Healing in Spirals: Nervous System Regulation, Creativity, and Rebuilding Self-Trust with Jen Day
NeuroAlchemy: The Brain-Body Healing podcast by Dr. Sarah Young
Episode notes
In this episode of NeuroAlchemy, Dr. Sarah Young sits down with Jennifer Day for a thoughtful conversation about nonlinear healing, nervous system regulation, creativity, and rebuilding self-trust after overwhelm.
Together, Sarah and Jennifer explore why healing often happens in spirals instead of straight lines, how the nervous system revisits layers of experience, and why creativity, ritual, and embodied awareness can help people reconnect with safety inside themselves.
Jennifer shares her own healing journey and the development of her LifeLines drawing practice, a symbolic and body-based approach that supports emotional regulation, intuition, and inner coherence.
Topics explored include:
• nonlinear healing and nervous system patterns • somatic awareness in everyday life • creativity as nervous system regulation • rebui ...