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For years, I truly believed I was the problem. I felt everything too deeply. I was always the first to notice the strong chemical smell in a room, the one who couldn’t ignore the noise, the clutter, the heaviness in the air. I would look around and wonder why no one else seemed bothered. Why was my body reacting when everyone else carried on as normal?
When I was young, I remember not wanting to use the cleaning products my mum gave me. The smell felt sharp in my chest. It made my head ache. But I didn’t have the words for nervous system regulation or indoor air pollution. I just thought I was being difficult. Too sensitive. Too much.
Years later, I realised something powerful: my nervous system wasn’t weak. It was protective. It was responding to environmental load, to toxic cleaning products, to air that didn’t feel safe to breathe. And when I began learning about non-toxic living and the science behind indoor air quality, everything clicked. My body had been warning me all along.
In this episode, I explore the beautiful, quiet history of women who did the same — who trusted their instincts before research confirmed it, who created change from within their homes, who stepped into their role as the CEO of their homes without calling it that. This is about creating a calm home, supporting nervous system regulation, and remembering that one intentional choice at a time is how real change begins.
Join my webinar where I will explore this topic in detail:
Calm Is a Choice: How to Help Your Nervous System Feel Safe at Homehttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/calm-is-a-choice-how-to-help-your-nervous-system-feel-safe-at-home-tickets-1982425348583?aff=oddtdtcreator
If you have children and would like to create spaces that help, then trive here is my book:
Creating Healing Spaces for Children https://amzn.asia/d/07xMgEE3
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For years, I truly believed I was the problem. I felt everything too deeply. I was always the first to notice the strong chemical smell in a room, the one who couldn’t ignore the noise, the clutter, the heaviness in the air. I would look around and wonder why no one else seemed bothered. Why was my body reacting when everyone else carried on as normal?
When I was young, I remember not wanting to use the cleaning products my mum gave me. The smell felt sharp in my chest. It made my head ache. But I didn’t have the words for nervous system regulation or indoor air pollution. I just thought I was being difficult. Too sensitive. Too much.
Years later, I realised something powerful: my nervous system wasn’t weak. It was protective. It was responding to environmental load, to toxic cleaning products, to air that didn’t feel safe to breathe. And when I began learning about non-toxic living and the science behind indoor air quality, everything clicked. My body had been warning me all along.
In this episode, I explore the beautiful, quiet history of women who did the same — who trusted their instincts before research confirmed it, who created change from within their homes, who stepped into their role as the CEO of their homes without calling it that. This is about creating a calm home, supporting nervous system regulation, and remembering that one intentional choice at a time is how real change begins.
Join my webinar where I will explore this topic in detail:
Calm Is a Choice: How to Help Your Nervous System Feel Safe at Homehttps://www.eventbrite.com/e/calm-is-a-choice-how-to-help-your-nervous-system-feel-safe-at-home-tickets-1982425348583?aff=oddtdtcreator
If you have children and would like to create spaces that help, then trive here is my book:
Creating Healing Spaces for Children https://amzn.asia/d/07xMgEE3
Support the show