Just like a house has a thermostat that keeps the temperature at a set point, your nervous system has its own set point that it returns to. It will often come back to what feels familiar, or what it’s learned.

This set point is dynamic - meaning it changes from what we experience throughout our life.

Implicit learning means we may automatically respond with fight, flight or freeze, physical sensations, muscle and myofascial tension, body postures, emotions, and patterns of movement used for defence.

These sensory and motor responses getting conditioned into the survival brain when we experience traumatic stress, just in case we encounter a similar threat in the future, is why we keep getting triggered.

It happens outside of conscious awareness so it’s not something we’re choosing. Often we blame ourselves for our stress responses, thinking we’re too sensitive, emotional, reactive or weak, but that’s not the case. Our physiology learnt to respond this way.

We can desensitise the survival brain so it’s not so reactive to cues or setting off alarms. This first requires unlearning what’s become automatic or reflexive when we face stressors today.

When we use the interventions that bring a a bioplasticity reset of the brain and nervous system, not only does this change our neurocircuitry and physiology, it changes almost every area of our life.

We have can use innovation and clarity when we stop responding with panic to challenges.

We can re-train our nervous system to respond in new ways when we face demands or conflict.

If we stop moving into shut-down or helplessness when we’re scared, we access our agency.

When we shift out of states of burnout that cause chronic fatigue and exhaustion, we have the opportunity to flourish and thrive.