Emily McDonald

because I have all these other things that I'm doing.

And maybe not even just that I'm doing, but because I am that divine life force energy in a human body, right?

Like even if I did absolutely nothing, like I still am that.

And so it's kind of like that when you have this sort of, you know, when you're driven by something that's bigger than you, you're able to hold that bigger than you picture as you move versus if it's all about what you're doing, then it can become a lot more painful than when,

Because it's who you are when what you're doing isn't working.

Yeah, I think just on like from the enteric nervous system standpoint, but also nervous system regulation in general, I think maybe one thing that I hadn't said yet was is the power of intuition, which maybe we have kind of talked about a little bit, but like

Studies have actually shown that your intuition is less accurate, right, when you're dysregulated, which maybe I mentioned before.

But we haven't necessarily talked about, like, okay, how do we regulate our nervous systems?

Like, how do we—and just kind of to tap into also the point that you made about your environment and how it isn't the easiest thing and to give yourself grace and just to really mirror that one more time because—

I have to say that so often to the people that I work with.

It's just like, give yourself some grace.

Be kind to yourself.

Treat yourself like you would your own best friend.

And on the note of nervous system regulation, I think that can be one of the most regulating things.

Imagine you are walking around with someone next to you 24-7.

always telling you that you weren't doing well enough or you weren't doing enough or you should be doing this or you should have gotten up earlier or you should... It's like you would feel constantly braced.

You would feel constantly stressed.

And a lot of people walk around with that person inside of them

talking to themselves that way.

And that is so dysregulating.