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Are you over functioning?

Author
Evie Wright and Michelle McQuaid
Published
Mon 18 Nov 2024
Episode Link
https://michellemcquaid.substack.com/p/are-you-over-functioning

Do you find yourself constantly pushing to achieve more? Are you always trying to perfect everything you do? Or have you learned to sometimes put down the weight of endless ambition and just be present in your body?

[1:45] Chelle & Evie recap their conversation with Nahid de Belgeonne from Episode #23, introducing her as the "nervous system whisperer".

[2.44] Chelle shares her first a-ha: We're not a brain with a body, we're a body with a brain.

[5:12] Evie gives the option of Nahid's tool of the 6:6 breath and an untimed breathing practice focused on gentle exhale holds.

[7.23] Evie guides us through an untimed breathing practice.

[9.56] Evie shares her second a-ha about how "ambition has no place" in nervous system regulation.

[11.22] Chelle introduces the two Soothing Questions tool for shifting from "doing" to "being" mode.

[16.54] Chelle shares her third a-ha about the power of oscillation for releasing old patterns.

[18.20] Evie guides listeners through Nahid's "Jiggling" practice for nervous system regulation.

[22.39] Chelle summarizes the three main a-has and and tools.

[25.05] Post-show behind-the-scenes.



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