Who Turned The Lights On?

Probably my best iteration yet of how I I found my way out of the dark. I chose to share this information as an article I wrote for my younger self. Recording it and sharing it through audio with an invitation for you to come listen in. This final episode in this 3 part micro series speaks to how those of us from high stress childhoods, ongoing stress careers, now aged 40sih, can find our way out of the dark. How the nervous system is so much more than a piece of anatomy, and why #nervoussystemintelligence is so fundamental our quality of life - to everything. Resources mentioned in this episode include: A Daily Practice to restore your nervous system to a minimum viable baseline. This is mine to inspire your own version. Increasing your quality of life using Nervous System Intelligence The wee book - Successful Outside, Struggling Inside - instant access via email, here > ______________________________________________________________________ Meet Shannon Eastman Founder, Researcher, Content Creator – Nervous System Economy Part Therapist. Part Strategist. All Nervous System. I Help You Grow with coherence, capacity, and cash flow. I work at the intersection of system design, business strategy, and nervous system intelligence. I prioritise alignment in the individual: across mind, body, soul, and business, then alignment across systems. If you're a leader working in, with, or adjacent to, Mind-Body Science - and - your ability to advance your business/practice and serve ever increasing numbers of people isn't flowing, scaling, or fun... Let's chat. Book a 20-min Discovery Call Here > www.shannoneastman.com Follow Shannon on LinkedIn > ______________________________________________________________________ NEW: Nervous System Economy™ You'll hear us refer to the Nervous System Economy™ — a industry level educaiton initiative committed to integrating Nervous System Intelligence into business and leadership. You'll find more about this over here: www.nervoussystemeconomy.com _______________________________________________________________________ A Note on Safety Your mental health, wellbeing, and sense of safety matter deeply. Working with a trauma-informed practitioner can make a significant difference. While this podcast shares insights, reflections, and tools, it is not a substitute for professional support. If you're seeking a qualified practitioner, visit the Directory on our website. Our community includes psychologists, psychotherapists, and psychiatrists who work through a trauma-informed lens — often with a special interest in supporting professionals aged 40+ or working within organisations. _____________________________________________________________________ #WTTLO #WhoTurnedTheLightsOn #NervousSystemEconomy #CPTSD #Wellbeing #MentalHealth #40PlusProfessionals #Anxiety #TraumaRecovery #NervousSystemRegulation #WellbeingAtWork #Edutainment #NervousSystemBasics #NervousSystemInformedApproach #recovery, #stress, #Anxiety, #CPTSD, #Nervous System, #Nervous System Economy, #WTTLO, #Nervous System Intelligence, #Nervous System Literacy #Nervous System Economy #Nervous System Intelligence #Nervous System Tech #Nervous System Knots #Nervous System Basics #Nervous System Economy #NErvous System Intelligence #Projection #Perception #Nervous System Intelligence #unconscious #Subconscious #Nervous System Regulation #Nervous System Economy #Nervous System Intelligence #Nervous System Economy #Nervous System Intelligence #Neuroplasticity #Bioplasticity #Neurocity #Nervous System Intelligence #Nervous System Literacy #biocity #Money #Scarcity #Abundance #Nervous System Dysregualtion

In this episode, this audio explores how nervous system adaptations silently shape the way we price, earn, and show up in business. From freezing at bigger ticket opportunities to collapsing under visibility, this recorded audio for my younger self, unpacks how survival logic—not strategy—often drives our decisions. We trace the five-layer Scarcity Code loop and reveal what shifts when pricing, receiving, and success stop being trauma responses and start showing up from places we've made whole. ______________________________________________________________________ Meet Shannon Eastman Founder, Researcher, Content Creator – Nervous System Economy Part Therapist. Part Strategist. All Nervous System. I Help You Grow with coherence, capacity, and cash flow. I work at the intersection of system design, business strategy, and nervous system intelligence. I prioritise alignment in the individual: across mind, body, soul, and business, then alignment across systems. If you're a leader working in, with, or adjacent to, Mind-Body Science - and - your ability to advance your business/practice and serve ever increasing numbers of people isn't flowing, scaling, or fun... Let's chat. Book a 20-min Discovery Call Here > www.shannoneastman.com Follow Shannon on LinkedIn > ______________________________________________________________________ NEW: Nervous System Economy™ You'll hear us refer to the Nervous System Economy™ — a industry level educaiton initiative committed to integrating Nervous System Intelligence into business and leadership. You'll find more about this over here: www.nervoussystemeconomy.com _______________________________________________________________________ A Note on Safety Your mental health, wellbeing, and sense of safety matter deeply. Working with a trauma-informed practitioner can make a significant difference. While this podcast shares insights, reflections, and tools, it is not a substitute for professional support. If you're seeking a qualified practitioner, visit the Directory on our website. Our community includes psychologists, psychotherapists, and psychiatrists who work through a trauma-informed lens — often with a special interest in supporting professionals aged 40+ or working within organisations. _____________________________________________________________________ #WTTLO #WhoTurnedTheLightsOn #NervousSystemEconomy #CPTSD #Wellbeing #MentalHealth #40PlusProfessionals #Anxiety #TraumaRecovery #NervousSystemRegulation #WellbeingAtWork #Edutainment #NervousSystemBasics #NervousSystemInformedApproach #recovery, #stress, #Anxiety, #CPTSD, #Nervous System, #Nervous System Economy, #WTTLO, #Nervous System Intelligence, #Nervous System Literacy #Nervous System Economy #Nervous System Intelligence #Nervous System Tech #Nervous System Knots #Nervous System Basics #Nervous System Economy #NErvous System Intelligence #Projection #Perception #Nervous System Intelligence #unconscious #Subconscious #Nervous System Regulation #Nervous System Economy #Nervous System Intelligence #Nervous System Economy #Nervous System Intelligence #Neuroplasticity #Bioplasticity #Neurocity #Nervous System Intelligence #Nervous System Literacy #biocity #Money #Scarcity #Abundance #Nervous System Dysregualtion

In a Who Turned The Lights On first, I invite you to listen to a reading I recorded for my younger self, and perhaps for yours, too. This is Part 1 of a short series called The Scarcity Code, exploring how survival, money, and self-limitation are shaped by the nervous system from a time long, long ago. If you've ever felt stuck in patterns of under-earning, overgiving, or financial fear — even after years of strategy, effort, or mindset work — this may offer a different lens with which to explore the code that was added, that we can now choose to keep as is, or replace it with something new. ______________________________________________________________________ Meet Shannon Eastman Founder, Researcher, Content Creator – Nervous System Economy Part Therapist. Part Strategist. All Nervous System. I Help You Grow with coherence, capacity, and cash flow. I work at the intersection of system design, business strategy, and nervous system intelligence. I prioritise alignment in the individual: across mind, body, soul, and business, then alignment across systems. If you're a leader working in, with, or adjacent to, Mind-Body Science - and - your ability to advance your business/practice and serve ever increasing numbers of people isn't flowing, scaling, or fun... Let's chat. Book a 20-min Discovery Call Here > www.shannoneastman.com Follow Shannon on LinkedIn > ______________________________________________________________________ NEW: Nervous System Economy™ You'll hear us refer to the Nervous System Economy™ — a industry level educaiton initiative committed to integrating Nervous System Intelligence into business and leadership. You'll find more about this over here: www.nervoussystemeconomy.com _______________________________________________________________________ A Note on Safety Your mental health, wellbeing, and sense of safety matter deeply. Working with a trauma-informed practitioner can make a significant difference. While this podcast shares insights, reflections, and tools, it is not a substitute for professional support. If you're seeking a qualified practitioner, visit the Directory on our website. Our community includes psychologists, psychotherapists, and psychiatrists who work through a trauma-informed lens — often with a special interest in supporting professionals aged 40+ or working within organisations. _____________________________________________________________________ #WTTLO #WhoTurnedTheLightsOn #NervousSystemEconomy #CPTSD #Wellbeing #MentalHealth #40PlusProfessionals #Anxiety #TraumaRecovery #NervousSystemRegulation #WellbeingAtWork #Edutainment #NervousSystemBasics #NervousSystemInformedApproach #recovery, #stress, #Anxiety, #CPTSD, #Nervous System, #Nervous System Economy, #WTTLO, #Nervous System Intelligence, #Nervous System Literacy #Nervous System Economy #Nervous System Intelligence #Nervous System Tech #Nervous System Knots #Nervous System Basics #Nervous System Economy #NErvous System Intelligence #Projection #Perception #Nervous System Intelligence #unconscious #Subconscious #Nervous System Regulation #Nervous System Economy #Nervous System Intelligence #Nervous System Economy #Nervous System Intelligence #Neuroplasticity #Bioplasticity #Neurocity #Nervous System Intelligence #Nervous System Literacy #biocity

The final episode in an 8-part micro series exploring the 70 page book - Successful Outside, Struggling Inside. This final episode summarises the last 7 episodes, before we get stuck into some very helpful distinctions, insights & context as you find your own way out of the dark. I include some more lived experience to bring these ideas to life, and ultimately, give you a clear map and suggestions on how and where to start, or continue along your own path to the exit from whatever this chapter gets called. The point being - there is an exit. We know where it is. We know how to get there. Resources mentioned in this episode include: A Daily Practice to restore your nervous system to a minimum viable baseline. This is mine to inspire your own version. Increasing your quality of life using Nervous System Intelligence The wee book - Successful Outside, Struggling Inside - instant access via email, here > ______________________________________________________________________ Meet Shannon Eastman I support practitioners at the intersection of business growth and nervous system intelligence, and I work with platforms and tech advancing the future of mind-body integration. I am flluent in both commercials, business growth and nervous system intelligence and work with a lot of tools including: Human Design, Gene Keys, and somatic mapping to build coherent, sustainable momentum inside an ecosystem already in play. Shannon is the founder of The Nervous System Economy (NSE), and host of the podcast Who Turned The Lights On? www.shannoneastman.com Follow Shannon on LinkedIn > ______________________________________________________________________ NEW: Nervous System Economy™ You'll hear us refer to the Nervous System Economy™ — a industry level educaiton initiative committed to integrating Nervous System Intelligence into business and leadership. You'll find more about this over here: www.nervoussystemeconomy.com _______________________________________________________________________ A Note on Safety Your mental health, wellbeing, and sense of safety matter deeply. Working with a trauma-informed practitioner can make a significant difference. While this podcast shares insights, reflections, and tools, it is not a substitute for professional support. If you're seeking a qualified practitioner, visit the Directory on our website. Our community includes psychologists, psychotherapists, and psychiatrists who work through a trauma-informed lens — often with a special interest in supporting professionals aged 40+ or working within organisations. _____________________________________________________________________ #WTTLO #WhoTurnedTheLightsOn #NervousSystemEconomy #CPTSD #Wellbeing #MentalHealth #40PlusProfessionals #Anxiety #TraumaRecovery #NervousSystemRegulation #WellbeingAtWork #Edutainment #NervousSystemBasics #NervousSystemInformedApproach #recovery, #stress, #Anxiety, #CPTSD, #Nervous System, #Nervous System Economy, #WTTLO, #Nervous System Intelligence, #Nervous System Literacy #Nervous System Economy #Nervous System Intelligence #Nervous System Tech #Nervous System Knots #Nervous System Basics #Nervous System Economy #NErvous System Intelligence #Projection #Perception #Nervous System Intelligence #unconscious #Subconscious #Nervous System Regulation #Nervous System Economy #Nervous System Intelligence #Nervous System Economy #Nervous System Intelligence #Neuroplasticity #Bioplasticity #Neurocity #Nervous System Intelligence #Nervous System Literacy #biocity

While we don't really need to understand Neuroplasticity or Bioplasticity to recover, it is very helpful to undestand its role. Maybe understanding a bit about this, will make the path out of the dark a bit easier. Episode 18, is part 7 of our mini series exploring Successful Outside, Struggling Inside - a wee book of 70 pages that is my first attempt at articulating how I found my way out of the dark, and transformed my life more in 2 years than the prior 25. Neuro(pasti)City - rewires the brain ... but why, and what is it rewiring, and where did those original wires come from? Bioplasticity is repair at a cellular level - making repair available when we stop overriding our body, and start partnering with our nervous system. <-- that nervous system has its own intelligence, that would utterly transform your experience of life. This episode does a quick tour of the last 6 episodes, touches briefly on both cities, and brings in some lived experience and an interesting lens on inner conflict, outer environment. People referenced in this episode: Dr. Joshua Rosenthal on LinkedIn Dr. Bruce Lipton YouTube - The Biology of Belief 2:15min lecture Resources mentioned in this episode include: A Daily Practice to restore your nervous system to a minimum viable baseline. This is mine to inspire your own version. Increasing your quality of life using Nervous System Intelligence The wee book - Successful Outside, Struggling Inside - instant access via email, here > ______________________________________________________________________ Meet Shannon Eastman Shannon Eastman is a business growth strategist fluent in both boardroom dynamics and nervous system regulation. With 25 years of experience scaling businesses across tech, finance, and regulated industries worldwide, she brings a systems-thinking approach to performance, leadership, and wellbeing. After five years studying the neurobiology of trauma, Jungian psychology, and polyvagal theory, Shannon now integrates nervous system intelligence into the way business gets done—through corporate pilots, strategic partnerships, and a global network of innovators driving this shift. Her work bridges performance and wellbeing, laying the groundwork for a more human, sustainable way to lead. www.shannoneastman.com Follow Shannon on LinkedIn > ______________________________________________________________________ NEW: Nervous System Economy™ You'll hear us refer to the Nervous System Economy™ — a industry level educaiton initiative committed to integrating Nervous System Intelligence into business and leadership. You'll find more about this over here: www.nervoussystemeconomy.com _______________________________________________________________________ A Note on Safety Your mental health, wellbeing, and sense of safety matter deeply. Working with a trauma-informed practitioner can make a significant difference. While this podcast shares insights, reflections, and tools, it is not a substitute for professional support. If you're seeking a qualified practitioner, visit the Directory on our website. Our community includes psychologists, psychotherapists, and psychiatrists who work through a trauma-informed lens — often with a special interest in supporting professionals aged 40+ or working within organisations. _____________________________________________________________________ #WTTLO #WhoTurnedTheLightsOn #NervousSystemEconomy #CPTSD #Wellbeing #MentalHealth #40PlusProfessionals #Anxiety #TraumaRecovery #NervousSystemRegulation #WellbeingAtWork #Edutainment #NervousSystemBasics #NervousSystemInformedApproach #recovery, #stress, #Anxiety, #CPTSD, #Nervous System, #Nervous System Economy, #WTTLO, #Nervous System Intelligence, #Nervous System Literacy #Nervous System Economy #Nervous System Intelligence #Nervous System Tech #Nervous System Knots #Nervous System Basics #Nervous System Economy #NErvous System Intelligence #Projection #Perception #Nervous System Intelligence #unconscious #Subconscious #Nervous System Regulation #Nervous System Economy #Nervous System Intelligence #Nervous System Economy #Nervous System Intelligence