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This Episode Will Calm Your Nervous System | Prentis Hemphill

April 8, 2026·1 hr 7 min·5 clips
Prentis argues that stress, burnout, and anxiety are not personal failings but predictable nervous system responses to structural conditions — and treating them purely as individual problems deepens the hole.
Start with your nervous system.

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A grounded conversation about embodiment, nervous-system regulation, and how relationship starts in the body.

This episode takes nervous-system strain seriously and stays on practical ground. Dan Harris and Prentis Hemphill talk through embodiment, how the body can send more signals than people tend to notice, and how regulation can be practiced in ordinary life.

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For when your nervous system feels tapped out and you want language that lands.

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