Masterclass Guides
Tactical guides distilled from guest masterclasses in the NSM vault. Each guide is designed to be useful on its own. Full recordings are reserved for students with access to the Masterclass Vault.
Taking in the Good: Rick Hanson on Overcoming the Negativity Bias
Rick Hanson explains how brief, embodied experiences of peacefulness, satisfaction, and connection can gradually change the nervous system.
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How to Work With Chronic Anxiety
A practical guide from Nick Wignall’s Nervous System Mastery masterclass on fear, worry, avoidance, and building a healthier relationship with anxiety.
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Master Public Speaking Anxiety with Tristan de Montebello
Tristan de Montebello shares three speaking habits, two practice games, and the feeling of home he returns to in front of an audience.
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Master Your Sleep for Nervous System Health
A practical guide to Mollie Eastman’s Nervous System Mastery masterclass on using light, temperature, food timing, and mental wind-down to support deeper sleep.
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Optimize Your Home Environment for Nervous System Health
A practical guide to Dom Francks and Andy Bromberg’s Nervous System Mastery masterclass on shaping light, air, sound, and space so the nervous system can settle.
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Practical Tools for Improving Your HRV with Salim Najjar
Salim Najjar shares the five pathways that changed his HRV and the reset practice he uses to train recovery.
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Internal Family Systems for Inner Work: A Nervous-System Guide to Parts
A practical guide to Derek Haswell’s Nervous System Mastery Internal Family Systems session on relating to inner parts with more steadiness and compassion.
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Modern Addiction in a Distracted World: A Nervous-System Guide
A practical guide to Alex Olshonsky’s Nervous System Mastery masterclass on addiction, distraction, reciprocal narrowing, and rebuilding a life with more aliveness.
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Overcoming Creative Dysregulation: A Nervous-System Guide for Creative Blocks
A practical guide to Kelly Wilde Miller’s Nervous System Mastery masterclass on reading creative blocks as nervous-system signals.
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How to Raise Regulated Kids: A Nervous-System Parenting Guide
A practical guide to Franzi and Ted Gonder’s Nervous System Mastery masterclass on parenting, co-regulation, modelling steadiness, and raising children with more nervous-system capacity.
Read guide →Navigating Depression by Learning to Feel Bad
A practical guide to Nick Wignall’s Nervous System Mastery masterclass on depression, emotional avoidance, functional thinking, and rebuilding activation gently.
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Self-Unfolding and Aletheia: A Practical Guide to the Four Depths
A practical guide to Steve March’s Nervous System Mastery masterclass on self-unfolding, Aletheia, and the four depths of parts, process, presence, and non-dual awareness.
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Transformational Men's Work: A Nervous-System Guide to Men's Groups
A practical guide to Raul Espinoza’s Nervous System Mastery masterclass on men’s groups, vulnerability, peer-led support, and emotional regulation in community.
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Unpacking Blissful Jhana States: What Jhana Is and Why Joy Can Feel Intense
A practical guide to Stephen Zerfas’s Nervous System Mastery masterclass on what jhana states are, how they differ from typical meditation, and why intense joy can feel surprisingly activating.
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Adult ADHD Emotional Regulation Tools: A Nervous-System Guide
A concise guide to Jesse J. Anderson’s Nervous System Mastery masterclass on ADHD, emotional regulation, executive function, and practical support systems.
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Meditation Myth-Busting: Effortless Living Without Spiritual Pressure
A practical guide to Michael King’s Nervous System Mastery masterclass on meditation myths, the Fire and Water Method, effortlessness, and staying grounded under pressure.
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A Nervous-System Guide to Psychedelic Preparation and Integration
A concise guide to Dr. Michael Yang’s Nervous System Mastery Q&A on psychedelics, safety, preparation, integration, and nervous-system support.
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Self-Regulating in High-Stress Situations
A practical guide to Brett Kistler’s Nervous System Mastery masterclass on using fear, attention, and honest self-reflection to regulate under pressure.
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Your Psychograph and the Bio-Emotive Framework: A Practical Nervous-System Guide
A practical guide to Doug Tataryn’s Nervous System Mastery masterclass on using the Psychograph and Bio-Emotive Framework to map emotional patterns with more precision.
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