Ep 38: I Don't Get Angry, I Grow a Tumor Instead: Dr. Alena Candova on Nervous System Regulation

Podcast: Odyssey & Alchemy: Men's Inner Transformation and Depth Psychology with Martin Prihoda · Martin Prihoda | Mindfulness Podcast & Men's Work Expert

Opublikowano: 2026-08-10

Willpower has a ceiling. You can out-hustle almost anything — except a nervous system that's still bracing for a threat. Dr. Alena Candova spent years being the person who had it together — capable, resilient, checking every box — without realizing she was running on survival instincts, not actual alignment. A chiropractor turned nervous system expert, she's the author of Grace Over Grit, and she works with high performers, many of them men who've built their entire identity on grit. In this conversation we explore nervous system regulation and why most self-help gets it backwards — willpower isn't the ceiling...