Political Instability Is Wrecking Our Nervous Systems & It’s Not Just You
If you’re feeling exhausted, anxious, or like your emotions are living just under the surface,
you’re not alone.
And you’re not overreacting.
There is a collective toll being taken on our bodies, our spirits, and our ecosystems right now.
Political instability isn’t just happening “out there.”
It’s happening in here.
In our nervous systems.
In our relationships.
In our sleep. In our digestion. In our sense of hope and safety and belonging.
Your Nervous System Is Responding to Real Threat
We are living in a time of:
Institutional collapse
Climate grief
Rising authoritarianism
Police violence
Attacks on bodily autonomy
Genocide
Economic precarity
Constant media trauma loops
Your system wasn’t built to metabolize this much fear, injustice, and grief: without pause.
So if you find yourself feeling:
Frozen
Disconnected
Restless and unable to focus
Heavy with rage or sorrow
Like you’re failing just to “keep it together”
It’s not personal failure.
It’s collective dysregulation.
Why Nervous System Work Matters Now More Than Ever
When our systems are overwhelmed, we tend to move toward extremes:
Collapse or shutdown
Hypervigilance and control
Numbing out entirely
But nervous system work helps us:
Come back to the present
Stay rooted in our values
Connect rather than dissociate
Grieve without drowning
Take aligned action without burning out
This isn’t about self-soothing into silence.
It’s about building the capacity to stay with what’s real, without losing ourselves in the process.
This Is Political Work
I say this all the time:
Nervous system work isn’t neutral.
It’s not about personal development in a vacuum.
It’s how we reclaim the right to feel, to act, and to belong to the world.
This is how we heal the fractures in our families, our communities, and our own bodies.
Where to Begin: Micro Practices with Macro Impact
I created Nervous System Devotionals for times like this.
These aren’t spiritual bypasses.
They’re not “just calm down” scripts.
They are sacred, body-led, deeply accessible audio practices designed to help you come home to yourself, so you can stay in the fight without losing your center.
They’re under 5 minutes each.
They come with reflection prompts.
They work with grief, fire, numbness, tenderness, and holy fatigue.
Start here. Not because it fixes everything. But because it lets you keep going, without burning out your body.
Final Words
You’re not meant to carry the world alone.
And you’re not meant to collapse under it either.
Your nervous system is not the enemy.
It’s the compass.
Let’s work with it.
Let’s honor it.
Let’s build capacity for truth, grief, and transformation: together.