You’re Not Broken — Your Nervous System Has Been Protecting You

In this episode, Brittany dismantles the belief that something is wrong with you and reframes common patterns like anxiety, people-pleasing, and overfunctioning as intelligent nervous system protection. Through a calm, embodied lens, she explores why self-awareness alone doesn’t dissolve these patterns — and what begins to change when women stop treating themselves as broken.

This conversation invites you out of self-fixing and into safety, where real regulation becomes possible.

In This Episode, We Cover:

• Why nervous system protection is often mistaken for personality
• How self-improvement culture reinforces survival mode
• The role of shame in keeping protective patterns in place
• Why awareness alone doesn’t create regulation
• What actually signals safety to the nervous system
• How women begin living differently when self-blame dissolves

Who This Episode Is For:

• Women who feel like they’ve “done the work” but still struggle
• High-achievers stuck in self-correction loops
• Anyone tired of treating themselves as a problem
• Women ready to build safety instead of fixing themselves

 Next Steps:

If this episode resonated in your body, The Regulated Woman is the place to begin.