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Lorwen C Nagle, PhD

@LORWEN108

Aug 28 • 13 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X

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Your brain was NEVER designed for modern-day Western society.

As a Harvard-trained psychologist, here are 5 reasons why you can't:

-Sleep
-Overthink
-And, feel exhausted.

Read this NOW if you want to be free....🧵

Anxiety isn’t a “disorder.”

It’s a powerful signal meant to wake you up from the hypnotic trance of modern-day living.

It’s telling you that you’ve drifted away from your true self and what it means to be truly human.

Three core networks run your reality:

* Salience Network (SN)
* Default Mode Network (DMN)
* Executive Control Network (ECN)

When hijacked, they trap you in survival mode 24/7.

Reason #1: When your SN is hijacked--everything feels like an emergency.

Your salience network was built to spot a tiger in the grass...

NOT Twitter hooks and bling.

Yet, every time you check your iPhone your SN spikes into high alert.

You live in constant threat and fear.

Reason #2: When your DMN is hijacked, your mind won't stop time-traveling.

Instead of resting, it replays old wounds, reviews past conversations, and rehearses disasters.

You’re stuck in negative thought loops reviewing past and future events that prevent you from accessing the present moment.

Reason #3: When your ECN is hijacked, you stay stuck in catastrophe thinking.

Your Executive Control Network (ECN) should steer you toward clarity and success.

Instead, it locks you into:

1. “What ifs”
2. Future disaster imaginings
3. Repeated circular rumination.

Reason #4: Your neural networks fight with each other.

1. Your SN screams "danger."
2. Your DMN continuously loops on the past.
3. Your ECN thinks worst-case scenario.

As a result, your brain stays stuck on red alert.

Reason #5: Society has weaponized your biology (and you're not aware of this!)

For instance:

1. Your SN is hijacked by clickbait (news and media).
2. Endless FOMO hijacks your DMN.
3. Productivity hijacks your ECN.

Modern culture profits from your brain being hijacked.

The result. You...

1. Relive pain that has already passed.
2. Predict disasters that never happen.
3. Miss a life you could have had.

Because modern-day society traps your attention and works against free thinking.

But here’s where it gets interesting.

Anxiety isn’t your enemy.
It’s an alarm signal in modern-day society that you are disconnected from your truth.

It is calling you back to authentic connection.

Your 3 neural networks are out of alignment.
Ask yourself these 3 questions...

"What aspect of your authentic self is trying to emerge?"
"Where are you living others' expectations rather than your own?"
"How is your anxiety pointing you toward emotional growth?"

Your answers will reveal your truth.

If you want a deeper dive into present moment awareness...

Here are my tools to rewire your three neural networks and help you return to present-moment awareness.

1. Walk outdoors without devices (reset SN)
2. Draw to turn rumination into imagination (rebalance DMN)
3. Train emotional intelligence (realign ECN)

If you are feeling overwhelmed by life, book a free discovery call with me.
You don't have to go it alone.

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Aug 22

If you think you have Trauma, science says it didn't start with you.

Unhealed trauma doesn't just disappear—it gets passed down through DNA as self-sabotage, cycles of failure, and toxic relationships.

Here's what science says about generational trauma (and how to break the cycle):

First, what is inherited trauma?

It’s the psychological and biological footprint of your family’s unresolved trauma.

It's passed down through generations as unexplained health issues, anxiety, and emotional stuckness.
Here's where it gets interesting...

Scientists have discovered that trauma ACTUALLY changes your genes.

When your ancestors experienced war, poverty, or sexual abuse, their bodies adapted to survive.

These changes—called epigenetic tags—alter how our genes are expressed. When you are born, you carry these epigenetic tags.

You may think you inherited your grandmother's hair color or height, but you also inherit her emotional trauma.

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Lorwen C Nagle, PhD

@LORWEN108

Aug 19

I'm a Harvard-trained psychologist who works with ultra-successful high-net-worth individuals...

And I hate to break it to you, but the cost of overthinking and anxiety is the life you could have lived.

Here's the protocol I created that actually works: 🧵

Most of my clients are accomplished professionals — dentists, doctors, and company founders with impressive careers.

Despite their success, they struggle with overthinking and procrastination. They can't seem to shake it.

But why?

Most therapy focuses on your conscious mind, which is only 10% of what you are aware of.

But Carl Jung discovered the real leverage point:
Your unconscious mind already knows how to change.

It's been trying to tell you. You haven't been listening.

Here's what I've observed:

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Lorwen C Nagle, PhD

@LORWEN108

Aug 18

"Some people die at 25 and aren't buried until 75." Benjamin Franklin

Most are walking-dead:

• Stuck in your parents' dream
• Lost in soulless jobs
• Tangled in traumas

If this is you, here are Carl Jung's 7 laws for finding your purpose:

1/ Your Purpose Is Expiring Soon.

Carl Jung identified 2 distinct life phases:

- 1st half: Build your life, achieve goals, establish identity
- 2nd half: Find meaning, integrate shadow, seek wholeness

Many midlife crises occur when people cling on for too long.

Your purpose evolves as you do...

- The ambitious entrepreneur might need to become a mentor.
- The dedicated parent might need to rediscover their individual identity.

Jung taught that psychological growth continues throughout life—if we're willing.

But why is this important?

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Lorwen C Nagle, PhD

@LORWEN108

Aug 17

Lucian Freud didn’t just paint people.

He entered their psyche.

Here’s the untold story of Freud’s great-grandson...

And, what he reveals about your anxiety...🧵

Born in 1922, Lucian Freud inherited

Sigmund Freud's passion for emotions and the unconscious.

But he chose NOT to study people in the consulting room.

He chose to paint them in his studio.

His paintings revealed unspoken feelings that dripped off the canvas.

They revealed loneliness and an inner preoccupation.

Profound psychological disturbance is visible in the body.

The result: viewers were both riveted and repelled by his work.

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Lorwen C Nagle, PhD

@LORWEN108

Aug 15

You don't have a "change is hard" problem.

You have a comfort problem.

As a Harvard-trained psychologist, I've found most people would rather stay miserable than feel temporarily uncomfortable.

Here's the science behind why you're stuck (and how to break free):

Your brain is literally wired to keep you stuck.

Status Quo Bias makes you overestimate the pain of change and underestimate your ability to adapt.

Researchers Samuelson & Zeckhauser found we'll choose familiar misery over unfamiliar possibility every single time.

Here's what's really happening:

Loss aversion kicks in. Your brain focuses on what you might lose (comfort, predictability) rather than what you could gain.

Kahneman & Tversky's research shows we feel losses 2x stronger than equivalent gains.

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Lorwen C Nagle, PhD

@LORWEN108

Aug 11

I'm a Harvard-trained psychologist

When I finished my Ph.D, I traveled to Tibet to fulfill my dream of crossing the Himalaya

After years of working with the Tibetan and Dalai Lama, I've collected some timeless wisdom the West has forgotten.

These 5 ideas will change your life:

I worked for the Dalai Lama, advocating for Tibetans through Amnesty International.

I also met my husband at Tibet House NYC, and a Rinpoche blessed our union in our backyard.

The Tibetans have a special place in my heart.

Here're 5 valuable lessons they've taught me:

1. In today's world, unhappiness often stems from:

• FOMO
• Materialism
• Social comparison
• Instant gratification

Yet, these issues rarely surface among Tibetans, making their culture a case study for happiness.