A couple of weeks ago, a client of mine said to me, "I know I need to relax to heal, but I can't relax; literally, I can't sit still. If I do, I feel like I'm going to jump out of my skin."

When he said this, I realized that he was not the only client who had told me this before.

Many of my clients feel that relaxing is very difficult, all for different reasons and different life stages. Maybe you're a mom with too many things to do. Or you're a business owner with an endless list of tasks to complete. Or you're a teacher and father who juggles taking his kids to school and showing up to work without forgetting to eat breakfast.

When you take a moment to sit still, relax, do nothing - it's uncomfortable. Your body wants to get up and move. Basically, you don't feel relaxed when you're "relaxing." This is what happens when you have nervous system dysregulation.

How do you regulate your nervous system when it's not regulating on its own? And if you're currently experiencing this, how DO you relax?

Today, I'm going to dive into two paradigms to help you explore the nature of relaxing and 5 hacks to help you relax and get nervous system regulation with greater ease - no matter what's going on in your life.

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• (2) Read a book
  • The Gifts of Imperfection, Brene Brown
  • Tired of Trying: How to Hold On to God When You're Frustrated, Fed Up, and Feeling Forgotten, Ashely Morgan Jackson
  • Unexpected: Finding Resilience through Functional Medicine, Science, and Faith, by Dr. Jill Carnahan
  • Redeeming Heartache, by Dan B. Allender
  
  
• (3) Try a New Therapy
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  • Internal Family Systems (IFS) (find a therapist on Psychology Today or IFS-Institute Directory)
  • Somatic (find a therapist on Psychology Today)
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  • DNRS : Retrainingthebrain.com, by Annie Hopper
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• (5) Take the leap. Resting requires trust. Trust that the systems you've set up won't fall apart if you leave them alone. Trust that your kids can live without you for a few hours, and hang out with dad or a neighbor. Trust that your heart won't implode if you sit still. Trust that you are valuable, even if you're not doing anything.

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