Are You Stuck in Survival Mode?

 This brief self-assessment is designed to help you recognize the patterns of dysregulation and survival mode your nervous system may be living in — whether that’s activation (hyper-arousal) or shutdown (hypo-arousal).

When you understand where your system spends most of its time, you can begin choosing the steps that support healing — gently moving toward more safety, clarity, and balance.

It is possible to get your calm back.
To reclaim your inner peace.
To feel like yourself again.

Before I could teach any of this, I had to live it — and I was humbled by how real and utterly overwhelming it truly is.

I know what it feels like:

• when your mind won’t stop racing about everything you “should” be doing — and everything you’re not

• when everything feels like an emergency

• when focusing on one thing at a time feels impossible

• when even simple tasks feel overwhelming

• when starting feels hard and finishing feels harder

• when things that once felt easy now feel impossibly heavy

• when your emotions sit right at the edge and spill over with the smallest nudge

• when everything feels “too much” and “not enough” all at once — too much to hold, not enough capacity to meet it

• when you can’t tell whether you’re over-reacting — or everyone else is under-reacting

• when your body feels like the enemy

• when pain never truly fades, but only becomes manageable

• when deep, restorative sleep feels like a memory from another lifetime

• when you withdraw from more and more people because fewer and fewer feel safe

• when your life feels like it’s unravelling — and you can see it happening — but stopping it feels out of reach

I want to be very clear — it doesn’t have to stay like this — and there is an easier way out

Your system isn’t failing — it’s protecting you. And it can learn a new way. But there is one old mindset you’ll need to let go of:

Trying harder and doing more will not pull you out of survival mode.
Doing more, pushing more, bracing more — these are the very patterns keeping your nervous system stuck.

Trying harder isn’t a flaw — it’s a survival strategy. But it won’t bring your system back into regulation. What will? Small, steady moments of safety.

Moments of safety are the keys that unlock survival mode.
You need peace — not pressure.
Presence — not perfectionism.
Rest — not perpetual motion.

And you deserve guidance from someone who’s been through it — who won’t ask you to hide the mess or the exhaustion — and who will meet you exactly where you are.

Start here — and continue with the Free 3-Part Starter Series

When you download this self-assessment, you’ll also have access to my entire free 7-day Starter Series — along with a supportive email from me each day this coming week:

Day 1 — Welcome and Orientation
Day 2 — Self-Assessment — Are You Stuck in Survival Mode?
Day 3 — Moving Beyond Survival Mode: Part 1
Day 4 — Guided Meditation — Settle Into Safety
Day 5 — Moving Beyond Survival Mode: Part 2
Day 6 — Moving Beyond Survival Mode: Part 3
Day 7 — Moving Beyond Survival Mode: Part 4

It’s a gentle, practical roadmap — guided in science and grounded in my own lived experience coming out of a decade-long dysregulation spiral.

I’ll help you understand the patterns of your nervous system, release the shame that never belonged to you, and learn how to shift into safety, clarity, and inner peace — one small moment at a time.

You don’t need to look for the other free tools now —
you’ll receive them automatically after you download your self-assessment.

Take the first step toward regulation, clarity, and a sense of self that feels steady again.