How fight, flight, freeze shows up for overachievers and perfectionists. This episode explores your vagus nerve in plain talk and gives you tools on how to calm yourself. By understanding the intricacies of your freeze response and how it interacts with your sympathetic nervous system, you can work with your emotions and nervous system to eradicate the guilt, worry and anxiety.

Falling asleep without obsessing over your to do list. The courage to have *that talk* with your boss - or your partner - or your friend, ya know the one that requires you to stand up for yourself. A method for making decisions that won’t leave you spinning in confusion, or avoidance, or making choices based on anything less than what you want in your heart and mind TOGETHER. Knowing how to calm your body when your mind goes off the deep end. PRESENCE with your family. No more half listening. And So. Much. Joy. These are just a few of the life changing things you’ll gain inside The Accelerator. Join today https://courtneylovegavin.com/accelerator

In This Episode on fight flight or freeze You’ll Learn:

0:00-Introduction To fight flight or freeze
01:20-Ignoring the Nervous System: My Personal Journey
03:17-Emancipating from flight or fight
04:58-The Vagus Nerve: Superhighway of Fight or Flight Response
06:17-Freeze Response
08:45-Why You Can't Relax
10:05-Stress Responses: Freeze, Flight, Fawn, Fight
11:35-The Power of Self-Trust + sympathetic nervous system fight or flight
15:07-Soothing Your Nervous System: How To Calm Yourself
17:09-Tend and Befriend Response
21:52-Practical tools for soothing your nervous system

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