WHEN YOU FEEL STUCK OR overwhelmed, it’s often because your nervous system is out of balance. You’ll be in one of these three states: fight or flight, when you’re scattered, overwhelmed and unable to focus; safe and social, where you function best; or freeze, where you feel shut down, stuck and unable to move forward.
Fight, flight and freeze have always been survival responses. Usually, once danger passes, the nervous system returns to safe and social, however, in today’s world with 24/7 demands, including social media or a constant influx of emails, you remain on high alert. The first step is noticing which state you’re in. Anything that brings you back into a sense of safety, even for a moment, calms your nervous system, enabling you to move forwards. With…