{"id":27939,"date":"2026-10-22T03:00:43","date_gmt":"2026-10-22T09:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/?post_type=podcast&#038;p=27939"},"modified":"2026-10-20T11:11:21","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T17:11:21","slug":"just-one-question-jeffrey-rutstein-did-i-inherit-my-nervous-system","status":"publish","type":"podcast","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/podcast\/just-one-question-jeffrey-rutstein-did-i-inherit-my-nervous-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Just One Question | Jeffrey Rutstein: Did I Inherit My Nervous System?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px; border: 0 none;\" src=\"https:\/\/art19.com\/shows\/1632d73c-91ea-42a8-a3db-a62b135d081c\/episodes\/ffbbd7ab-f8a8-49ae-9041-24df65293179\/embed?theme=dark-custom&amp;primary_color=%23F60F60\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ever notice how a tiny criticism can send you into a full-blown spiral, and then you spend the rest of the day furious at yourself for spiraling? Dr. Jeffrey Rutstein has a theory about why that happens, and it starts before you ever had a say in the matter: with the nervous system you were born with.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rutstein, a clinical psychologist, Hakomi-certified somatic psychotherapist, and host of Sounds True&#8217;s Healing Trauma Program, talks with Tami Simon about inheriting his own mother&#8217;s fight-or-flight wiring, and how a childhood encounter with Indra Devi&#8217;s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yoga for Americans<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> sent him down a decades-long path through pranayama, Hatha yoga, and Zen practice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In this conversation, Tami and Jeffrey explore:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Why your baseline nervous system state is more inheritance than character flaw<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">How naming that inheritance can interrupt years of self-blame and shame<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The difference between a fixed nervous system and one you can learn to shift<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This one&#8217;s for anyone who&#8217;s ever hated themselves for &#8220;overreacting.\u201d So\u2026pretty much everyone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Taken from the full <em>Insights at the Edge<\/em> conversation with Jeffrey Rutstein titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundstrue.com\/a\/resources\/podcast\/not-being-a-prisoner-to-your-nervous-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Not Being a Prisoner To Your Nervous System<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Find the complete interview: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundstrue.com\/a\/resources\/podcast\/not-being-a-prisoner-to-your-nervous-system\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/bit.ly\/iate-jeffrey-rutstein<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":27940,"template":"","meta":{"_expiration-date-status":"","_expiration-date":0,"_expiration-date-type":"","_expiration-date-categories":[],"_expiration-date-options":[]},"categories":[392],"tags":[170,242],"contributor":[996],"class_list":["post-27939","podcast","type-podcast","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health-and-healing","tag-insights-at-the-edge","tag-tami-simon","contributor-jeffrey-rutstein"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Just One Question | Jeffrey Rutstein: Did I Inherit My Nervous System? | Sounds True<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Just One Question | Jeffrey Rutstein: Did I Inherit My Nervous System? | Sounds True\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ever notice how a tiny criticism can send you into a full-blown spiral, and then you spend the rest of the day furious at yourself for spiraling? 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