Take Back Control with Nervous System Regulation | Neuroscience Advisor Ashley Douglas

Curious about nervous system regulation, stress relief, and having more control over your emotional state? You're going want to listen to Ashley Douglas.

Do you ever feel like your brain is conspiring against you? Whether it's anxiety about an upcoming event, or in the moment, someone says something and your stress and fears levels overtake your thinking. That's not a character flaw. That's your wiring trying to protect you.

And today’s guest, Ashley Douglas, shares a deep fascination with neuroscience, highlighting its power to explain human behavior and automatic responses that occur before we're even aware of our emotional state.

Ashley aims to clarify that perceived personal struggles are often not inherent flaws, but rather functions of our neurobiology, fostering a positive mindset. It's about understanding ourselves better for personal growth and improved well-being and mental health. If you're looking to integrate science and self-understanding for personal development, this discussion is for you.

Ashley shares that with an understanding of neuroscience and nervous system regulation, you can take back the wheel, overcome your anxiety, and regain your control, confidence, and calm presence.

With an understanding of neuroscience and nervous system regulation, you can take back the wheel and know what you can do to regain your calm and confidence presence.

In this episode, Roger Kastner sits down with Ashley Douglas, an applied-neuroscience leadership advisor, resilience strategist, and burnout survivor, to explore what it actually looks like to lead from a regulated state, not just a managed one.

In the course of trying to make sense of her reaction to three traumatic events, Ashley found brain science. It changed everything. Now she's here to share it.

What you'll learn in this conversation:
➡️Why your nervous system reacts before you can think, and why it's wiring, not your weakness
➡️The simple action that brings your prefrontal cortex back online
➡️What nervous system regulation actually looks like in high-stakes leadership moments
➡️How to stop managing your reactions and start re-patterning them

Ashley Douglas is an applied-neuroscience leader advisor and resilience strategist who partners with founders and senior executives at the intersection of performance, identity, and purpose.

In this episode, Ashley answers the following questions:
➡️ How to regulate the nervous system?
➡️ How to calm down anxiety?
➡️ How to reset nervous system from trauma?
➡️ How to regain a sense of control?

Resources mentioned in the episode:
➡️ Ashley’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleydouglas/
➡️ Ashley’s Substack: https://ashleydouglasbusiness.substack.com/

Music in this episode by Ian Kastner.

"What Do You Know To Be True?" is an invitation to be inspired to become more of your possible self by discovering your superpower, unlocking your potential, and creating your impact in the world.

This podcast is for leaders, coaches, org development practitioners, and anyone who works with people who want to be inspired to discover their superpower, unlock their possibilities, and make meaningful impact in the world.

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"What Do You Know To Be True?" is hosted by Roger Kastner, is a production of Three Blue Pens, and is recorded on the ancestral lands of the Duwamish and Suquamish people. To discover the ancestral lands of the indigenous people whose land you may be on, go to: https://native-land.ca/

Keywords
#anxiety #nervoussystemregulation  #mindset  #burnout #wellbeing #mentalhealth