My Healing Era
My Healing Era is a therapy podcast for women who want to break free from the toxic cycles that are keeping them stuck, and end the "not good enough" narrative in their head.
This podcast covers unfiltered conversations around topics like healing from dieting, hustle culture, mental health, body image, nervous system regulation, stress, food freedom... and so much more! We'll also get right down to the nitty gritty on which wellness trends to stay clear of, and what actually works and what doesn't.
And don't worry, I'm a therapist who gets it. I'm a recovered chronic dieter, anxiety warrior, and workaholic, and now I help women just like you heal from diet culture & hustle culture!
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My Healing Era
Is Cold Plunging for Nervous System Regulation Overrated? A Deep Dive with Therapist Chrissy Stanko
Is cold plunging for nervous system regulation all it's cracked up to be? Or could it actually be fuelling your nervous system dysregulation?
In this episode I'm joined by Therapist & Registered Nurse Chrissy Stanko, to talk about whether or not this cold plunge craze is actually what your nervous system needs to become regulated.
In this fascinating and information packed episode, you can listen to 2 therapists do a deep dive on how the nervous system actually works (and what pop psychology get's wrong about it), how it's intertwined with our subconscious patterns around stress, the red flags we see as therapists with the cold plunge trend, what nervous system regulation is and what it isn't, and the reason why you can be doing all the nervous system regulating techniques like meditations, cold plunges, and yoga, and still have nervous system dysregulation.
Here's what we cover:
- how nervous system regulation has been wrongfully portrayed on social media and what it actually means to have a regulated nervous system
- why sympathetic nervous system activation isn't the enemy
- what it means to be in relationship WITH your body and in relationship TO your body (and why this is important if you're working on nervous system regulation)
- what it means when you crave chaos and struggle to sit in the stillness or feel uncomfortable coming back to a state of calm
- how cold plunging could actually be perpetuating your nervous system dysregulation
- the reason why you're still struggling with constant nervous system dysregulation even though you're doing all the regulating techniques like meditations, deep breathing and cold plunges
- the one thing that's more important than any nervous system regulation technique you've tried
- how nervous system regulation techniques are being wrongfully portrayed on social media and misused
- why cold plunging alone won't cure your nervous system dysregulation, and how the need for cold plunging may be a symptom of a deep subconscious belief
- key things to explore if you're working on regulating your nervous system
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