Have you been feeling an unexplained anxiety, a low-grade tension, or a sadness with no clear source? Do you feel perpetually “on alert,” emotionally raw, or disconnected from joy even when your personal life seems stable? You are not broken, and you are not alone.

In this episode of Infinite Life, Infinite Wisdom, Susan Grau addresses the palpable yet often nameless weight so many are carrying. This isn’t about politics or prediction. It’s a compassionate exploration of what it means to be a sensitive, perceptive human when the collective consciousness itself feels dysregulated.

Susan explains how widespread grief, fear, and unresolved trauma create an atmosphere of “ambient suffering” that our nervous systems, especially those of empaths, healers, and caregivers, cannot help but absorb. This leads to symptoms like chronic anxiety, irritability, emotional numbness, brain fog, and exhausting mental loops as our systems search for closure and safety that the external world cannot provide.

Moving beyond spiritual bypassing, Susan offers a practical and somatic path back to yourself. She reframes anxiety not as a thought problem, but as a nervous system signal. She redefines confusion not as incompetence, but as the necessary “space between stories” when old maps no longer fit. The core of healing, she reveals, lies in one vital shift, moving from the question “Is this story true?” to “Is this story regulating my nervous system?”

This episode is a gentle, firm guide to empowerment through inner authority. It’s about learning to discern what energy is yours to carry and what belongs to the collective, and how to release the latter without guilt. Susan provides actionable anchors, like pausing your internal narrative, regulating your body, and shrinking your timeframe to the present moment, to help you reclaim your grounding, your peace, and your power.

In This Episode:

• [00:00] Introduction 
• [01:24] Collective emotional overwhelm
• [02:38] Dysregulation and self-regulation
• [03:38] Ambient suffering and emotional reactivity
• [06:12] Nervous system and collective stress
• [07:27] Symptoms of overload and disconnection
• [08:24] Anxiety: body vs. mind
• [10:30] Confusion as a developmental stage
• [12:40] The stories we tell ourselves
• [14:50] Survival stories and letting go
• [16:58] Regulating the nervous system
• [19:01] Empowerment without bypassing
• [20:17] Personal vs. collective anxiety
• [22:36] Grounding and sensation of safety
• [24:06] Returning to self: practical solutions
• [25:42] The limits of control and self-relationship
• [28:55] Conclusion

Notable Quotes

• [01:19] "Nothing's wrong with you. And I don't mean that in a motivational way. I mean it in a psychological way. In an emotional way."
• [02:59] "We don't need to bury our heads in the sand... But how do we self-regulate so that we can handle what's going on?"
• [08:19] "Our nervous system needs closure, and when it doesn't have it, it plays a loop in our brains."
• [11:21] "Confusion is the space between the stories."
• [11:38] "The old map no longer fits, but the new map hasn't been drawn yet."
• [16:27] "A thought can feel absolutely true and still not be truth."
• [21:38] "You are not meant to metabolize the entire world. You are allowed to release what does not belong to you."
• [22:43] "Safety is not an idea. It's a sensation."
• [19:01] "Empowerment doesn't have to be loud.."
• [29:02] "The only control you have is over you. And that is the scariest comment, isn't it?"
• [30:08] "Don't run from fear. Shake hands with it, face it and look it in the eye."

Susan Grau

Susan Grau is an internationally celebrated intuitive life coach, a key opinion leader, author, medium and speaker, who discovered her ability to communicate with the spirit world after a near-death experience at age four. Trained by Dr. Raymond Moody, James Van Praagh, and Lisa Williams, Susan is a Reiki Master, hypnotherapist, and grief therapist. Her new book, "Infinite Life, Infinite Lessons," published by Hay House, explores healing from grief and the afterlife. With media coverage in GOOP, Elle, and The Hollywood Reporter, Susan's expertise extends to podcasts, radio shows, and documentaries. She offers private mediumship readings, life path guidance, reiki sessions, and hypnotherapy, aiding individuals in healing and finding spiritual guidance.

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