🌉 BRIDGING THE GAP – S.2 E.36: ⁠https://youtu.be/R9dPt0iL9-k⁠⁠

Let Them – Releasing What Isn’t Yours

✨ “Let them be who they are, so you can reclaim who you are.”

🧠 Neuroscience & Nervous System Release

🔄 Research shows trying to control others’ actions strongly activates our stress networks and depletes mental energy. 🧠 Polyvagal theory: When we attempt to manage or micromanage others, we remain in high sympathetic or dorsal vagal states; release opens access to ventral-vagal safety and social connection.🌍 By saying “Let Them” we signal to our nervous system: “I release control of their behaviour; I manage my response.” This trains the brain to focus on what we can regulate—our own internal state.

🌬️ Somatic Practice & Breath

🌱 Inhale a peaceful space. Exhale control, let it go.🔂 Use a 4-in, 6-out breath cycle when you feel yourself trying to steer someone else’s behaviour.🌀 Place a hand on your belly or chest, notice the tension of wanting to fix someone. Allow the breath to soften that impulse and remind your body: I cannot control them, only me.

❤️ Mind & Heart Integration

🌊 This week: When someone’s reaction activates/triggers you, pause, breathe, and say inwardly: “Let Them choose. I choose my response.” It does not have to be immediate, you can also come back.🛤 Practice in 1 relationship or situation where you typically feel responsible for others’ feelings/actions.🔗 Each moment of letting go rewires your brain toward freedom, your nervous system toward regulation, and your heart toward peace.

💭 “The more you let others live their lives, the better your life becomes.” - Mel Robbins#BridgingTheGap #LetThem #SomaticRelease #Neuroplasticity #PolyvagalSafety

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