How Protective Adaptations Occupy Capacity
Siobhan Ewert Siobhan Ewert

How Protective Adaptations Occupy Capacity

One of the most significant effects of long-standing protective adaptation is that it can occupy substantial amounts of attention, effort, and capacity.

Capacity that is then less available for building the life a person consciously wants.

The greatest leverage may therefore lie not in creating more capacity, but in freeing capacity that is currently being used to maintain patterns that no longer match present reality.

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The Fear of Doing Nothing
Siobhan Ewert Siobhan Ewert

The Fear of Doing Nothing

How overdoing can be a protective function of our nervous system. How to spot it and what it is trying to protect.

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From Predator to Prey?
Siobhan Ewert Siobhan Ewert

From Predator to Prey?

How an unsafe nervous system, not economy, lies at the root of how our world currently functions and the fear of moving into safety.

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