29. How the Nervous System Impacts Your Writing Life
At the beginning of the pandemic, many of us bought home gym equipment and doubled down on exercise as a way to minimize stress. The Season of Listening to Your Body showed up in big ways, but beneath the surface, our nervous systems were on overdrive. This episode explores how the nervous system impacts your writing life and how to partner with it in new ways.
Highlights
Benefits of a “body first” approach to creativity
Our need to complete stress cycles
A new definition of anxiety
Nervous System 101: all the scientific basics
How writing can help move us into regulation
Polyvagal theory and the vagus nerve
Links + Resources
Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory by Deb Dana
Body Work: The Radical Power of Personal Narrative by Melissa Febos
On Being interview with psychologist Christine Runyon
Find a therapist on PsychologyToday.com
Eat This Poem: A Literary Feast of Recipes Inspired by Poetry
Wild Words: Rituals, Routines, and Rhythms for Braving the Writer’s Path
