Somatic science, in plain English
Articles to help you understand your biology and use simple, body-based tools in everyday life.
🧬 Nervous system
Start with the complete nervous system guide
Vagus nerve exercises: a practical guide
The 7 most effective ways to stimulate your vagus nerve at home, explained step by step.
Read →Polyvagal Theory: what it is and why it changes everything
The 3 states of your nervous system, neuroception, and how to find your way back to calm.
Read →🌿 Gut health
Start with the complete gut health guide
The gut-brain axis: why your belly shapes your mood
How your gut and brain talk all day long, and how to care for both ends of the conversation.
Read →SIBO: symptoms, causes and the vagus nerve connection
What SIBO is, how it's diagnosed, and why it keeps coming back if motility isn't restored.
Read →Why you bloat in the afternoon (and it's not what you eat)
Flat in the morning, bloated by evening? The real reason is the state you eat in.
Read →✨ Hormones
Go deeper with Rescue Your Hormones
High cortisol: the signs and how to calm it naturally
Why cortisol is a signal, not the enemy, and five daily habits that help it settle.
Read →Thyroid and stress: why your labs look normal but you still feel exhausted
How chronic stress slows the conversion of T4 into active T3, and which tests to ask about.
Read →5 exercises to calm anxiety in 5 minutes
A free printable PDF with quick somatic techniques to activate your vagus nerve.
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