How the Nervous System Restores Motivation, Drive, and Follow-Through

By the end of January, goals don’t usually disappear — effort does.

You don’t stop caring. Your nervous system just stops permitting effort.

When your autonomic nervous system shifts into protection mode, relief becomes the priority, not growth. That’s why pushing harder only makes you feel more blocked. Effort is not a personality trait or a moral quality. It’s a biological state created by regulation.

This episode explains the Effort Gate: the neurological gateway between intention and action, why it closes under overload, and how to reopen it using a simple, neuroscience-based reset — without willpower, pressure, or burnout.

Nothing is broken in you. Your system just needs the right signal to feel safe enough to move forward again.

If this feels familiar, let me help you reset the system and get effort back online.
Explore brain mapping and nervous system regulation at https://drtrishleigh.com/ — you deserve a brain that works with you, not against you.

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