Lesson 1: Why Your Body Thinks Every Day Is Do-or-Die
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*NOTE: Your cohort = the tiny group walking this path with you.
Think teammates, not therapists.
Your nervous system isn’t dramatic — it’s faithful.
Too faithful.
If you grew up hearing shouting, sirens, reggaeton bass at window-shaking volume, or adult problems landing on kids’ shoulders, your body learned one rule:
“Stay ready. Something bad is coming.”
And bodies don’t update themselves automatically.
They run the same software until someone manually hits “upgrade.”
So here you are, years later:
• phone buzzes → mini panic
• bill arrives → stomach drops
• someone raises their voice → fight or freeze
• too much silence → weirdly uncomfortable
• opportunity appears → feels unsafe instead of exciting
That’s not “overreacting.”
That’s old wiring doing its best to protect you.
The good news?
Your nervous system is a loyal dog — trainable, forgiving, fast to adapt.
When you introduce calm, gratitude, slowness, breath, rhythm…
the body goes:
“Wait… this is allowed? We can live like this?”
Yeah.
You can.
⭐ Today’s Activity
When stress hits today, say this sentence under your breath:
“This is old wiring, not current danger.”
Even once is enough.
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You stopped treating your survival instincts like truth.
You started being the driver again.
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