A quiet collection of reading and tools — things to gather what's true, and to help you find footing.
Developed by Dr. Stephen Porges, Polyvagal Theory offers a framework for understanding how your nervous system shapes your experience of safety, connection, and shutdown — and why none of it is a character flaw. Much of the nervous system work at Nested Hearth is informed by this research.
stephenporges.com →A simple, visual way to look at where you are across eight areas of your life — physical, emotional, mental, rest, social, spiritual, financial, and occupational. Slide each one to where it actually is, not where you think it should be. Bring it to your first session if you'd like. Or just sit with it for yourself.
Where are you most rooted? Where are you barely holding on?
Open the Rooted In →Sometimes the hardest part is finding the word for what you're carrying. The feelings wheel is a simple map of emotional language — organized from broad to specific — to help you find where you are. Come back to it any time you need a place to start.
Where are you landing today?
Open the Feelings Wheel →Articles, studies, and things that have moved me — added as the work unfolds. Check back.
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