Your Nervous System Might Be holding You Back in Creating Your Goals

In this episode, Mona welcomes listeners back for the new year and shares insights on New Year's resolutions. She emphasizes the importance of understanding our nervous system when setting and achieving goals. Mona discusses how high achievers, especially those in demanding roles like healthcare workers and parents, often operate in survival mode, leading to anxiety and burnout. She explains the different states of the nervous system (ventral vagal, fight or flight, and hypo arousal) and how they influence our behaviors and feelings. This episode encourages listeners to focus on building capacity and self-trust rather than chasing outcomes, providing a foundation for achieving true abundance and fulfillment.

00:00 Introduction and New Year's Reflections

01:17 Understanding the Nervous System

02:59 Nervous System Patterns and High Achievers

06:17 States of the Nervous System

08:28 Survival Mode and Its Costs

11:26 Scarcity and Health Goals

16:47 Time Scarcity and Busyness

19:08 Conclusion and Next Steps

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