I Was So Sure I Was Right
My daughter had a violin concert her senior year. I was there with my camera, proud and ready.
As the evening went on, I noticed something. Every time I stood up to take a picture, the woman directly...
How I Stopped Hitting the Wall
Last week my throat started to get scratchy.
My first thought was: I'm getting sick.
And then I caught myself. I redirected. I don't have to get sick. I might be just fine. What does my body n...
What a Scary Car Ride Taught Me About Boundaries
Someone offered me a ride home recently. I was grateful.
Then we hit the canyon road and started barreling along at 70mph in a 45 zone. I felt uneasy. Then anxious. Then scared.
And I said nothing. ...
Your Nervous System Knows Before You Do
My daughter, September 2025. Balloons filling, not yet lifted.
Monday night I stepped outside with my friend while she had a cigarette.
It was cold enough that I turned right back around and w...
Your Body Keeps the Anniversary Even When Your Mind Has Moved On
What 9/11, Hebb's Law, and a bench at the memorial taught me about how trauma wires in and how we rewire it
I watched it happen on television.
Over and over. I think most of us did. We were in sh...
The Shadow Side of "Both/And"
(Why holding two things at once can become a way to avoid feeling either one fully).
"Both/and" is one of my favorite concepts in healing work.
The idea that two things can be true simultaneou...
The Nervous System Paradox Nobody Talks About
(Why feeling MORE dysregulated might mean your healing is actually working.)
I just had a hard week.
I was with family I love deeply, navigating some unexpected health concerns, stress in the hou...
The Question I Ask Before I Try to Fix Anything
This past Thursday one of my kids came into the kitchen with that face. Jaw tight. Eyes already filling. Before a single word came out, I could feel my own body wanting to jump in and ask what happene...
What My Pinky Toe Taught Me About Rewiring Your Nervous System
I've been stretching my pinky toe.
It's been a little too friendly with its neighbor for as long as I can remember, just leaning in, curling slightly, making itself at home. It's always just been that...
Why Your Emotions Keep Coming Back (And Why That's Actually Good News)
What a client taught me in 2015 that changed everything about how I do this work
A client said something to me in 2015 that I didn't have a good answer for.
"We rolled on that emotion before and ...
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Author
Jill Walton
Life Coach · Nervous System Specialist · Integrative Change Work Practitioner · Emotion, Body & Belief Code Certified
I've helped people shift the patterns that talk therapy alone couldn't touch. The work happens in the body — and that's exactly where I work.
