible.

Journal Prompts ✍️

Where in my life do I feel stretched beyond capacity?
What signals does my body give me when it’s overwhelmed? (tight jaw, shallow breath, aching joints, brain fog)
What would become possible if my nervous system trusted it was safe to hold more?

Shuttle Questions 🌿

Am I safe right now?
Can I take one deeper breath, just for me?
Is this urgency real — or is it my system asking for rest?

Somatic Practices 🌬️

1. The 90-Second Reset

Exhale fully, three times.
Drop your shoulders, release your jaw.
Look around and name 3 objects in your space.
Stay until you feel your body soften.

2. Heart–Hand Anchor

Place one hand on your heart, one on your belly.
Breathe in for 4, out for 6.
Whisper to yourself: “I am safe to be here now.”
Continue for 2–3 minutes.

✨ This is where our journey begins.
Every week, I’ll share the voice of a different body part so you can finally hear the wisdom your pain has been holding.

👉 Reply and tell me: what body part is speaking to you right now?
That’s where we’ll go next together.

Categories: : anatomy of emotions, bodytalk system, claim your power, intuitive guidance, nervous system health, trauma informed coaching