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This week’s episode is a very special encore with the brilliant Georgie Shears, nervous system strategist and ICF accredited neurosomatics practitioner.


I wanted to bring this conversation back because nervous system regulation is one of those things I genuinely believe we all need to understand. Not in a complicated, “add another thing to your already overflowing to-do list” kind of way, but in a deeply human, practical, life-changing way.


In this episode, Georgie explains what nervous system regulation actually means, why we are not meant to feel calm all the time and how our bodies learn survival patterns that can keep us stuck in anxiety, panic, people pleasing, overwhelm or shutdown.


We talk about fight or flight, rest and digest, the vagus nerve, why mindset alone is not always enough and how simple body-based practices can help us feel safer, calmer and more connected to ourselves.


Georgie also shares her own powerful story of anxiety, panic attacks, postnatal depression, health anxiety and the moment she realised she needed to understand what was happening in her body - not just her mind.


This is such a useful episode if you have ever felt like you are constantly bracing, overthinking, reacting, people pleasing or living with that low-level hum of anxiety in the background.


And as always, this is not about fixing yourself. It is about understanding yourself.


In this episode, we talk about:


A simple takeaway from the episode

Your body is not working against you. It is trying to protect you.

Nervous system work is about gently showing your body that you are safe now, one small moment at a time.


Georgie’s simple nervous system tools

In the episode, Georgie shares two beautifully simple practices you can try:

The 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 presence practice

A grounding tool using your senses to bring your body back into the present moment.

A gentle ear massage to support the vagus nerve

A calming practice that can help send signals of safety through the body.

As Georgie says, even a 1% shift matters.


Connect with Georgie

You can find Georgie on Instagram: @georgieshearsstrategist

Georgie also shares free resources, tools and ways to work with her through the link in her Instagram bio.


Listen if you are searching for:

nervous system regulation, anxiety support, fight or flight, vagus nerve, somatic healing, trauma-informed wellbeing, emotional regulation, nervous system tools, burnout recovery, people pleasing, stress relief, rest and digest, grounding practices, women’s wellness, midlife wellbeing, holistic health podcast.

Based on the transcript you shared for the Georgie Shears encore episode. 








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