Calming Your Nervous System After Loss
A gentle guide for when your body won’t settle, even though time has passed.
If you feel constantly on edge, exhausted, numb, or overwhelmed after loss, this guide is for you.
Even long after the event itself.
Many people are told that time heals.
Few are told what grief and trauma do to the nervous system.
This guide explains why your body may still feel unsettled and what actually helps.
What this guide will help you understand
How grief and trauma affect the nervous system
Why time alone doesn’t always calm the body
Common responses after loss (hypervigilance, shutdown, fatigue)
Why motivation, focus, and clarity can feel unavailable
Why regulation is the foundation for emotional resilience and moving forward
You’ll find simple, repeatable practices such as:
breath and grounding
sensory anchoring
gentle rhythm
orientation
self-talk that soothes rather than bypasses
No forcing.
No positivity pressure.
No pushing through.
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Who is this for...
This guide is for you if:
your mind wants to move forward
but your body won’t cooperate
and you’re tired of feeling like you should be coping better by now
A Word of Reassurance
I created this guide because I know how confusing it can feel when your mind wants to move forward, but your body won’t settle.
This isn’t something you’re doing wrong.
I’ve lived this personally, and I now work with the nervous system professionally.
Your body has been protecting you and learning to work with it changes everything.
“I didn’t realise how much I was just surviving. Learning how to understand myself and what I needed helped me feel steadier and more in control again.”
