You've tried meditation. You've tried journaling. You've tried that app where a soothing British voice tells you to "notice your breath" while your nervous system is busy composing a mental email that will definitely get you fired. None of it worked. Because no one told you the actual problem. Your nervous system has been running on emergency settings since approximately 2003, and every "just calm down" you've ever received has made it worse. You're not broken. You're not "too anxious." You're not bad at relaxing. You just never got the manual. This is the manual. Your body has been keeping score while your mind kept scrolling. Your tissue holds every argument you swallowed, every boundary you didn't set, every "I'm fine" that was a lie. Your bones remember what your brain conveniently forgot. And no amount of positive thinking will change your physiology. REGULATION is not another book about "finding your peace." This is a field manual. Practical. Immediate. Built for people who need to function while life is actively happening. Inside you'll find: The Zero Point Protocol: 60 seconds that change everything else (yes, really, and no you don't need a meditation cushion or a personality transplant) State recognition: How to know if you're overwhelmed, frozen, or ping-ponging between both while pretending to be fine in a meeting Real life chapters: Children. Partners. Family. Money. Work. Conflict. Loss. Because your nervous system doesn't dysregulate in a vacuum, it dysregulates when your mother asks why you're still single and your kid needs a snack and your inbox has 46 unread messages The actual science: Polyvagal theory, neurobiology, and somatic practice explained in language your body understands (no PhD required, no spiritual bypassing included) Your blood already knows how to regulate. Your breath already knows the way home. Your body has been waiting for you to stop abandoning it every time things get hard. This book won't make you calm. Calm is an Instagram aesthetic. This book will give you the capacity to stay in your body while your kid melts down, your partner sighs in that tone, your bank account sends notifications you don't want to read, and life keeps lifeing. The goal is not peace, but PRESENCE. Enough ground to stand on. Enough pause to choose. Enough body to not send that text you'll regret. That's it. That's everything. Written by someone who spent 20 years studying nervous system regulation through yoga, shiatsu, neuroscience, and working with thousands of humans who all asked the same question: How do I feel okay while I'm here? This book is the answer. For everyone who's been told to "just breathe" while their chest was on fire. Your body is ready. Open the book. 🔥