Auditory Overstimulation - What it is, Why is Happens & What You Can Do

Episode 55

If you've been in the healing space for more than 4 seconds you've heard things like, "you need to feel your feeling" or "healing comes through feeling." There's truth in it  AND what does that even mean? What if feeling even a little bit opens the floodgates? What if feelings show up 5 minutes before a meeting?

Join me for a realistic conversation around emotional regulation and how you don't always have to feel your feelings right now.

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3 take aways from today's conversation:

1. Feeling your feelings doesn’t always mean feeling your feelings right now.
2. Your nervous system lays the groundwork for emotions, but thoughts and behaviors can create emotions too.
3. You’re not a robot, the goal isn’t to never have hard feelings, it is to learn how to be with and regulate those emotions in a helpful way. 

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EPISODE 54

Do you ever feel overstimulated by sounds? Maybe especially when you're stressed? This has been a part of my anxiety journey and something that's come up a lot amongst my conversations with other lately. In this episode we'll talk about what Auditory Overstimulation is, why it happens, and some things you might be able to do today to support yourself (or a loved one).

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(1) Learn more and join my next Release Class by clicking HERE - First class? Use the code "ATTUNE" at checkout for 40% off
(2) CLICK HERE to learn more about the "Safe & Sound Protocol"

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3 take aways from today's conversation:

1. We hear sounds differently when we’re in a sympathetic state, this can make those sounds feel overwhelming, distracting, and increase the stress load on our system.
2. Awareness of how you experience this is the first step. I invite you to pay attention to when and how you notice this showing up most for you and if there are any particular sounds or types of sounds that are the most aggravating.
3. Take time to brainstorm strategies to minimize sound, manage emotions, and decrease stress as part of a larger, long term plan to decrease the intensity in which you experience auditory overstimulation.

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Episode 53

This conversation is a shameless celebration with you all that I wrote a book and a sneak peak as to what's held within its pages. Healing Through the Vagus Nerve is a guide to understanding and healing anxiety, depression, stress, and trauma through nervous system regulation.

It still feels quite surreal to say I wrote a book but I’m so stinking proud of it and I wholeheartedly believe it's pages hold hope and healing for thousands and thousands of people & you can pre-order your copy TODAY!⁠

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3 take aways:

1.  The vagus nerve plays a crucial role in mental and physical health, if you want to learn more click here to listen to episode 15
2. Nervous system regulation is about elasticity, it’s about increasing your capacity for the hard, not about avoiding it, and vagal tone plays a big role in this.
3.  One final shameless ask to preorder the book! Pre-orders are really important first time author. I promise this book will not only be a beautiful addition to your library but a tangible and powerful part of your healing journey!

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EPISODE 52

Join me for a conversation on all the things from how I started this podcast because I was annoyed with instagram, to a story about my son spilling THOUSANDS of corn kernels and me NOT losing my -ish about it,  to a list of random episode topics coming soon, and ending with a reassuring message about how healing is possible.

Hit play, listen to the end, and take what you need. And in the words of my son, "you are strong, and capable." Thanks for being here friends!

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With this episode I want to give you permission to DO less and BE more this week. I also talk about why that’s hard, why it’s something I was virtually incapable of doing for over a decade and still have to make a conscious effort for sometimes. Join me as I share about the time I walked away from playing duck duck goose with orphans to do dishes because productivity felt so much safer than play and how this pattern showed up for me even today when faced with the option of quality time with friends or outlining this podcast. Healing can feel messy, with each episode you listen to, thanks for inviting me into yours.

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3 take aways:

1. If you’ve been living in survival mode it makes sense that your nervous system feels safer DOING than BEING.
2. An invitation to simply notice how often you're in DOING vs BEING and how easily you can switch between the two (awareness)
3. A challenge to be with the BEING a little longer than feels good (practice)

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EPISODE 50

Last week I had an instagram post that immediately lost me followers, while also being my most liked and shared post in over a year. Let's talk about it.

Let's talk about how this same post could feel so validating and empowering for some people, while angering others.

In this conversation I share various individuals perspectives and experiences around being prescribed psych meds and the ways I think the mainstream medical model often falls short in providing personalized mental health support.

I also offer a thanks to the mental health providers who offered me a gut check for the way my intention behind the post didn't entirely match the impact, and I take absolute responsibility for that.

Trigger warning, this conversation includes mention of the terms: drug dealer, suicide, and anorexia

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3 take aways:

1. This post was not anti medication, it was anti physician that puts people and symptoms in a box and presents medication as the only solution. Meds can be needed, even life saving,  AND as a community we are overmedicated and undereducated around personalized healing. Medication is presented as THE SOLUTION TO versus AN OPTION FOR anxiety & depression far too often and it’s hurting people. 
2. There is no shame in medication being part of your healing. I cannot emphasize this enough. It played a role in mine, AND your symptoms are there for a reason. True and lasting healing doesn’t just take the edge off symptoms but in getting to the root.
3. You have options, if you weren’t provided context or choice when seeking support for healing I hope the conversations I have here help provide some of that for you.

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EPISODE 49

Ever feel shut down and unsure how to pull yourself out of it? Or maybe you tried to, only to have you system back lash and become even more stuck, numb or disconnected?

In today's conversation I talk about why this happens and offer 7 gentle ways to meet your system where it is in that shut down state of depression, immobilization, and disconnection. It's in meeting yourself where you are with compassion that your inner system will feel safe enough to move towards regulation (without the backlash).

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3 take aways:

1. When in a shut down state one of the most powerful things you can do is to give yourself permission to be where you are, and it’s often that permission that opens the gate to more regulation. 
2. Shift your focus to nurturing your nervous system versus fixing it.
3. An invitation that the next time you’re shut down, try a gentle self compassion practice and see how your system responds.

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EPISODE 48

Today I share with you 10 ways to stop a panic attack & the nerdy science behind why they work. I start by answering the questions: What is a panic attack? Why do they happen? And what can I do about it?

Here's a list of the 10 tools:

1. Color spotting
2. Near far jumps
3. Sour candy
4. Strong smell
5. Hold an ice cube
6. What can I hear that's the closest? What sound is farthest away?
7. Coping statement / Panic poem
8. Cold water on face
9. Ear tugs
10. Hug a safe human

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3 take aways:

1. Panic attacks happen when the threat load on your nervous system has reached a tipping point. 
2. Experiment, practice, dare I even say play with some of these tools proactively. \
3. Understanding your physiology is foundational to healing anxiety & depression. It demystifies your symptoms and helps you realize you're not broken and you can heal.

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EPISODE 47

Do you feel like you've been chasing healing for so long and falling short? It might be that one of these pieces is missing. Let's talk about some pitfalls in mainstream mental health support and the role that bloodwork, breath, and belonging might have in your healing. I'll also peel pack the curtain on a new program we're currently developing that'll help bring a true, physiology first approach to healing anxiety & depression. Hit play for more!

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3 tangible take aways:

1. Order bloodwork:  As I firm up some of the RESET programs process with our nurse practitioner I’ll be happy to share with you an exact script/list of tests to take to your doctor and request - I wish I had that for you now, but if nothing else I just want to put on your radar that blood testing has a huge role to place in healing anxiety & depression.
2. Pay attention to your HRV on your apple watch or Oura ring - I’m an Oura ring wearer and absolutely love it for a million reasons I’ll share in another episode. But HRV is an accurate measure for overall nervous system health. As you engage in certain changes like breathwork, trying to get more sleep, etc… watch to see how that influence your HRV overtime.
3. If you feel like you’ve been trying so hard to heal for so long and falling short, it’s likely that the system is falling short not you. I want to offer a heartfelt invitation to join us at the entry point that’s the best fit for you financially or support wise.

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EPISODE 46

I woke up anxious today and this conversation is about what I did to not let it ruin my day. 4am kid wake up, a bad dream, excitement, crappy sleep, all had my system wired from the minute I opened my eyes. I'd love to tell you I used this magic tool to regulate my nervous system and get on with my day, but instead what I want to share is the roller coaster of regulated, and re-regulated, and re-regulating that my day called for.

Had this day have happened a handful of years ago I'd be pulling the covers over my heard thinking "what a train wreck" but you know what, today was a pretty good day and I want to tell you how I did that.

Hit play to hear more!

Three takeaways:

1. Having a regulated nervous doesn’t mean you’re regulated all the time, part of regulation means that you have the ability to notice and ride those waves throughout the day.
2. If you’ve been stuck in survival mode for a really long time, or spent a lot of your life there, your system may still default to urgency. Rewiring comes with more frequency and duration of periods in that green zone. Moments of activation or shut down aren’t point of failure, but instead points of practice.
3. When you're dysregulated you  sees problems, when regulated you see solution and collaboration.

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