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Why Sensory Play is Actually for Adults, Too: 5 Ways to Regulate Your Nervous System I’ll be honest: this last month has been really tough for me. I’ve had those days where my brain feels like it’s been put through a paper shredder, and then someone decided to set the shreds on fire. It’s that deep, heavy, "fried" feeling where even the thought of making a decision, like what to have for dinner or which email to answer first, feels like trying to climb Everest in flip-flops. I’ve spent a lot of time in what I call the "deep holes" we create for ourselves. You know the ones. You’re anxious, you’re overwhelmed, and you’re just... stuck. I actually talked about this recently on the podcast in an episode called Stuckness , because let’s face it, we’ve all been there. It’s a shitty place to be. But lately, I’ve been exploring something that sounds a little ridiculous at first. It’s called sensory play. And no, I’m not talking about toddlers in a sandbox (though,...

 We need to just jump out of our seat and make changes when life sucks.  It's scary as shit, and we may regret for a moment, but that can all go away.  Then there's the beautiful thing.  You can make a change if you screw up.  Its not that biggie.  But nothing ever changes if you sit still. MUSIC FROM THIS EPISODE MOVING ON - Bad Company CHANGE (IN THE HOUSE OF FLIES) - Deftones TURN THE PAGE - Bob Seagar HOW SOON IS NOW - The Smiths THE NEXT EPISODE - Dr Dre/Snoop Dogg GO - The Chemical Brothers NOBODY DOES IT BETTER - Carly Simon