02/24/2026
Good morning! For the past 7 days my life has been a little topsy turvy. My nervous system has been more dysregulated and my sleep has been intermittent. I have required more coffee during my day than normal and the reason is….my sweet new puppy.
Please meet Willow LuLubelle. She found her furever home last Tuesday and we adopted her from Saving Paws Animal Rescue of Kentucky.
She is feisty, sassy, loud, wild, full of energy, loves to cuddle, will talk back if she doesn’t get her way, chews on everything and still has potty accidents. She’s fully 3 months and 7 days today. She’s a Scorpio so I have NO idea what I am in for!!! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
She does accept redirection very well though, and sometimes she will just simply walk off when I am trying to teach her some valuable life lessons.
Several clients have already met her and she’s been a hot topic of conversation and a beautiful way to connect with and talk about the nervous system.
Willow has already received her first full 5 hours of the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) which is an acoustic intervention for the nervous system. And it has really helped her separation anxiety and yowling/howling. SSP has helped her nervous system to settle and calm and we will do 4 more rounds of this intervention for a total of 20 hours of listening to the music.
I know the power SSP has in working with human nervous systems and now Willow is my 6th dog I am working with to heal her nervous system and help Willow move more fluidly up and down her nervous system ladder. I have used SSP with my other 2 dogs and now Kiwi- our Chihuahua can go into stores like Lowes without lunging at people or barking incessantly due to anxiety and fear. Charlie has become more relaxed and less anxious too. Another dog I have worked with would howl and yowl at storms uncontrollably and inconsolably while medicated and now he growls quietly. The shifts within nervous systems are profound.
Unyte Health is the founder of this amazing intervention and Dr. Stephen Porges helped create this too.
Utilizing Polyvagal Theory in psychotherapy has been a game changer for so many people’s lives. I know how beautiful life has become by learning to befriend my nervous system and tend to her needs when my sympathetic or dorsal parts get activated and dysregulated. This has increased my window of tolerance to experience uncomfortable emotions and sensations.
Check out my website for more information on SSP under services tab. Your nervous system will thank you.
Love light and the shadows
Jennifer