312: Rewire Your Reactions: Understanding the Autonomic Nervous System with Sarah Baldwin

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🗓️ 9 July 2025

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, I sit down with Sarah Baldwin, a somatic experiencing practitioner, to explore the fascinating world of the autonomic nervous system and its profound impact on our daily lives. Sarah shares her expertise on nervous system regulation, explaining the different states we experience and how our past shapes our current reactions. She also provides practical techniques for achieving better regulation and overall well-being.

Key Takeaways / Points:

What is the autonomic nervous system and why is it important?
The six states of the nervous system and how they manifest in our lives
Practical techniques for regulating your nervous system throughout the day
How do past experiences influence our current reactions?
The power of nature and sensory experiences in nervous system regulation
Simple morning and evening routines for better regulation
Why understanding your nervous system is crucial for mental health and well-being
How childhood experiences shape our nervous system "database"
Tips for incorporating regulating experiences into urban environments

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0:00.0	The following podcast is a dear media production.
0:04.0	Welcome back to Conversations with Cam.
0:05.6	I'm your host, Cameron Rogers, and today we are going to chat all about the autonomic nervous system and the six states.
0:12.5	If you were like me and you catch yourself always being like, I wish I had more time in the day.
0:18.2	I have 10,000 things to do.
0:19.2	Every time I do one thing, I have 100 things more.
0:21.3	And there's never enough time.
0:22.9	Why can't there be more hours?
0:24.1	I can't sit still because then I'm missing out and doing things.
0:26.3	If that whole cycle resonates with you, then A, we're the same person.
0:32.3	But B, we live in the sympathetic state of our autonomic nervous system.
0:40.8	And I'm fascinated and really interested in why I'm like this, but also why other people are potentially like this and more so why other
0:46.4	people aren't and how they feel and what that state of their nervous system looks like.
0:51.4	So to dive into this topic, today we are joined by Sarah Baldwin.
0:54.9	She is a somatic experiencing practitioner and a trauma trained life coach who helps people get
0:59.8	unstuck and get to the other side of their pain. We talk all about the autonomic nervous system,
1:04.6	what it is, like where it lives even in our body, the six states of it, and how to get out of dysregulation
1:13.3	and into a regulated nervous system. It's really freaking informative. Like I wanted to take notes
1:20.2	while she was talking. I've taken 10,000 notes editing this episode because there's so many nuggets
1:25.0	of wisdom and so many things that I'm tangibly now going
1:28.5	to try to instill in my toolbox of, I guess, regulation when I feel myself getting this way.
1:37.2	So without further ado, let's dive the heck right into it. Here is Sarah.
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