Heather Strom

When your nervous system expands, your life feels steadier. For years, nervous system regulation has been positioned as the ultimate goal of healing. Calm the body. Reduce stress. Manage overwhelm. But what if nervous system regulation is only the first step? If you’ve done nervous system healing work and still feel overwhelmed, capped, or exhausted by growth, you may not need more regulation; you may need expanded capacity. Your nervous system is not just a stress-response mechanism. It is...

5 Questions That Reveal Whether You’re Growing Together… or Apart There comes a moment in many spiritual journeys when the light turns inward—and what was once comfortable suddenly becomes confining. Maybe your heart has cracked open. Maybe you’re hearing whispers from the universe. Maybe you finally see… you’re not the same person you were when you chose this relationship. But now, the question is louder than ever: Can we still grow together… or is it time to lovingly part ways? This...

Trigger. Even the word itself can be… well, triggering. For many people, the moment they acknowledge a trigger, they immediately drop into shame, defensiveness, or self-judgment. We’ve been conditioned to believe that being triggered means we’re broken, overly sensitive, or “not healed enough.” But this perspective is not only outdated — it’s spiritually inaccurate. There is a global misunderstanding around what a trigger actually is. And until we reframe it, we continue to miss the profound...