Hello there, Just a brief note from me today as my wife and I are heading out on a hike through the redwoods to celebrate our 4th wedding anniversary. Wishing you a wonderful week. Jonny p.s. I challenged the latest Claude model to turn my unclenching essay into a music video, and the results were quite impressive... // GENIUS LIFE INTERVIEW In Conversation with Max Lugavere I had the pleasure of sitting down in Max's home in LA and recording a heartfelt conversation exploring grief, boundary...
27 days ago • 1 min read
// UPDATE FROM SANTA CRUZ Well, that was an exciting week... The How to Unclench essay received over a million views on twitter/X, I find it somewhat re-assuring that people still have the attention span to read a 30 minute essay. Or as my friend Rob Hardy likes to say: "The people they yearn for depth." I'm heading off-grid for a few days to recharge in nature, see you on the other side. Stay Curious Out There, Jonny p.s. enrollment doors for Nervous System Mastery close this Friday, so if...
about 1 month ago • 3 min read
// PERSONAL NOTE FROM JONNY I've been writing an essay for the last few months titled "How to Unclench" that I'm in the final phase of editing which I hope to be publishing tomorrow, so stay tuned. // ACCESS PROTOCOLS AT YOUR FINGERTIPS Staying Human in the Age of AI: Nervous System Regulation for a New Era I really enjoyed hosting the workshop yesterday, and getting the opportunity to nerd out on two of my favorite topics: nervous system regulation and using AI intentionally. I posted an...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
// UPDATE FROM SANTA CRUZ Brief update: after a few weeks of being hit with a fairly intense viral illness, I've started recovering & feeling a newfound appreciation for feeling energised again (it's amazing how much we can take our health for granted) // ANNOUNCING EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION Join the Fall Cohort of Nervous System Mastery Five years ago, I launched Nervous System Mastery, my 5-week flagship program and in the years since, we've run nine cohorts — guiding over 1600 students —...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
We live in unprecedented times. AI displacing jobs and accelerating burnout. Social media shrinking attention spans and trapping us in addictive cycles. All signs pointing towards an increasingly uncertain future. Amidst the maelstrom, building a resilient nervous system is the most important skill that you can cultivate for yourself — and gift you can give to those around you. How do you actually create a resilient nervous system? (hint: it’s not Wim Hof hyperventilation, peptides or zapping...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
// FOOD FOR THOUGHT I remember five years ago when I shared that I was running workshops for "nervous system regulation" and people were like 'wait, what now?' And since then nervous system protocols have become the trendy new thing, and it's amazing to see awareness spread into mainstream culture. There's a new frame that I've been exploring lately, and though it's a clunky word, I think the best way to describe it is 'unclenching'. Picture the moment right before stepping into a cold...
about 2 months ago • 3 min read
Hey there Reader, Our 15-Day Rewire Anxiety Challenge is around the corner, and a few of you have asked what it involves. So I thought I’d share a little more on where we’re going… The 15-day journey is structured in three sections: Days 1-5: Cultivate Calm Before you can rewire anything, you need access to a calmer baseline. This initial section gives you immediate, research-backed tools to down-regulate your nervous system when anxiety spikes. You'll learn the physiological sigh,...
about 2 months ago • 1 min read
// NEWS FROM THE INNER FRONTIER Rewire Anxiety Challenge starts September 1st Last January, we ran the 15-day Rewire Anxiety Challenge, where hundreds of people committed to using body-based practices to rewire their anxiety. Now, we're back again for a second round.... The 15-Day Rewire Anxiety Challenge is a condensed sprint through protocols that over 2,000+ students have used to transform their relationship with anxiety. Why a challenge? From my experience, unlearning anxiety is a skill,...
2 months ago • 1 min read
// FOOD FOR THOUGHT Welcome to the first edition of a new experiment... a meta-experiment, if you will. Introducing The Sunday Experiment, our new regular newsletter format. Each Sunday, you'll receive a note from me, an experiment to run that day or throughout the week, and a few curated resources I've picked up along the way. The core premise of what we share here is becoming a curious explorer of your internal landscape through simple experimentation. I'm a firm believer in being a...
3 months ago • 2 min read