NERVOUS SYSTEM REGULATION FOR RELEASING STORED TRAUMA: Simple Body-Based Exercises to Release Trauma, Calm Your Nervous System, and Feel Safe in Your Body Again
About this audiobook
Twelve feet is not far, as falls go. Two years later, he still couldn't walk past a ladder. 🪜
Owen fell from scaffolding, walked away with a fractured wrist and what everyone called "a lucky escape." Physically, he healed within months. What he never told anyone, until he finally spoke to Claire Wardel after one of her talks, was that his stomach still tightened at the sight of a ladder, that a sudden noise on site could send his whole body rigid before his mind caught up, and that sometimes, standing at his own kitchen counter on an ordinary evening, he'd go completely blank for minutes at a time, present but somehow not there.
If a single moment still has a grip on your body years later… if people keep telling you "it wasn't that bad, you should be over it by now"… if you go blank or brace for no reason you can explain… this is the book that finally explains why, without asking you to relive what happened.
Trauma isn't measured by the size of the event. It's measured by whether your nervous system's response to it ever got to finish. This book, drawing on real somatic trauma work, shows you how to gently help it finally complete, at your own pace, never forced.
Inside you'll learn:
🕊️ Why a single event can get physically "stuck" in the body
🕊️ Titration: why small, gentle doses matter more than pushing through
🕊️ Resourcing and grounding tools that work without reliving anything
🕊️ Your window of tolerance, and how to gently widen it
🕊️ A firm, honest chapter on exactly when to seek trauma-informed support
Owen still works in construction. The ladder doesn't own him anymore.
Read this book, and let your body finally finish what it started.
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About the author
Claire Wardel writes practical, compassionate books about nervous system regulation, somatic healing, and finding calm in an overstimulating world.
Her interest in the nervous system began close to home, after watching someone she loved struggle for years with chronic stress while insisting he was “fine.” Determined to understand what was happening beneath the surface, Claire began exploring the science of stress, the nervous system, breathwork, vagus nerve practices, and body-based approaches to feeling calmer and more grounded.
Claire is not a clinician, and she doesn't write like one. Her aim is to take ideas that can feel complicated or clinical and turn them into simple, approachable practices that ordinary people can actually use in everyday life.
Her books are written for anyone who wants to understand their body better, feel more at ease within it, and discover practical ways to support a calmer, steadier nervous system.
