[Regulation Practice] Use Your Special Interest to Settle Your Nervous System

This is a five minute resourcing practice that uses one of your special interests as the resource. If you've spent years being told your special interest is a distraction, this one goes the other way. It's wonderful, regulating, a source of joy... it's no distraction and is highly valuable to our lives.

Resourcing is a self-care practice where you bring something good to mind on purpose and pay attention to what your body and your nervous system do while you're there. In this one the resource is a passion or special interest of yours, something you're genuinely into. I walk you through picking one, getting specific with the details, and then noticing any shift that shows up. It works whether your brain runs on pictures, sounds, words, or facts, and in noticing our shifts, neutral is a completely valid result. Lots of options and adjustments for different neurotypes.

What you'll get from this practice:

• How to use a special interest as a regulation resource
• A menu of ways to notice change, built for how neurodivergent brains actually work
• Why neutral is a good enough result
• A quick version you can use in thirty seconds on a hard afternoon
• Permission to treat your passion as a genuine tool you already have

CHAPTERS:

0:00 Intro and safety

2:16 Bringing your special interest to mind

8:35 Coming back to the room

9:49 Outro

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About

This podcast was created, written, and is hosted by Jen deHaan. Jen has certifications related to healthy communities (Tufts University Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy), nervous system regulation, and she is a trauma-informed certified coach. She is working towards her board certified coach (BCC) credential, and has a BFA in teaching creative arts to adults. You can find her full bio here.

This podcast was made in British Columbia, Canada by Jen deHaan.

I respectfully acknowledge that I live and work on the unceded traditional territory of the Coast Salish peoples, and honour the homelands of the Qualicum First Nation and the Snaw-naw-as First Nation, as well as the ties of the Snuneymuxw and K'ómoks First Nations. I would like to express gratitude to these and all First Nations for their continued stewardship of these lands and waters where I create these episodes.

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Wired Divergent is for educational and informational purposes only and is not a substitute for professional medical, psychological, or therapeutic advice. If you're in crisis or need clinical support, please reach out to a qualified professional.

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