You’re safe on the couch with a cup of tea, yet something inside is still revving at 6,000 RPMs. An unread email feels like a predator. Two minutes of waiting for toast feels unbearable. Even when everything is “fine,” your body is braced for the next disaster. This is not a failure of willpower. This is a dysregulated nervous system doing exactly what it evolved to do in a world it was never designed for.

In The Quiet Reset, Marsan Ellison offers a warm, practical, and deeply human guide to coming home to your body no yurt, kale farm, or endless meditation required. With gentle humor and the latest polyvagal and trauma science (explained so simply you’ll wish you’d learned it years ago), you’ll discover:

• Why your body treats a passive-aggressive Slack message like a saber-toothed tiger
• How to stop numbing with “I’m fine” and start telling the truth your nervous system desperately needs to hear
• The 10-second exhale trick that climbs you back up the polyvagal ladder
• How to set boundaries that don’t feel mean (and why resentment is your body’s smoke alarm)
• Tiny “micro-recoveries” that prevent all-day burnout without needing a vacation
• Evening rituals that turn crash-landings into soft landings

This book is not another productivity hack. It’s permission to stop running and the roadmap to make stopping feel safe. Listen to it slowly. Keep it on your nightstand. Let it be the long exhale you’ve been waiting for.