Surviving vs Thriving | What's the Real Difference?

Описание: Series: Break the Pattern

This conversation explores the difference between surviving and thriving — not as a mindset, but as a biological and nervous-system state that shapes how you think, feel, create, and live.

Many people spend years functioning in survival mode without realizing it. The body stays braced, stress chemistry remains elevated, and the nervous system never fully settles. Over time, this becomes normal — and that internal state quietly drives identity, habits, and outcomes.

In this episode, Jane explains why lasting change doesn’t happen through motivation, positive thinking, or effort alone. The subconscious doesn’t respond to intention — it responds to repetition, chemistry, and lived experience in the body.

Creating plays a central role in this shift.

When you create — through art, writing, music, or hands-on expression — attention moves into the present moment. Breathing changes. The body exits anticipation and enters participation. Stress chemistry begins to settle, and the nervous system experiences safety again.

That shift matters.

Because presence is where the subconscious receives new input.
And repeated presence is how identity begins to change.

This is a grounded conversation about how creativity regulates the nervous system, why survival becomes a learned state, and how thriving emerges when the body is trained to live somewhere else.

If you feel like:

You’re always “on” and can’t fully relax
Your body feels tense or braced most of the time
You struggle to meditate or slow your thoughts
Stress and anxiety feel constant, even on good days
You feel better when you create but don’t know why

This episode will help you understand what’s happening underneath it — and why creating is such a powerful reset.

In this video, you’ll hear about:

How survival becomes a physiological baseline
Why thinking alone doesn’t create change
How the subconscious learns through repetition
What fight-or-flight looks like in daily life
Why creativity brings the body into presence
How flow states calm stress chemistry
Why thriving starts in the nervous system
How repeated presence reshapes identity

⭐ Timestamps
00:00 – Motivation Monday & surviving vs thriving
02:10 – Survival as a biological state
05:50 – Why thinking doesn’t override repetition
08:12 – Why change requires new input
09:36 – Creating and the present moment
12:15 – How the nervous system resets
15:25 – Creativity as meditation
18:54 – Thriving as a trained state
22:47 – Identity, presence, and long-term change

⭐ Playlist
Break the Pattern: Stop Negative Thinking
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⭐ Connect with Me
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