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Why you react the way you do: a practical guide to your nervous system

March 2026

This webinar is designed to help you understand your stress, shutdown, and emotional reactions through the lens of your nervous system. Together, we'll explore why your body responds the way it does in moments of overwhelm, anxiety, irritability, or numbness and why those responses actually make sense. You'll learn a simple framework for recognizing when you're in fight, flight, freeze, or connection, without pathologizing yourself. Through gentle, guided exercises, you'll experience practical tools that can help you feel more grounded and steady in everyday life. You'll leave with a deeper sense of self-understanding and small, realistic strategies to support your nervous system when it matters most.

Resources from webinar:

Books:
Somatic Psychotherapy Toolkit
Nurturing Resilience
Polyvagal Exercises for Safety and Connection
Waking the Tiger

Somatic Trainings:
Somatic Experiencing International
Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
The Embody Lab
1:1 Somatic Coaching with Sarah Levy