Your Baseline Is Not Your Identity: How to Rewire Your Nervous System for Lasting Change episode artwork

EPISODE · Jun 11, 2026 · 34 MIN

Your Baseline Is Not Your Identity: How to Rewire Your Nervous System for Lasting Change

from That's So Nourishing · host Ashley Krooks

In this episode, we're diving into one of the most powerful concepts for personal growth, nervous system healing, and lasting transformation: your BASELINE.If you've ever wondered why you keep returning to stress, anxiety, overwhelm, or self-doubt, or why the same limitations keep showing up in your relationships, finances, or sense of self, this episode will help you understand why.Your baseline is the set point your nervous system has learned is familiar and safe, and while it shapes so much of how you move through life, it has nothing to do with who you actually are.We talk about how your environment, your identity, your conditioning, and your nervous system patterns shape what feels normal, and why real change takes more than just deciding to think differently. You'll learn how to stop identifying with survival states, how to normalize the feelings and experiences you actually want, and how to begin shifting what feels safe in your body so you can create more joy, peace, abundance, and possibility in your life.This episode is for you if you’re ready to release shame, understand your patterns more deeply, and begin creating a new reality from a place of self-compassion and agency.In this episode, we cover:what your nervous system baseline really iswhy your baseline has nothing to do with your true identitywhy you keep returning to familiar emotional stateshow stress, anxiety, and survival patterns become normalizedthe role of your environment in shaping what feels safehow to stop identifying with anxious or stressed stateswhy change can feel hard even when you deeply want ithow to normalize joy, wealth, peace, love, and successthe importance of self-compassion in nervous system healinghow awareness becomes the starting point for shifting old patternsIf this episode resonated with you, take a moment to subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who would love this conversation.If you're ready to take this work deeper, join my email list for weekly practices, deeper teachings, and free live workshops to support you in becoming more nourished in your life.Join here: https://ohtheplacesashgoes.com/join-nourished-woman-email-list/Connect on Instagram: www.instagram.com/ohtheplacesashgoes

In this episode, we're diving into one of the most powerful concepts for personal growth, nervous system healing, and lasting transformation: your BASELINE.If you've ever wondered why you keep returning to stress, anxiety, overwhelm, or self-doubt, or why the same limitations keep showing up in your relationships, finances, or sense of self, this episode will help you understand why.Your baseline is the set point your nervous system has learned is familiar and safe, and while it shapes so much of how you move through life, it has nothing to do with who you actually are.We talk about how your environment, your identity, your conditioning, and your nervous system patterns shape what feels normal, and why real change takes more than just deciding to think differently. You'll learn how to stop identifying with survival states, how to normalize the feelings and experiences you actually want, and how to begin shifting what feels safe in your body so you can create more joy, peace, abundance, and possibility in your life.This episode is for you if you’re ready to release shame, understand your patterns more deeply, and begin creating a new reality from a place of self-compassion and agency.In this episode, we cover:what your nervous system baseline really iswhy your baseline has nothing to do with your true identitywhy you keep returning to familiar emotional stateshow stress, anxiety, and survival patterns become normalizedthe role of your environment in shaping what feels safehow to stop identifying with anxious or stressed stateswhy change can feel hard even when you deeply want ithow to normalize joy, wealth, peace, love, and successthe importance of self-compassion in nervous system healinghow awareness becomes the starting point for shifting old patternsIf this episode resonated with you, take a moment to subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who would love this conversation.If you're ready to take this work deeper, join my email list for weekly practices, deeper teachings, and free live workshops to support you in becoming more nourished in your life.Join here: https://ohtheplacesashgoes.com/join-nourished-woman-email-list/Connect on Instagram: www.instagram.com/ohtheplacesashgoes

NOW PLAYING

Your Baseline Is Not Your Identity: How to Rewire Your Nervous System for Lasting Change

0:00 34:25

No transcript for this episode yet

We transcribe on demand. Request one and we'll notify you when it's ready — usually under 10 minutes.

That Hoarder: Overcome Compulsive Hoarding That Hoarder Hoarding disorder is stigmatised and people who hoard feel vast amounts of shame. This podcast began life as an audio diary, an anonymous outlet for somebody with this weird condition. That Hoarder speaks about her experiences living with compulsive hoarding, she interviews therapists, academics, researchers, children of hoarders, professional organisers and influencers, and she shares insight and tips for others with the problem. Listened to by people who hoard as well as those who love them and those who work with them, Overcome Compulsive Hoarding with That Hoarder aims to shatter the stigma, share the truth and speak openly and honestly to improve lives. HOMELAND HOMELAND The Church is a body not a building. It's the bride of Jesus Christ! Jesus is coming back for a mature bride. That means it's time for the church of Jesus Christ to move from milk to meat. This is the hour of maturity!HOMELAND is an announcement that the church is being set free. Only the church has the ability to transform the world. The kingdom's of this world will become the kingdoms of our Lord and Savior!All of creation has been waiting for this moment! Sons and daughters of God are rising up and taking their seat! DIOSA. Carolina Sanper This podcast is a sacred space created by Carolina Sanper where you connect with your inner wisdom and embody your magnetic feminine power.It is the realization that the mystical realm is where you plant the seeds of your desired reality.It is a portal to your true essence: awareness, presence, and receiving with ease. Welcome home, DIOSA. 🖤 LIGHTS, CAMERA, SMILE! Creatives Club Media Lights, Camera, Smile, is a podcast for anyone with a dream to share something with the world, out of the overflow of themselves - be it their mind, their heart, their personalities, and much more. Each of us are alive in this moment in time, with an innate ability to have ideas and create various things to benefit both ourselves and the people around us for a reason, and here, you will find the encouragement, the inspiration, and the motivation to do just that. Hosted by Cicily, founder of Creatives Club, she dives into various topics surrounding creativity and business. Exploring entrepreneurship for creatives in a corporate reality, sharing tips and tricks in a media centered company, answering questions regarding what a creative actually is are just a few of the things discussed on this podcast. Be encouraged to create for yourself as Cicily gets vulnerable by pivoting the camera to herself for the first time.To submit questions for Cicily to answer, or have her address certain t

Frequently Asked Questions

How long is this episode of That's So Nourishing?

This episode is 34 minutes long.

When was this That's So Nourishing episode published?

This episode was published on June 11, 2026.

What is this episode about?

In this episode, we're diving into one of the most powerful concepts for personal growth, nervous system healing, and lasting transformation: your BASELINE.If you've ever wondered why you keep returning to stress, anxiety, overwhelm, or self-doubt,...

Can I download this That's So Nourishing episode?

Yes, you can download this episode by clicking the download button on the episode player, or subscribe to the podcast in your preferred podcast app for automatic downloads.
URL copied to clipboard!