Ep 14: The Nervous System Truth High-Functioning People Learn Too Late

In this first episode of the new year, Prescribing Possibility returns with a gentle but honest conversation about something many high-functioning people quietly live with: nervous system exhaustion.

If your body feels tired, wired, or constantly on alert, this episode is for you. Your nervous system isn’t failing you. It’s protecting you.

In this solo episode, Dr. Dympna Weil explores what your nervous system may be trying to communicate beneath the push to keep going, do more, and hold it all together, and why regulation isn’t something you can think your way into.

You’ll hear:

Why nervous system dysregulation is often misinterpreted as weakness or lack of discipline

How chronic self-pressure and “being capable” can keep the body stuck in fight-or-flight

A simple, in-the-moment practice to begin regulation right now

How to interrupt old survival stories without forcing positive thinking

Why success doesn’t have to require self-abandonment

Dr. Weil also introduces the C.A.L.M. Method, a practical framework built on Compassion, Awareness, Listening, and Mindfulness, designed for clinicians, helpers, and high-responsibility humans who are tired of carrying everything alone.

🎧 Download the free C.A.L.M. guide here https://dympna.myflodesk.com/calm

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