12/02/2025
I’m just going to say it. It’s almost 2026.
The whole “anxiety is a mental disorder” is in the past.
According to polyvagal research, 80% of anxiety signals travel from your body up to your brain. Only 20% go the other direction.
If a provider still believes anxiety is purely mental, they’re either not interested in the science of the mind-body connection or they DO know it’s not true, and they just don’t want YOU to know.
I spent way too many years seeing my most dedicated clients slog along in their healing when really the transformation was right at their fingertips.
If only I had known.
I don’t blame myself. I practiced what I was taught.
But boy am I grateful I got curious enough to learn on my own.
Now, everything’s different.
Whether it’s my therapy clients or my Neuro Babes, healing isn’t just possible, it’s inevitable.
(And I love that for us.)
If you want to leave the old way in the past and learn the neuroscience backed method that works, send me a DM like now.
Xo,
Kerry
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Engelen, T., et al. (2023). Polyvagal theory and autonomic nervous system functioning. Frontiers in Psychology, 14.
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