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Our bodies and minds are constantly giving us information about how we are doing. Stress mode keeps us disconnected from that information. Decode your body's unique language.
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Supportive relationship is the #1 factor for resilience. This extends beyond a community of support. It includes relationship to others, ourselves, and every area of life.

The nervous system is multifaceted. From the food we eat to the cleaners in the household, there are many stress-less habits to explore.
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There are eight social and emotional skills that contribute to a person's capacity for resilience. Learn these skills and navigate the difficulties of life with way less stress.
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How to Release Resistance and Find Your Peace (5 Easy Steps)
Learn how to release resistance and find peace with 5 simple nervous system tools. Stop fighting reality and discover calm, clarity, and possibility.
Brooke Shoup
1 day ago4 min read


From Thinking About Your Goals to Actually Meeting Them: The Missing Piece
Discover why your body controls 80% of your experience and learn how to regulate your nervous system to finally meet your goals. Practical steps inside.
Brooke Shoup
Jan 14 min read


How to Feel Good Again When Life Throws You Off Track: A Nervous System Approach
Feeling thrown off track? You're not alone. Life has a way of disrupting our momentum exactly when we're building it. Maybe someone in your life needs extra care. Maybe work threw you a curveball. Maybe your body needs something different, or life had a plot twist you didn't see coming. When you've built beautiful momentum and then life challenges your capacity, you're left wondering: "How do I handle this curveball AND keep up with what I built?" It can feel really hard to
Brooke Shoup
Dec 26, 20254 min read


Meet the Version of You That Doesn't Self-Sabotage
Discover why 90% of people quit their New Year's goals in 3 weeks, and learn a powerful nervous system practice called resourcing that will help you meet the version of you that doesn't self-sabotage.
Brooke Shoup
Dec 18, 20258 min read


Self-Care Not Working? 5 Nervous System Tools That Go Deeper
You're doing everything right. You're checking all the self-care boxes, and yet... you're still overwhelmed. Still burnt out. Still struggling to keep your head above water. If this sounds familiar, I want you to know: you're not failing at self-care. Sometimes, traditional self-care just doesn't hit the mark. Today, I want to share five nervous system-based tools that have helped me when self-care falls short. These aren't your typical wellness tips they are nervous system i
Brooke Shoup
Dec 9, 20255 min read


What Happens When You Trust Your Body
Discover how learning to trust your body can transform your energy, relationships, and life. Simple practices to start listening to your body today.
Brooke Shoup
Dec 3, 20255 min read


PTSD vs Complex PTSD: Why One Changes Your Identity
PTSD and Complex PTSD aren't the same thing. And understanding the difference might be the key to finally healing. If you read Part 1: Stress vs Trauma , you know that trauma is unresolved stress. When the stress switch turned on but never turned off. Now let's talk about what happens when that trauma becomes PTSD or Complex PTSD and why one of them fundamentally changes who you are. In this post (and video below), I'm breaking down: The difference between PTSD (one event)
Brooke Shoup
Nov 27, 20255 min read


From PTSD to Purpose: How Your Wounds Become Your Roadmap to Healing
Healing from trauma isn't just about feeling okay, it's about thriving. Learn how your wounds can guide you to your purpose through authentic self-expression and body-based healing.
Brooke Shoup
Nov 17, 20255 min read


Stress vs Trauma: Why Your Stress Never Goes Away
Think you're just stressed? It might be trauma. Learn the difference between stress and trauma, what happens in your nervous system, and how to heal.
Brooke Shoup
Nov 14, 20253 min read


How to Do a Fall Life Audit: Body-Based Goal Setting Framework
Learn how to do a life audit with this body-based goal setting framework. Identify what's draining you, uncover limiting beliefs, and create aligned goals that feel good.
Brooke Shoup
Nov 6, 20255 min read


Your Trauma Response is Not a Character Flaw: Understanding Fight, Flight, Freeze, and Fawn
What if the thing you hate most about yourself isn't actually you? What if the way you shut down in conflict, or the people-pleasing you can't seem to stop, or that critical voice in your head that won't quit... what if none of that is your personality? What if it's not a character flaw at all? Today, I want to share something that completely changed how I understood myself and I think it might change things for you too. The Pain of Feeling "Broken" Maybe you feel like someth
Brooke Shoup
Nov 1, 20258 min read


The 8 Skills Therapy Never Taught Me: A Guide to Real Emotional Resilience
Discover the 8 foundational skills for emotional resilience that therapy often overlooks. Take the free assessment and learn what you're missing.
Brooke Shoup
Oct 20, 20254 min read
Why You Can't Calm Down: The Real Reason You're Always Anxious (+ 3 Science-Backed Solutions)
Can't calm down even when you try? Learn why your nervous system is stuck in survival mode + 3 practical tools to finally relax and regulate stress.
Brooke Shoup
Oct 17, 20256 min read


How to Find Your Purpose When Your Nervous System Won't Let You (Video)
Feeling directionless isn't a character flaw—it's a nervous system problem. If you've tried journaling, meditation, and "following your...
Brooke Shoup
Oct 10, 20252 min read


Why You Can't Trust Your Gut During Life Transitions | Brooke Shoup
Going through a life transition and can't trust your decisions? Learn why your nervous system blocks intuition during change + 3 tools to reconnect with yourself
Brooke Shoup
Sep 28, 20253 min read


5 Tools to Figure Out What You Want
Throughout this series on self-love, we've laid down some building blocks: Stress is incompatible with love. If we want to be open to...
Brooke Shoup
Sep 23, 20251 min read


How to Listen to Your Body (STEW Method)
The STEW Method is a tool to help you turn down the stress response and begin to repair mind body connection. STEW stands for Sensations,Thoughts, Emotions, What do I need.
When practiced regularly, it will help you embody self-love as you learn to see, understand, and attune to your own needs more consistently.
Brooke Shoup
Sep 15, 20251 min read


Basic Body Scan (Foundation to Mind-Body Connection)
Enjoy this follow along basic body scan. It is the foundation to all mind-body connection practice as it helps you shift your focus from what is happening on the outside of you to what is happening on the inside of you.
Brooke Shoup
Sep 15, 20251 min read


Step Into Your Worthiness
I define worthiness as the treatment you are available for. When we step out in unworthiness, we are available for mistreatment, put...
Brooke Shoup
Sep 10, 20251 min read


Get into a State of Self-Love
Follow along this mind-body connection exercise to get into a self-loving state (10 minutes). Stick around to hear about the science of...
Brooke Shoup
Sep 3, 20251 min read
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