Your Nervous System Creates Your Perception

In this episode, Sarah explores how our nervous system works in tandem with our younger parts to protect us. We must first learn how to recognize who is in our experience at any given moment before we can begin changing unhealthy patterns and breaking free from old survival responses. Listen in to explore how understanding the nervous system can profoundly change the way we experience ourselves and respond to the world around us.

Episode Highlights:
• [00:00] Introduction
• [01:32] How your nervous system shapes your reality
• [03:33] How past experiences can distort present-day perception
• [07:47] Understanding why your nervous system “time travels”
• [13:54] Recognizing when your reaction does not match the circumstance
• [16:58] Learning to distinguish your adult self from younger parts
• [19:04] Anchoring into adult self to understand your present truth
• [23:16] Recognizing when relationship conflict is triggered by past experiences
• [33:02] Question 1 - Can fantasizing be regulating for my nervous system?
• [45:24] Question 2 - Why do I struggle so much with my husband’s moods?
• [54:42] Question 3 - How do I stop comparing myself to other people?

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Quotes:
“Your autonomic nervous system is creating your perception of yourself, others, and the world around you. Essentially, it's creating your reality for you.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:01:34]
“Everything that you feel is a truth to a part of you; it just might not be the truth of your adult self today.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:07:38]
“Why do we want to have a real understanding of whose perception we're experiencing at any given moment? Because if you don't understand this, then you are not going to be driving yourself down the roads that are actually right for you in your life.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:18:03]
“Nobody knows what your truth and perception of reality is based in today, except for you.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:18:57]
“Here's how you know you're in your adult self when it comes to your truth: it will never be black and white; it is nuanced.” — Sarah Baldwin [0:20:40]