Nervous system regulation Archives

How to Heal the Fear of Disappointing Others

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Jun 29, 2026 | Anxiety, Attachment, Boundaries, Co-dependency, Coping Mechanisms, Emotions, Fawning, Fear Of Abandonment, Fear of failure, Fear of Rejection, Fear of Speaking up, Inner child healing, Loneliness, Myrthe Glasbergen, Nervous system regulation, People pleasing, Perfectionism, Relationships, Stress and the body, The Wound Of Unworthiness, Trauma-informed healing

Reading time: 9 minutes You probably know the moment. Someone is disappointed in you. They do not shout, and they do not reject you outright. Maybe they sigh. Maybe they pull back slightly. Maybe they simply say they expected something else. And inside, everything...

The Truth About Emotional Eating: Why You Eat More Than You Need

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Jun 27, 2026 | Anger, Disgust, Emotion Regulation, emotional eating, Emotional healing, Emotions, Grief, Myrthe Glasbergen, Nervous system regulation, Self-sabotage, Shame, Stress, Stress and the body, Weight Gain, Weight loss

Reading time: 10 minutes You know the moment, even if you have never named it. The body has had enough, it has already given its quiet signal of fullness, and still you find yourself going back to the kitchen, to the cupboard, to whatever is within reach, eating...

Somatic Trauma Exercises: Completing Unfinished Emotional Energy

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Jan 21, 2026 | Complex Trauma, Emotions, Nervous system regulation, Relational trauma, Stress, Stress and the body, Suppressed Emotions, Trauma

Reading time: 7 minutes Trauma does not live in the mind alone.It lives in the body. Not as a memory you can simply recall or explain, but as sensation. As tension that never fully released. As impulses that were interrupted. As emotions that never had the space,...

Hypersensitivity: What It Truly Is & How To Overcome It

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Jan 3, 2026 | Anxiety, Hypersensitivity, Inner child healing, Myrthe Glasbergen, Nervous system regulation, People pleasing

Reading time: 7 minutes Hypersensitivity is commonly described as feeling overstimulated, emotionally overwhelmed, or easily drained by social interaction and environmental input. Many people assume this experience means they are simply more sensitive than others, or...

Womb Intelligence: A Descent Into the Shadowlands of Survival and Healing

by Kai Njeri | Nov 25, 2025 | Birth, Kai Njeri, Nervous system regulation, Stress, Stress and the body, Survival Mode, Womb ecology

Reading time: 15 minutes There is a place in the body where intelligence gathers long before thought. A place that listens for shifts in weather, emotional, relational, ancestral, ecological, and responds with a precision no mind could orchestrate. This place is the...

Emotion Regulation Techniques That Actually Heal: The Somatic Approach

by Myrthe Glasbergen | Nov 21, 2025 | Emotion Regulation, Emotional healing, Emotions, Nervous system regulation, Stress and the body

Reading time: 6 minutes We live in a world that teaches us to analyse our emotions instead of actually feeling them. Productivity is rewarded. Staying calm is preferred. Holding everything together is praised. But your body keeps telling the truth long after your mind...