Written by Simone Usselman-Tod
Creativity isn’t necessary to reset the nervous system, but it is one of the most effective ways to do so. There’s a common belief that creativity is something we do after everything else is taken care of. Once the work is done. Once things settle down. Once there’s more time. But what I see, again and again, is that for many people, things don’t settle down.
Written by Simone Usselman-Tod
Stepping outside and slowing down can shift more than you think. There’s a pace many people have become used to living at. Busy. Full. Always thinking about the next thing. For a lot of women I work with, it’s not that they can’t handle it – they can. They are capable, responsible, and used to being the one others rely on.
But what often gets missed is what that pace is doing to their nervous system over time. Not in a dramatic, obvious way, but more in a steady, underlying way that starts to feel normal – feeling a bit wired, a bit tired, mentally stretched, and not quite settled.
Written by Stephanie Orphanacos
I love getting older.
I know that’s not something you hear very often, but I truly do. The perspective that comes from having lived on this earth for more than sixty years feels like a gift. Experience has a way of softening my reactions and widening my view of the world. And as we move toward the season of spring it feels like the perfect moment to reflect on that. Many of us are looking at the months ahead and contemplating the significant shifts unfolding around us. We see it on the geopolitical stage, but we also feel it here at home as our country begins to reconsider long-standing dependencies on our closest neighbour. Change is certainly in the air, my friends. And, as is often the case, my own little world is shifting too.
Written by Tracy Sherriff.
There’s a quiet myth in entrepreneurship and professional growth that success is a solo pursuit. Work harder. Figure it out. Stay in your lane. Build quietly. If it doesn’t work, try harder.
But here’s what I’ve seen in non-profit, higher education, and in business… we don’t grow in isolation. We grow in community.
Whether you’re building an education-based offer, scaling your business, refining your professional practice, or trying to move from scattered ideas to structured programs, learning alongside others accelerates clarity, confidence, and results. This isn’t just motivational language. It’s grounded in research.
Written by Simone Usselman-Tod.
At Wild About Wellness, we do not gather to fix ourselves. We gather to regulate. We reconnect. We slow down enough to hear ourselves again. We call this neurowellness. Not from a clinical perspective or because it’s complicated, but because it is practical, human, and something we can practice every day.
Neurowellness simply means learning how to care for your nervous system so your brain, body, and life feel more steady, clear, and resilient. In many ways, it is also a form of radical self care.
It is the quiet and courageous choice to say that your wellbeing matters enough to pause and your nervous system matters enough to tend to. In a world that rewards pushing and productivity, slowing down can feel radical. And yet it is exactly what our biology needs.