Trauma responses and nervous system activation
Subject in Mental Health
Trauma responses and nervous system activation has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Notes from the Edge. 2 people have made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Natalie VartanianRelationship and intimacy coach and co-founder of Wake Up or Break Up
Vartanian claims that fully leaning into healing work makes results come faster than resisting it.
“If you actually leaned in fully, and you just said, yes, and you did it, it will actually happen a lot faster and you'll get the goods a lot sooner”
Notes from the Edge: How do you stop performing in your marriage? Somatic Healing in Intimate Relationships with Natalie Vartanian & Glenn Nielsen (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 41:52
Vartanian says many clients resist healing work because they do not want to relive and re-feel past trauma.
“i don't want to have to relive everything that i went through i don't want to have to re-feel it”
Notes from the Edge: How do you stop performing in your marriage? Somatic Healing in Intimate Relationships with Natalie Vartanian & Glenn Nielsen (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 32:52
Glenn NielsenRelationship and intimacy coach and somatic therapist; former electrical contractor who runs a retreat center
Nielsen argues that the more intensely one is activated by a partner's minor action, the more likely the issue lies with oneself.
“the higher level of activation, the more that thing, that, that thing is really, it's a good chance it has something to do with you, not your partner”
Notes from the Edge: How do you stop performing in your marriage? Somatic Healing in Intimate Relationships with Natalie Vartanian & Glenn Nielsen (Oct 1, 2026) · Listen from 28:53
Podcasts
- Notes from the Edge · 1 episode
Episodes
How do you stop performing in your marriage? Somatic Healing in Intimate Relationships with Natalie Vartanian & Glenn NielsenNotes from the Edge · Oct 1, 2026 · 50 min
Lisa Lacy talks with coaches Natalie Vartanian and Glenn Nielsen about inherited marriage roles, somatic awareness, relationship agreements, and keeping romance alive.