Why Knowing Better Isn’t Enough And How To Train Your Nervous System Instead | Episode 332 Fragmented To Whole: Life Lessons From 12 Step Recovery podcast

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Why Knowing Better Isn’t Enough and How to Train Your Nervous System Instead | Episode 332

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In this week’s episode 332 of the Fragmented to Whole Podcast, I’m discussing something I often observe, especially during family gatherings: knowing your boundaries, understanding your patterns, and gaining valuable insight, yet still getting triggered. In this episode, I explain why that happens, why it’s not a failure, and what actually helps when your body reacts faster than your thinking brain.

Some of the talking points I go over in this episode include:

Why your nervous system responds before your intellect, and why “knowing better” isn’t enough in the moment
The difference between insight and regulation, and why affirmations and reasoning often fail when you’re activated
Why you don’t train your nervous system during an emergency — you train for emergencies
The four common nervous system states (freeze, rage, fawn, and flight) and what actually helps each one
Simple, body-based practices that build internal safety and shorten recovery time when old patterns get activated

You’re not weak. You’re not broken. You’re human.
This work isn’t about never getting triggered — it’s about helping your body learn that now is different from then. When you train your nervous system ahead of time, you create more choice, more capacity, and a faster return to yourself when things get hard.

Be sure to tune in to all the episodes to receive tons of practical tips on living a more whole life and to hear even more about the points outlined above.

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