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NOTE FROM JONNY

Hello Curious Human 👋

Welcome to Issue 89!

Today is an exciting day at the Curious Humans HQ — months of work and creative juju have been lovingly poured into redesigning the Nervous System Mastery website (v2.0)

I'll keep the intro brief, but suffice it to say that I feel proud of how it's turned out, and hope that others resonate with the new designs as much as I do (check it out here)

For the past couple of years, this course has been my full-time project (also financially supporting this newsletter & podcast) — and I feel fired up by the mission of spreading nervous system literacy into mainstream culture.

Thank you for the ongoing support.

Stay regulated out there,

Jonny

MAY YOUR NERVOUS SYSTEM BE FOREVER REGULATED

Enrolment Doors for Nervous System Mastery Cohort #6 Are Open! (Oct 7 — Nov 9)

For the last few months, we've been working on revamping the website (Nervous System Mastery 2.0) and creating a home that I hope reflects what is truly a world-class curriculum.

This course is for anyone looking to cultivate calm, build greater resilience or reduce the half-life of their reactive tendencies.

We now have 1000+ self-aware and inwardly curious students in our alumni community — many of whom have transformed their lives by taking (sometimes 4+ times) this immersive learning experience.

“I can safely say this course is the single best investment I’ve made in my health and wellbeing. It almost feels like I’ve unlocked cheat codes for the game of life. ​ ​— Jonathan Carson

Upcoming Guest Speakers:

We're pulling out all the stops and inviting some of the freshest thinkers and practitioners in the personal transformation space.

- Joe Hudson — Rapid Fire Hot Seat Coaching

- Steve March — An Introduction to Self-Unfolding and Aletheia

- Raul Espinoza — An Introduction to Transformational Men's Work

- Franzi + Ted Gonder — Parenting Deep Dive: How to Raise Regulated Kids

- Derek Haswell — Experiencing the Magic of Internal Family Systems

- Maverick from Thyself — Can AI Support with Emotional Processing?

- Stephen Zerfas at Jhourney — A Panic Attack for Joy? Unpacking Blissful Jhana States

- Sofia-Jeanne Caring — An Introduction to the Relational Dojo

- Nick Wignall PhD — Cultivating the Courage to ‘Feel Bad’ — Skilfully Navigating Depression

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So, if you're looking to cultivate greater calm, resilience, and aliveness in your life — I wholeheartedly recommend considering joining for the upcoming Fall Cohort of Nervous System Mastery.

p.s. use the code CURIOUS at checkout to save $250 on enrollment.

p.p.s. if this might be of interest to friends, colleagues or loved ones — feel free to forward this email along.

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NEW EPISODE JUST DROPPED

[Podcast] The Longing to Belong with Jerry Colonna

I had an in-person conversation with the co-founder of Reboot, Jerry Colonna. Jerry is one of the most infamous executive coaches in the world — with a reputation for making CEOs cry and asking devastatingly poignant self-reflection questions.
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“What do I need to give up that I love, in order to have the systems of belonging that I want?” ​ — Jerry Colonna

In this conversation, you can expect to learn:

- Jerry's inner journey discovering his mythopoetic identity and how that has informed the coaching work he is so known for.

- The idea that one measure of a leader is the numerous of people who feel safe enough to belong.

- The root causes of the global intimacy disorder that our culture is experiencing.

- The very human tension between longing and belonging that we all experience on some deep level.​

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MORE FUN STUFF TO CLICK ON

Et. Cetera ​

Underrated Philosophy: I think Georges Ivanovitch Gurdjieff might be the most underrated philosopher of the last century. Layman Pascal described him brilliantly in this book as a cross between Indiana Jones, the Buddha, and Borat. Precisely the refreshing flavor of trickster wisdom missing from today’s vanilla approach to human development. Read.

Write Better with AI: The team at Every is hosting a course on How to Write with AI. As someone who has been increasingly impressed with what is possible (especially from Claude) I'm excited for this. Explore.

Flaming Hot Speculations: Theoretical neuroscientist Mike Johnson was recently interviewed on his thoughts on the biological mechanisms for Jhanas and how trauma is stored in the body. I'm speaking with him on Thursday for the podcast, but this episode is a super primer. Listen.

Where Are We Heading?​ A deep dive interview with the wise and increasingly bearded sensemaking prophet Daniel Schmachtenberger in a conversation aptly titled 'A Vision for Betterment.' Watch.

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FREE STUFF I'VE BUILT

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PARTING WORDS

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"Emotion is inseparable from the body in which it is felt, and emotion is also the basis for our engagement with the world"

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