If you’ve ever started healing work and felt more anxious, activated, or symptomatic, this episode will help you make sense of that experience.

We’re talking about why healing can feel unsafe at first — and why an increase in symptoms or discomfort doesn’t automatically mean something has gone wrong. In fact, it’s often a sign that your nervous system is changing. 

You’ll learn the five phases of nervous system rewiring, why awareness can initially amplify symptoms, and how rest, joy, and pleasure can feel threatening when you’ve been oriented to urgency or pain for a long time.

We’ll also talk about the “push–pull” phase and what it really means when your system tries to pull you back toward the familiar.

If you’re in a season where things feel loud or confusing, this episode will help you understand what’s happening — and how to support yourself through it.

In this episode you'll learn:

• Why healing often feels worse before it feels better
• How your system interprets all change — even good change — as threat
• The phases of nervous system rewiring
• Why rest, joy, and pleasure can feel unsafe at first
  

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