40. Orientation- The Only Nervous System Skill You’ll Need for 2026

If you’ve been feeling scattered, overwhelmed, unusually tired, or unsure how to make even simple decisions lately, this episode is for you.

As we move toward 2026, many women are sensing a deeper shift — not just stress or busyness, but a feeling that old ways of coping, planning, and pushing through are no longer working. In this episode, Kate Garland introduces orientation: a nervous system skill that helps you stay grounded, clear, and connected to yourself when everything around you feels uncertain or in flux.

This is not about positive thinking, calming down, or fixing yourself. It’s about learning how to locate yourself internally before making decisions, consuming information, or reacting to the outside world — especially as we approach the end of a major collective cycle.

In this episode, we explore:

• What orientation actually is — and how it differs from regulation, mindset, or productivity
• Why so many people feel disoriented right now (and why you’re not imagining it)
• How over-consuming news, content, and conversations can quietly drain your nervous system
• Why 2026 asks for presence and self-relationship more than strategy
• Simple, body-based ways to return to yourself without effort or discipline

This episode includes a gentle arrival and orientation practice to help you settle into your body, clarify where you are, and reconnect with your inner authority — right here, right now.

You don’t need to know where you’re going yet.

You just need to know where you are.

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