The Autonomic Compass
Changing the world, one nervous system at a time
Understanding your nervous system is the first step toward meaningful change
This isn’t just wellbeing work. It’s future-making work.
In today’s rapidly changing world, many of us are navigating heightened stress, uncertainty, and complexity—both in our personal lives and in the systems we engage with. These pressures can lead to burnout, disconnection, and reactive decision-making, making it harder to collaborate, create, and care for what matters most.
Our Nervous System Literacy training offers practical tools to help you recognise and regulate stress responses, fostering resilience and adaptability in both personal and professional settings.
What's inside?
This tool is a gift to help you reconnect with your body, understand your nervous system state, and grow your capacity to respond to life with more clarity, care, and choice.
I call this response-ability — the ability to respond rather than react.
The Autonomic Compass is informed by Polyvagal Theory, trauma-aware design, and embodied practice.
It includes practices to help you: (1) Identify your nervous system state and (2) Recognise adaptive stress responses and move toward regulation.
Use this as a gentle, reflective tool — not to fix, but to befriend your nervous system.
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A practical tool to support your nervous system
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The Autonomic Compass.
Build awareness. Shift state.
Grow your response-ability.
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We hope this practice supports you to reconnect with yourself, those around you and the wider systems you’re part of.
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A Grounded Start to 2026
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A Grounded Start to 2026
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Trauma-Informed Practice Foundations
Supporting you to engage with greater care, safety and awareness
Wellbeing in the Work
Self & team care for those working at the edges of complexity & care
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Cocreate Change thinking
Read some of our thinking on the Cocreate Change blog.
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Most teams I work with tell me a similar story. There is too much to do and not enough time
Why nervous system literacy matters in a complex world
We are living in a time that asks a lot from us. The pace is fast. The pressure is constant.
Polyvagal Theory : Don’t Throw the Baby Out with the Bathwater
Polyvagal Theory isn’t perfect, but let’s not throw the baby out with the bathwater!
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