Paths Back to You is a podcast about the paradox of being human: smart and self-sabotaging, wise and wildly lost. Together, we'll untangle messy ideas, reclaim the magic in nuance, and find practical ways to navigate the storm without losing ourselves.
This isn’t about fixing you. It’s about finding the paths that feels like coming home.
Paths Back to You is a podcast about the paradox of being human: smart and self-sabotaging, wise and wildly lost. Together, we'll untangle messy ideas, reclaim the magic in nuance, and find practical ways to navigate the storm without losing ourselves.
This isn’t about fixing you. It’s about finding the paths that feels like coming home.

You're doing all the nervous system tools: breathwork, grounding, somatic exercises—but you're still getting triggered, still spiraling, still stuck in the same patterns. Here's why: you're treating symptoms, not the system.
In this video, I break down what nervous system regulation actually means (it's NOT about being calm), why the tools alone won't create lasting change, and the deeper layer most people miss, the one that keeps your system running old protection programs even when you're "safe."
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topics mentioned: nervous system regulation, polyvagal theory, anxious attachment, avoidant attachment, self worth, conditional self worth, people pleasing, trauma healing, somatic healing, nervous system healing, how to regulate your nervous system, fight or flight response, dysregulation, emotional regulation, attachment theory, internal family systems, IFS therapy, self compassion, healing from trauma, vagus nerve, ventral vagal, dorsal vagal, sympathetic nervous system