What if the fastest way to feel better isn’t more mindset hacks, but learning how safety actually feels in your body? We dig into embodiment and a clear, plain‑English take on polyvagal theory to show how your nervous system shapes your choices, your mood, and your health. Instead of piling on fixes, we focus on the three core states—ventral (safe and social), sympathetic (fight or flight), and dorsal (shutdown)—and how each one colours your day, from your breath and digestion to your relationships and boundaries.

We share simple practices that work in real life: naming sensations with nuance so your brain can hear your body, lengthening the exhale to signal calm, using orienting and gentle voice to cue safety, and creating tiny rituals that fit into minutes, not hours. You’ll learn why you cannot think your way out of stress, how safety unlocks clear thinking and healing, and how consistency turns micro‑moments into resilience. We also introduce a 30‑day nervous system reset journal designed to build awareness, regulation, reflection, and integration—plus a children’s version to help young people grow up fluent in the language of their bodies.

If you’ve felt anxious, flat, or stuck in overdrive, this conversation offers a map and the smallest next steps to move toward calm. Expect clarity about the vagus nerve, practical embodiment tools, and an empowering reminder that every small shift today is a gift to your future self. Subscribe, share this with someone who needs a gentle nudge toward safety, and leave a review to help others find their way back to their bodies.

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What if the easiest way to make better health choices today is to meet the person you’ll be decades from now? We explore how training your brain to recognise your future self turns willpower into identity, making consistent habits feel natural rather than forced.

Across this conversation, we rethink January’s pressure to overhaul everything and lean into the truth that healing is slow, cellular work. We unpack the neuroscience showing that many of us process “future me” like a stranger, and how vivid, regular visioning rewires those circuits so your older self feels like you. From there, we connect the dots to epigenetics: daily behaviours and environments that nudge gene expression toward resilience, better recovery, and healthy ageing. Naomi shares the personal story that once shaped a fear of early decline and how a clear image of running strong in her seventies now guides choices around strength, sleep, nourishment, and nervous system care.

You’ll get practical, simple actions that compound over time: two strength sessions a week, daily walking and sunlight, steady hydration, protein-forward meals, massage and micro-rest for regulation, plus journaling and meditation to anchor intention. We also offer a provocative lens—cruise ship or care home—that brings long-term consequences into crisp focus without shame. Instead of chasing quick fixes, we align with habits that build capacity so the body can do what it’s designed to do: adapt, repair, and thrive. Role models who are breaking records in their seventies are not outliers; they are blueprints for a life built on small, repeated votes for health.

Want support to wire this in? Grab the free Future Self Meditation and explore the You Are The Answer book for deeper tools and science-backed strategies. If this conversation resonates, subscribe, share it with someone you love, and leave a review so more people can reconnect with their body’s wisdom.

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Your body is not a puzzle to solve—it’s a guide you can learn to trust. We dive into the “three brains” model and show how the head, heart, and gut each carry a vital piece of your decision-making. The head compares options, the heart aligns with values and relationships, and the gut protects life and energy. When these centres work together, anxiety eases, choices feel simpler, and you move with conviction instead of second-guessing.

We unpack why the gut matters so much for mood and motivation, from its role in the stress response to emerging links between microbiome balance and mental health. Then we zoom out to a whole-system view: how emotional strain, mental habits, and physical symptoms form one loop, and why listening to your body can change the course of healing. Think of a touch tree in a forest—the reliable spot you return to when you feel lost. You can build your own through a short, practical muscle test that helps you access a clear yes or no from your body before the mind starts to spin.

You’ll learn how to calibrate the test, apply it to everyday choices, and pair it with reflective questions so you honour all three centres of knowing. Along the way, we share reading paths for both scientific and spiritual explorers and reframe self-trust as a skill you can train. If you’ve been craving a grounded way to connect with intuition without abandoning reason, this conversation shows you how to blend insight and embodiment.

If this conversation sparked something for you, follow the show, share it with someone who needs a touch tree today, and leave a quick review so more people can find their way back to their bodies. Stay connected, stay curious—and remember, you are the answer.

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