Ep. 397 - Why Your Nervous System Is Blocking Your Manifestation with Sarah Baldwin
EXPANDED Podcast by To Be Magnetic™
Three Protective Nervous States
Sarah defines sympathetic, dorsal vagal, and freeze states and how each blocks action differently.
What if your core wounds aren't things to conquer, but parts of yourself that just need to be seen, heard, and understood? And what if the reason manifestation feels effortless in your imagination but impossible in action has nothing to do with motivation…and everything to do with your nervous system?
This week, Jessica sits down with somatic therapist and parts work expert Sarah Baldwin for a conversation that will completely reframe how you understand manifestation. Together, they explore why your nervous system calls the shots on what you attract, and how the self-protective patterns you developed as a child are quietly keeping you from stepping into your purpose, relationships, visibility, and expansion as an adult.
Using Somatic Experiencing & Internal Family Systems (IFS) and spiritual practices, Sarah explains how our minds are made up of different "parts" — inner voices or emotional states, each with their own fears and roles. The parts that learned to protect you in childhood don't disappear; they keep running in the background, quietly shaping what you believe you're allowed to have. Unblocking starts with getting curious about those parts rather than fighting them, and learning to become a loving, attuned parent to your inner child. With nervous system regulation and parts work, you'll move through fear without forcing it, gradually expanding your capacity to hold more goodness.
If manifestation feels clear in theory but sticky in practice, this episode will show you why, and guide you in softening the walls that have been keeping you from the life you've been waiting for.
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In this episode we talk about:
- Why your nervous system is the true gatekeeper of manifestation
- The three states of regulation: sympathetic, dorsal vagal, and freeze
- The “invisible wall” that shows up when you try to uplevel
- Why manifestation often feels uncomfortable before it feels good
- Building capacity to receive more goodness in your life
- The role of parts work in unblocking and reparenting
- Vulnerable parts vs. protective parts — and how they work together
- Why procrastination, perfectionism, and overachieving are protectors
- Becoming a “competent protector” for your inner child
- The lioness metaphor: soft and attuned, yet ferociously protective
- How adult self-energy creates safety for expansion
- Why intuition is quiet and unbothered (and how to distinguish it from fear)
- Why shining big is an act of healing — not selfishness
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