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All right. We have a really good episode today. I'm doing another interview. I'm interviewing Irene

Lion. I feel like a lot of people

will know who she is. But if you don't, she's a nervous system expert. And she teaches people around

the world to everywhere. She's got great online programs, how to work with the nervous system

and transform their trauma, heal their body and their mind, and live full creative lives, you're going to hear

her talk. Like one important thing that we get into is how the nervous system has become very

trendy. And what I really like about Irene's work, and I just want to state this right off

the bat so you kind of know what to expect, because I think there there's so many nervous system experts now right a lot of people sharing tools and I don't necessarily

think the tools are bad but I think like a lot of what's online being shared about the nervous

system is very simplified and people aren't getting like the full education of like what our nervous system is, how it works, and what can impact it and how it can impact our day to day.

And I think that that is a huge disservice and it makes it hard to heal your nervous system long term.

So something that we're going to talk about is how, you know, a lot of people are using tools and not that tools are bad.

But if you're constantly having to calm yourself all day and say you're working on your nervous

system, that means that your nervous system is dysregulated. And, you know, there's going to be

seasons of that, especially in the beginning. And we want to use those tools. But the thing that

I love about Irene's work is that she really

teaches you how to learn your body, understand the signs your body's giving you to understand

what's going on with your nervous system. And then, okay, what can we adjust and do to support it?

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