When setting a boundary feels like betrayal — a Christian counselor's guide to boundaries in faith and relationships. Why your body treats "no" as danger, the theology of boundaries as stewardship, and the S.A.F.E. Framework for setting boundaries without guilt. Includes a guided somatic breath practice and prayer. Download the S.T.A.R.T. Guide → https://elishas-space.onpodium.com

If someone you love has died by suicide, your grief is not just emotional — it's neurological. In this episode, I explain why suicide loss activates a fundamentally different response in your nervous system than other types of grief, and what you can do to find safety inside the unimaginable.

IN THIS EPISODE:

• Why suicide loss triggers a threat response, not just a grief response, in the amygdala

• How the vagus nerve goes into dorsal vagal shutdown after catastrophic loss — and why you feel numb

• The neuroscience of guilt: why your brain turns blame inward as a survival mechanism

• How suicide grief ruptures your theology — and why lament is not a failure of faith

• The S.A.F.E. Method: a practical framework for nervous system safety after suicide loss

• A guided somatic practice ("The Safety Anchor") for survivors

• A prayer for suicide loss survivors

IF YOU ARE IN CRISIS: Call or text 988 (Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, US). You are not alone. If you are outside the US, please contact your local emergency services or crisis line.

FREE RESOURCES:

• Download the S.T.A.R.T. Guide for somatic regulation:Website

• Learn about the Sanctuary Style Method: Website

• Work with Elisha: Restoring You Christian Counseling

ABOUT ELISHA: Elisha is a counselor, author, and the founder of Restoring You Christian Counseling. Her channel bridges clinical neuroscience with faith-based trauma recovery, offering somatic tools and theological reframing for nervous system healing. Learn more at Elisha's Space Website .

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When your body won't calm down — when you've tried every breathing technique and your nervous system is still stuck — you need tools that go deeper. In this episode, I'm giving you five faith-based nervous system regulation tools that most therapists don't teach and most pastors don't know.

These aren't top-down tools that require your mind to be calm before your body follows. These are bottom-up practices that start in the body — through interoception, proprioception, the felt sense,and the somatic completion of protective reflexes. Each one is grounded in clinical neuroscience and paired with a scriptural anchor, because the God who designed your nervous system also left you a pattern for peace in His Word.

In this episode:

• Tool 1: Pendulation — swinging attention between distress and resource (Somatic Experiencing)
• Tool 2: Interoceptive Anchoring — training your body to sense its own internal signals
• Tool 3: The Felt Sense Dialogue — accessing the body's pre-verbal knowing (Gendlin's Focusing)
• Tool 4: Gravity Anchoring (Root Regulation) — letting the ground hold you through proprioceptive release
• Tool 5: Somatic Boundary Practice (The Push-Away) — completing the body's protective reflex

Plus a guided breathing exercise, a prayer for nervous system healing, and a 7-day challenge to help you discover which tool your body needs most.

If you've tried grounding, mindfulness, and breathing and your body is still dysregulated — this episode is for you. There are tools beyond the basics. Your body can learn them.

Download the free S.T.A.R.T. Guide (Step-by-Step Somatic Regulation): 🔗 https://elishas-space.onpodium.com

Connect with Elisha:

🌐 Website: www.restoringyouchristiancounseling.com

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If this episode helped you, share it. Text it to one person you know is struggling. Just say: "There are tools beyond breathing. This episode changed what I thought was possible."

— Elisha is a counselor, author, and the founder of Restoring You Christian Counseling. Her channel, Elisha's Space, bridges clinical trauma recovery with Christian faith — offering somatic tools, theological reframing, and nervous system education for women navigating the intersection of faith and healing.

This content is for educational and inspirational purposes and is not a substitute for professional counseling or medical care. If you are in crisis, please reach out to a licensed mental health professional or call 988.

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