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Why do we keep returning to patterns we know are hurting us?

It’s rarely a lack of discipline. Before your nervous system asks whether something is good for you, it asks whether it’s safe. And to the body, familiar feels safe, even when

Why do some people feel instantly like home, even when being with them leaves us anxious, exhausted, or unseen?

Part of the answer lies in the nervous system. As children, our bodies learned what connection felt like from the people around us. If lo

Taylor Swift’s “Patient Zero” is a breakup song on the surface. Underneath, it maps patterns I see in sessions: the loyalty to someone’s best image, the bond that grows stronger the more unpredictable it is, the moment we real

What the body cannot say out loud, it often finds another way to speak.

For years, someone might swallow frustration to keep the peace. Push through exhaustion because rest felt like falling behind. Smile through disappointment because voicing it se

We talk a lot about the reactive side of survival. The hypervigilance. The response that seems to come out of nowhere and land far bigger than the moment calls for.
There is a quieter side too, one that gets far less attention.
It can look like calm

You hit the target. Got the promotion. Proved you belonged. And somewhere underneath all of it, a quiet question that never quite goes away: was it enough?

For a lot of high performers, self-worth got tied to net worth long before there was ever a c

John Cummins

Somatic Therapy & Coaching · Zurich

Writing on the nervous system, growth & healing

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