How to Calm Your Nervous System and Build Emotional Resilience

In this episode, Kristen shares a previous conversation from Mental Health Monday with Noblesville Mayor Chris Jensen, where they discuss how understanding and regulating the nervous system can help reduce stress, improve relationships, and build emotional resilience. In this episode, you'll learn: How your nervous system influences your thoughts, emotions, and reactions to stress. The differences between fight, flight, freeze, fawn, and flop responses, and how to recognize them. Simple, science-backed techniques like breathwork, movement, and bilateral music to regulate your nervous system. Why self-awareness is the first step toward responding with calm instead of reacting impulsively. Practical ways to build emotional resilience and strengthen your relationships through daily regulation practices. Subscribe HERE and get a free 5-day journal to begin closing the chapter on what doesn't serve you and open the door to the real you. Connect with Kristen: Get Kristen's newsletter, packed with tangible tools, resources, and inspiration Watch the episodes on YouTube Follow Kristen on Instagram Kristen's TikTok Have Kristen Speak at Your Event Disclaimer This information is being provided to you for educational and informational purposes only. It is being provided to you to educate you about ideas on stress management and as a self-help tool for your own use. It is not psychotherapy/counseling in any form. This information is to be used at your own risk based on your own judgment. For counseling services near Indianapolis, IN, visit www.pathwaystohealingcounseling.com. Pathways to Healing Counseling's vision is to provide warm, caring, compassionate and life-changing counseling services and educational programs to individuals, couples and families in order to create learning, healing and growth.