Is Your Nervous System Running an Outdated Survival Strategy? With Carissa Brockman

In this episode of Hormone Freedom, Amanda Hinman and Helen Birney sit down with Carissa Brockman, somatic therapist, coach, and founder of Soulfully Embodied.Carissa shares how understanding your nervous system and subconscious patterns can help you recognize when behaviors that once protected you are no longer serving you.She explains why so much of how we respond to life is shaped by early experiences and how updating those old patterns can help you reclaim choice, boundaries, safety, and agency in the present.In This Episode:Why hormone freedom can begin with understanding your nervous system (00:01–02:41)How early experiences shape the beliefs and behaviors that guide us (02:51–04:30)How adaptive behaviors can become maladaptive later in life (03:36–04:30)Why reclaiming your agency means having more freedom to choose (04:30–08:10)How boundaries, hormonal changes, and nervous system patterns can intersect (07:21–09:03)Why updating old patterns can help you show up more fully in the present (09:52–10:51)How to connect with Carissa and find her free content (11:46–12:07)If you're over 40 and finding that the strategies or patterns that once worked for you no longer do, it may be time to update the system—not blame yourself.🎁 Get the $497 Hormone Freedom Podcast BundleLeave a rating and review, subscribe to the podcast, and listen to the launch episodes to receive the $497 Hormone Freedom Podcast Bundle.Claim your gift here: www.hinmanholistic.com/claimgiftConnect With CarissaConnect with Carissa on Instagram @soulfully_embodied and find her free content on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube. Soulfully Embodied