4: Five Easy Ways To Nurture Your Nervous System ☮️ 🕊️

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🚨 Today’s episode is about the amazing SAFETY PATROL of our body- our nervous system- and how God designed it with intention to help keep us safe. 🫶🏼

🙃 But in our modern world, oftentimes distractions and daily life stresses can leave it constantly on edge, which has negative impacts on both our brain AND body’s health. This includes slowed healing times and increased rates of anxiety and depression.

😍 This episode provides 5 EASY, common-sense solutions to help calm down your body’s inner “safety patrol” so you can step into the peace and calm you were created for AND kickstart your body’s healing progress! 🕊️☮️

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Thank you for listening! Have a blessed week. Join us every Wednesday for nerdy health education with a Biblical foundation. 

Additional Resources:

The Body Keeps The Score by Dr. Bessel Van Der Kolk

Episode Recap: 5 Ways To Nurture Your Nervous System

• 1- Rest & rebuild by taking a weekly Sabbath.

  • The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer

• 2- Stimulate oxytocin daily.

  • Intimacy and physical touch

  • Build community in small groups, Bible studies, or close friend connections!

  • Activate safety in the body with bodywork such as massage, myofascial release, gentle stretching, nervous-system focused chiropractic care and more!

• 3 - Incorporate simple breathing techniques.

  • Breath As Prayer by Jennifer Tucker

• 4- Train your vagus nerve “muscle” with key exercises.

  • HeartMath - learn to breathe to regulate your HRV with real-time feedback from an earclip in the app!

  • The Apollo Neuro - wristband with touch-based vibration to promote safety in the body

  • Dr. Stanley Rosenberg’s Vagus Nerve Exercises

• 5- Practice mind management- take your thoughts captive.

  • If you need a roadmap to ensure your Nervous System success, The Hope Blueprint with Cristal DuBois incorporates ALL of the above components.

  • The Hope Blueprint is a 4-week, 1:1 guided program with Zoom coaching sessions but the biggest differentiating factor is the incorporation of MIND MANAGEMENT. No other program brings the “taking thoughts captive” mojo quite like Cristal’s does!

  • If you’re interested, check out the video below and sign up for the program HERE. We can’t wait to serve you!