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Why You’re Reading This
Feeding your pet isn’t just about protein and calories.
It’s about safety.
Rhythm.
Signal clarity.
Your dog’s nervous system is reading the how, not just the what.
So is your cat’s. Probably before you even walk into the room.
And your own nervous system?
It’s doing the same with your business, your body, your relationships.
This post will show you how they’re the same, why tending both changes everything - and what you can do right now to regulate all three.
What This Piece Is About
Lesser-Known Nervous System Truths That Reveal the Mirror
You don’t need a degree to understand this.
Just curiosity, a soft breath, and a willingness to return to what you already know.
1. Scent Is Memory. Food Is Story.
Dogs’ brains are wired for scent.
They remember smells the way we remember sights.
Cats do this too - only more selectively. They catalog their world through scent-based preference and trust.
Feeding isn’t just digestion.
It’s emotional.
Energetic.
Pattern-based.
If you rush the meal, you rush the relationship.
Your mirror:
- Every routine you rush in your business builds distrust
- Every skipped breath in a conversation is registered like stale kibble in a cold bowl
What you can do:
Before you create, cook, or communicate - pause and smell something real.
- Open a spice jar
- Inhale fresh herbs
- Smell your pet’s fur after sunbathing
This grounds your nervous system through scent the same way food grounds theirs.
Smell creates memory. Let it build safety first.
2. Cats Heal Themselves With Frequency
Cats purr between 25–150 Hz, which stimulates bone growth, nerve regeneration, and tissue repair.
They literally hum themselves back to health.
Dogs heal differently - through breath, posture, and presence. The slow exhale.
The tail drop. The sigh that says, “I’m safe now.”
Their nervous systems regulate with rhythm. So does yours.
Your mirror:
- How do you restore when things fall apart?
- What’s the frequency of your internal environment?
What you can do:
Hum low and slow for 60 seconds.
- Close your lips
- Let the sound vibrate in your throat and chest
- Focus on the feeling, not the pitch
This activates your vagus nerve and stimulates your own healing frequency.
Same system. Different species.
3. Feeding Is Regulation
Feeding raw, species-appropriate food isn’t just about nutrients. It’s a signal of stability.
When you feed filler, you introduce chaos.
When you feed from a regulated state, their digestion improves.
Your business is no different.
You can’t serve from a nervous system stuck in panic.
What you offer carries the energy you cooked it in.
Your mirror:
- What’s the state of your energy when you hit send, hit publish, hit “add to cart”?
- Are you feeding clarity or franticness?
What you can do:
Use bilateral stimulation before working or feeding.
- Tap your right then left collarbone gently, back and forth
- Or walk slowly while swinging your arms intentionally
This grounds your nervous system and signals coherence before action.
Feed from regulation, not reaction.
4. Phantom Pain, Real Energy
A dog with an amputated limb may still feel it.
A cat may lick at a paw that’s no longer there.
Their nervous systems remember.
So do ours.
We respond to absence. We act from loss.
We try to protect what’s no longer at risk.
Your body keeps score. So does your strategy.
Your mirror:
- Are you overcompensating for something that’s already healed?
- Are you planning from a wound instead of a vision?
What you can do:
Gently rub your hands or feet while speaking aloud what is no longer true.
- “I’m no longer in danger.”
- “I don’t need to hustle to feel worthy.”
- “Fear doesn’t run the show anymore.”
Let your body hear the update.
5. Nervous Systems Don’t Lie - They Translate
Rosa runs and hides when we’re off.
Carlito won’t eat when we’re scattered.
Opal walks away the second we fake a smile.
And Lokah? He vanishes like mist when the house is buzzing with pretense.
They don’t need to hear it.
They feel it.
So does your client. So does your audience. So does your gut.
Your mirror:
- Are you performing peace, or actually cultivating it?
- Do you want to be heard, or received?
What you can do:
Put your bare hand over your chest before you speak, write, or share.
- Let your body feel your own presence
- Say it softly: “I’m here. I’m with me.”
Presence starts in the nervous system, not the draft folder.
