Dr. Linnea PassalerHeal Your Nervous System: The 5–Stage Plan to Reverse Nervous System Dysregulation

This isn't the first time I've been introduced to working on regulating the nervous system. I've had loads of success working with somatic, body-based practices when it comes to anxiety, auto-immune issues, and constant self-judgement. But this book brings it ALL together with so much compassion and a framework that, within the first few chapters, brought forth a wave of self-acceptance and a heavy exhale of relief. I finally realized I never had to be at war with myself. I just needed to learn how to meet my unique wiring with understanding and acceptance.It's comprehensive without being overwhelming. The reminders to go slow and take things one step at a time are greatly appreciated. It's counterintuitive, but it's really the only way this kind of work really settles into the body. This is the road map I've been looking for and I'm so, so glad to have it in my possession! I would highly recommend it for anyone who knows this work is for them, who often feels "on edge", and like it's all too much. This book gives not just solutions, but also a comprehensive overview of WHY those feelings are so persistent in the most clear and loving way. That mindset shift alone has been pure gold.

I was thankfully led to this book by Central Sensitization or Central Pain Sensitization Syndrome searches online. I was looking for the latest research in professional journals and hoping for information to help me talk to medical practitioners about what is happening to my body and ALL my senses becoming extremely more sensitive. Dr. Linnea hit the bullseye with the first couple chapters as she describes the kind of situation where we cannot find any medical person with helpful attitudes and suggestions much less answers. I credit The Lord God for helping me get started with some psychological helps and healthy diet changes, and it's fabulous to have been led to this book, a huge piece of the Me Puzzle is finally here! A neurologist told me that in olden days, women were thought to have episodes called the vapors. Modern research into the brain and gut connection is telling us that central dysregulation is a complex matter involving the entire anatomy, and we are individually affected various ways for various reasons. That's why this particular book is especially important. Dr Linnea doesn't try to make a cookie cutter one size fits all answer. I'm probably going to be working on getting myself stable until my last breath, but now I'm not alone in that process. Someone finally REALLY understands and cares about this form of suffering, and that in itself is a huge relief that I felt right away while reading the first couple chapters. If that makes sense to you then buy the book. The free resources and access to the latest research IS a treatment for Central Sensitization of all varieties. Maybe one day the medical science community will agree on the label, but for now, Central Nervous System Dysregulation explains it better than Central Pain or Sensitivity. Too many doctors think it means being a hypochondriac or too touchy or imaginary pain complaints. Bravo Dr. Linnea ❤️❤️❤️This title can be applicable to ANYONE who has an addiction issue. It is a versatile "plan" with great information for any and every person's WHOLE being.

I’m over here wishing someone would bless this author with an award - her book is just that doggone good. If you are looking for a resource in this area, her book is a must. (The audiobook is wonderful too.) Thanks, Doctor Passaler, your desire to help people by explaining things in an accessible way, and your compassionate, encouraging tone are a blessing.

Actionable, effective, and comprehensive, with a systematic and science-based approach. Written and organized to be accessible to all, not laden with emotionally difficult anecdotes like some similar texts on trauma. The best resource I've found on regulating the nervous system, especially as it relates to those of us who are highly sensitive, healing from trauma, andor working as healers and creatives. Already recommending it to everyone I know and purchasing copies to give away to guests at my yoga retreat in a few weeks.

In straight-forward, accessible language, Heal Your Nervous System dives into the myriad factors that can drive a dysregulated nervous system and offers a practical, comprehensive and staged process for holistic recovery. I greatly appreciate that this path doesn't falsely promise a "quick" fix, like so many pop-up nervous system healing programs do, and that Dr. Linnea acknowledges not just the psycho-emotional contributors to dysregulation, but also the equally as significant physiological and spiritual ones as well.The included assessments offer deeper insight, rather than just pigeon-holing symptoms into labeled identities. And I was impressed to read the noted distinction between nervous system sensitivity and nervous system dysregulation, the former of which can be honed and harnessed to be a superpower after all!I think the strength of HYNS's view of the nervous system is that no aspect is demonized, and there is more nuance and dimensionality to each nervous system state, which is expanded beyond the current norm. The emphasis here is on building awareness of self through curiosity and compassion, while taking ownership and responsibility for the factors that *can* be self-mitigated through safe embodiment, restored resilience and flexibility, cultivated connection and and finally, an expanded capacity for meeting life's challenges. The reader is not spoken to as a " broken" patient, narrowed down to the sum of their symptoms, who needs fixing to be made whole. Rather, one is recognized as a beautifully complex and dynamic person with all the promise and possibility that they've had in the past, currently do still have and will assuredly have even more of in the future,