Category / Nervous System Regulation

We’ve been exploring our “Window of Menuchas Hanefesh”. But understanding it in your head is different from feeling it in your body. So this week I recorded a 10-minute somatic mindfulness practice…

Recently I told a friend: “I wish I could move out of my home and give it to you!” She needs a place. I want her to be comfortable. And I meant…

Years ago, I read an article that asked: what will people say at your levaya? The implication was clear: push yourself harder. Do more chesed. That’s what matters. And I get it.…

There’s a line in Mesilas Yesharim – one my husband reminds me of often – that changed how I think about obligations: “Mah chovaso be’olamo” – what is your obligation in your…

I’m creating a new term: your window of Menuchas Hanefesh. It’s the range of what you can do while staying regulated, grounded, present. While still being you. Not what someone else can…

We’ve been exploring activation, martyrdom, and the question that shifts you into your feminine power: “What do I need?” But understanding it in your head is different from feeling it in your…

When you’re activated after deep work, try asking yourself: “What do I need right now?” Not “how do I get through this?” Not “how do I make this stop?” Not “how do…

Early in marriage, you said “I can do it, it’s no problem.” The bills. The scheduling. The household management. You were capable. Efficient. It made sense at the time. But here’s what…

I saw a man on the bus absolutely losing it on the bus driver. Screaming with rage over the back door not opening. And I thought: Whoa, he’s activated. His nervous system…