The Tornado and the Garden: Nervous System Regulation in Cancer Care

There is a particular silence that follows a cancer diagnosis. It carries the weight of a life reorganized around a word that used to belong to someone else. The phone call, the biopsy, the “we’ll have results soon.” The weeks after. I have referred to this in the past as the tornado that accompanies initial […]

Nervous System Regulation: What It Actually Means to Feel Safe, Flexible, and Resilient

by Kelsey Asplin, ND in mental health October 13, 2026

Your Nervous System Was Never Supposed to Be Calm All the Time If you’ve spent any time in the wellness world lately, there is a reasonable chance someone has told you that you need to “regulate your nervous system.” Perhaps you’ve been encouraged to stimulate your vagus nerve, increase your heart rate variability, shake out […]