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EPISODE · Sep 4, 2026 · 11 MIN

Solo Sessions: Regulate Your Nervous System Before Making Big Decisions | Venice Beach Life Updates

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Floating on the Venice Canals in her new home of Los Angeles, Sasha breaks down why making major life choices from an unregulated nervous system will always trap you in fear-based patterns. Fresh off her first 10 days as a full-time entrepreneur after officially resigning from her corporate 9-to-5, Sasha shares how stepping into full-time alignment—from rapid-fire DJ lessons to dragon staff flow arts—has completely shifted her daily energy baseline. Sharing a hilarious story of pausing an indecisive group of six friends inside an In-N-Out Burger to execute a somatic breathing reset, Sasha reveals why changing your physical state first is the non-negotiable key to making decisions that serve your future self.   Waking up 14 day free trial: https://wakingup.sjv.io/0GB3nJ

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Episode Overview Live from a boat on the Venice Canals, Sasha delivers a somatic reality check on decision-making, nervous system regulation, and the electric energy shift that happens when you trade corporate burnout for full-time alignment. Key Mindset & Somatic Frameworks The Unregulated Decision Trap: If you make major life decisions while anxious, stressed, or posture-collapsed, the decision will naturally be rooted in fear and scarcity. Somatic State First, Action Second: Change your physical body language before making a choice. Stretch, dance, hydrate, or take three deep diaphragmatic breaths to bring your nervous system back to baseline. The Energy-First Principle: As speaker Juan Bendana notes, ”People meet your energy before they meet you.” Your body language and nervous system frequency communicate 90% of your reality before you speak a single word. Depletion vs. Alignment: Working on aligned passions generates energy (leaving you feeling electric and vibrating), whereas forcing yourself through an unaligned corporate environment drains your nervous system completely. Sasha’s Venice Beach Life Updates Official Corporate Exit: Leaving the 9-to-5 behind to go full-time on Visualize Meditations, wellness ventures, and creative media. Venice Canal Culture: Community bridge movie nights, build-your-own-boat canal races, and living in an environment that prioritizes health, fitness, and hustle. Skill Acquisition & Flow Arts: Locking in 20 hours of intensive DJ lessons, mastering flow state with dragon staff practice, and interviewing local wellness leaders. Action Step for Today ”Before you respond to a stressful email or make a decision today, pause for 60 seconds. Sit up straight, drop your shoulders, and take three deep, slow breaths to regulate your nervous system before choosing your next move.” Weekly Podcast Schedule Mondays: Guided Visualization Meditations Wednesdays: Mastermind Moments with Josh Glanville & Danny Curtis Fridays: Solo Sessions & Honest Stories Featured Partner Claim an exclusive 14-day free trial of Sam Harris’s Waking Up meditation app using the link here: https://wakingup.sjv.io/0GB3nJ

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