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Part 3 of a 6 Part Series, Roseanne Reilly sharing her Nervous System Informed Framework To Finding Your Way Out Of The Dark. The recap that gets us here starts with episode 1: An Introduction to the Framework and the 6 dynamic states: The Nervous System Continuum Inner World  Outer World,  Environment Knowing It Living It Episode 2 focuses on the  Nervous System Continuum mapping its 4 key states...

Roseanne Reilly joins me for part 2 of a 6 part series sharing her framework on a Nervous System Informed approach to finding your way out of the dark. The Nervous System Continuum is covered as a critical first piece to this puzzle.  We cover why and how we can find our nervous system inside these states, and take a closer look at the two forms of Survival Mode; the one that has you locked in and...

I'm all for a self-guided, DIY it till something changes kind of approach to finding your way out of the dark.  I did exactly that for the first 3.5 to 4 years years of my recovery. Actually, a friend recently pointed out that my MSc I'm doing is kind of like my version of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) - she's not wrong.  But one day, by chance, I find myself in a conversation with someone w...

Roseanne Reilly, Nervous System Practitioner over at Hands Of Time Healing Dot Com shares the what, why and how of boundaries mapping what they look like when you are in survival mode, how they shift form when you are dysregulated, and what having boundaries in a self-regualted state looks like.  A lot of firsts for me on a subject I had not taken to heart until recently.   Roseanne delivers quali...

It started offline as a challenge about using the word 'toxic' to describe workplaces, cultures, teams that were being made sick by dysregulated leaders. 3 minutes in to this debate and Roseanne and I hit record. This felt like one for the library.    Roseanne Reilly , joins this series as a master practitioner of nervous system restoration. She speaks fluently on the topic of trauma, stress, body...

A Behind-The-Scenes conversation with Roseanne Reilly as we resolve how best to incorporate feedback we've received on our 2025 content plans. We have been exploring how best to communicate why the nervous system is so important to you personally and professionally. As it goes, this podcast left me (Shannon Eastman) with new take aways, new perspectives and a bit more clarity on how to package, pr...

Resilience is a common word that can feel hard to pin down. Particularly when we find there is cheap brassy imitation Resilience, and Authentic Resilience, the kind that feels more like cashmere.  But what is it? Where does it come from? How do we get more of it? What zaps it? What does it do and why do we need it?  Basic questions about a big topic that is mission critical to the 40+ professional...

Roseanne and I round up 7 of the bigger insights we've covered to date sharing our respective take on each. This podcast debates, explores and maps the way out of the dark. We look at all of this through the lens of the 40+ professional from a high stress childhood and an ongoing stress career.  Typically these are the overachievers, the super competent, and the very confident - but for the most p...

Roseanne Reilly and I (Shannon Eastman) meet in this episode to specifically map out the Nervous System and its 4 unique states. Survival Mode / Dysregulated / Self-Regulated / Co-Regulated and how we express inside each one.  For example, you know someone is in Survival Mode when they are over the top about almost everything. Overreacting, Oversharing, Urgency, Hypervigilant etc.  We do our best...

Your Nervous System matters, a lot. How it works, arguably, matters more. For example, as an infant, your nervous system requires the nervous systems of your caregivers to provide for it, train it, support its development and maturity.  (It's called co-regulation) - in its absence your nervous system gets stuck and disrupts all sorts, through adulthood, well into your 40s, until you deliberately i...

In this episode Roseanne and I share the backstory about how we met, why we stayed connected all this time, and what we are planning in the coming months. Of course, we will ebb and flow as required.    Roseanne will be joining as a special guest for standalone episodes, and her and I working in the background to cultivate a track of episodes specifically about nervous system restoration and the 4...

This is the query that once haunted me for more than a decade  "I know what I am supposted to do, but I just can't do it!" I have invested 6 figures over my lifetime, (desperately) trying to make myself feel normal. I poured tirelessly over teachings -  ancient through modern - studied with some brilliant minds - including one of my all time favourites ever,  Dr. John Demartini - and yet, I still...

It's a new dawn, a new day, a new podcast, a new brand. And in this behind-the-scenes-style episode I fill you in on what happened since the summer of 24 until recently that tanspired in the name change, a new line up of guests and a refined focus.  What's staying the same? Conversations about wellbeing and work for the 40+ professional who had a high stress childhood, ongoing stress lifestyle and...

Dr. Andy Hahn joins me for this episode on suffering. What is it, where does it come from, why is it here and how can we work with it.  A conversation inspired by the contents of his book, the 1-Hour Miracle, 5 steps to healing your life and changing the story; a mix of East and West that pulls in kinesiology, energy work, and another lens on PTSD.  You can purchase the book on Amazon Worldwide in...

A new kind of episode as I agree to be faciltiated, live in a 1-to-1 trauma release session with you listening in. heh. In my first ever, I hit record as Dr. Louise Swartswalter, a Dr of Naturaopathy, Kinesiology, Energy Worker and transformative coach takes the lead. We hear her story about how she arrived in this type of work before she gives you a live demo, with me in the hot seat.   Find out...

Jane Evans joins me to discuss one of my favourite topics - Trauma & Money.  When it comes to answering some version of the question, "How much" or when we have to put a price on our value, or generate and maintain cashflow, the situation tends to be more white knuckles, than signed on the dotted line. Why? More importantly, What can we do about it?  Jane brings a level of skill, mastery and exper...

In this episode, Richard F. Adams, shares his experience of navigating challenge, mental health, and what happened in 2019 that changed everything.  Richard's hindsight presented through his own unique lens, offers rich insights and practical advice alongside a fascinating look at how one comes back from C-PTSD in ways that could be described as being somewhat mental health adjacent.  ; Richard is...

This is my first episode inspired by a few listeners who have been in touch with me to share how sex addiction has disrupted, or is disrupting their lives.  I went looking for answers only to find two world-class experts in the area of Sex Addiction: Dr. Kirsty Loudon and Rob Watt.  Dr. Kirsty, Rob and myself have connected a few times over a couple of months to organise the content for this episo...

Her name is Roseanne Reilly, an Irish woman in NYC, who is a masterful facilitator of individuals with C-PTSD. Her career path moved her through being a nurse, a health & safety educator and trainer, an advanced practitioner of Craniosacral Therapy, and today, a Trauma Informed Practitioner with dozens of qualifications and certifications to her name after more than 10 years study in the areas of...

This episode is a more candid look at the uglier sides of recovery as I reflect on the last 10 days or so where I have been all sorts of dysregulated, and then irritated that I am still 'falling down', and the honest look I had to take at what I am 'really' doing about my recovery.  As it goes, what I am doing pales in comparison to what I let myself BELIEVE I am doing. I share what I am doing now...

I share the clarity I have gained, some distinctions I've made, and some suggestions on how and where to start. Starting is what matters most here. This is the episode where I unpack two areas that matter a lot when it comes to: healing, recovery and shifting out of the chaos of emotional overwhelm, emotional numbing, and emotional exhaustion, and into a space that feels really good to be in, even...

An episode that looks at one of the most important tools that I've used to transform my life from chaos and trainwrecks, to calm and having all sorts of fun thriving. 2 years ago I didn't quite get the value of this practice; I read a few books, watched a few videos and gave it a go.  Today? I realise if I had it to do all over again - this journey out of the proverbial void - I would do it quite...

Elizabeth Walker, Addiction Recovery Coach joins this episode where we bring out a few distinctions around: what is Supporting the Body, Coming into the Body, and Body Work, along with a look at the consistent stages one moves through to exit the proverbial void, while covering how unique each journey on the path is.  Elizabeth shares her journey form science into Body Work, and how we can use the...

#CPTSD #MyStory - This is my first episode from the "My C-PTSD Story" theme. Zara joins me to share her experience of life before she was diagnosed with C-PTSD, what it was like in the early days of the diagnosis, and what life in recovery can feel like. A powerful story from the 'highly successful, fabulous at life, secretly in despair' lens that finally brought Zara to a grinding halt. This stor...

I cover a lot of ground in this episode including some real life examples from the past few weeks to set up some new insights on: co-regulation, self-regulation, emotional regulation (or the absence there of - dysregulation) before sharing the practice I am inside of to find my way out, along with a wee stopover to Carl Jung's two cents where he says: "Unless you make the unconscious, conscious, i...