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Lorwen C Nagle, PhD

@LORWEN108

Sep 11, 2025 • 14 tweets • 5 min read • Read on X

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Most people think thought creates reality.

It doesn’t.

Joe Dispenza was only HALF RIGHT.

The missing piece? IS IN THIS THREAD 🧵...

High achievers are obsessed with quantum leaps.

But the real leap isn’t thought → reality.

It’s shadow → wholeness.

Your brain runs on 3 neural networks.
Your psyche unfolds through 3 alchemical stages.

Our minds are based in imagination.
My framework for transformation is neuro-alchemy.

This isn’t just shadow integration work.

It’s a live alchemical process that rewires how you perceive, act, and create.

Fuse them—and you don’t just change your brain.
You change your LIFE.

Joe Dispenza proved that thought alone can rewire the brain.
But thought without imagery is stuck in unconscious emotional traps.

That’s why high achievers are outwardly successful, but inwardly empty.

Listen to Joseph Campbell talk about unlocking your dragon...

Vico saw it first in 1744.

He said: The foundation of human knowledge is not reason but imaginative universals—myths, symbols, and images.

Jung confirmed this by saying that imagery is at the basis of our minds.

Individuation unfolds through symbols and visuals.

It's an alchemical process.

Involving three elements:

Fire, Sea, and Vessel.

Neuroscience now validates this:

1. The Salience Network (SN) becomes the fire of attention.

2. The Default Mode Network (DMN) becomes the sea of imagination.

3. The Executive Control Network (ECN) becomes the vessel of integration.

Together they shape how we see, feel, and act.

When SN, DMN, and ECN fall out of sync, you get anxiety, overthinking, and perfectionism.

When you fuse them-- through symbolism and imagery-- you get wholeness.

This doesn't require new ways of thinking, it requires integrating the shadow parts of yourself + integration.

Walking outdoors without devices frees the salience system.
Drawing releases unconscious images into form.

Research shows both practices rewire neural connectivity and unlock dormant imagination.

This is what I teach.

Embodied alchemy.

Mindfulness gave you focused attention.
Manifestation practices gave you intention.
Individuation gives you integration.

The quantum leap is not becoming supernatural.
It's becoming fully who you were always meant to be.

Anxiety isn't random.

It’s your Shadow trying to break free.

It’s your soul saying:

“Stop performing. Start listening....and start drawing."

I work with CEOs, artists, and doctors to break free of their shadow.

I offer them the rare opportunity to face their Shadow and permanently break free.

Hi, I'm Lorwen Nagle.

I've spent 40 years as a Harvard-trained psychologist, studying consciousness with the Dalai Lama, and helping thousands untangle their minds.

As a Ph.D. psychology grad from @UTAustin
a Postdoc from @Harvard I can help you unlock your mind for greater success.

So, if you feel lost, anxious, or stressed out with your current life, schedule a free discovery call and we'll decode it:
calendly.com/lorwen_consult…

If this thread resonated with you, I explore psychology, philosophy, and personal transformation in my work.

Follow @Lorwen108 for more insights on the journey to authenticity.

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Lorwen C Nagle, PhD

@LORWEN108

Feb 16

In my 30s and 40s...

• I made reckless choices.
• Anxiety trapped me for years.

Then I found Martin Heidegger.

He taught me how to stop living FALSELY.

Here’s his 4-step protocol for mental freedom: 🧵

Heidegger was a philosopher and when anxiety hit, his
Salience Network (SN) yelled: “Something is off.”

He also noticed he was spinning false stories:

“What does this mean about me?”
"Why am I a loser?"

(His DMN was activated)

But then he did something very different.

He observed his thoughts.

And, by observing, he came up with a cure for 21st century anxiety:
(I'll summarize below...)

Step 1: Treat anxiety as a signal, not a symptom.

Don’t ask: “How do I stop this?”
Ask: “What false life is being exposed?”

Practice (60 seconds):
Name it plainly:
“This anxiety is pointing at ____.”

One sentence. No spirals.

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Lorwen C Nagle, PhD

@LORWEN108

Feb 15

The most influential psychologist of the 20th century wrote private letters to his children.

They weren’t about therapy.

They were about how to survive being human without losing your soul.

Here are 9 principles Carl Jung QUIETLY taught his children—that most people never hear about: 🧵

First, understand who Jung was:

• Medical doctor + psychiatrist
• Founder of analytical psychology
• Broke with Freud at the height of his career
• Studied myth, religion, alchemy, and dreams
• Treated world leaders, artists, and thinkers

But his most radical work wasn’t in books.

It was in how he taught his children to live.

Principle 1: “Do not become what the world wants from you.”

Jung warned his children that society rewards adaptation—but punishes authenticity.

“If you live only as you are expected, you will become empty.”

The task wasn’t to be successful.

It was to become whole.

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Lorwen C Nagle, PhD

@LORWEN108

Feb 14

The most powerful metaphor about the human mind:

Plato's Cave.

It explains why most people feel stressed, depressed, and trapped—without knowing why.

Here are 7 warning signs + the exit protocol 🧵

Plato imagined prisoners chained in a cave since birth, facing a blank wall.

Behind them: a fire casting shadows from puppets.

The prisoners believed these shadows were reality because it's all they've ever known.

This isn't ancient philosophy - it's your daily life--RIGHT NOW.

Sign #1:

You react with hostility to ideas that challenge your worldview.

When information contradicts your beliefs, do you feel angry rather than curious?

That's your chains rattling.

True seekers say "that's interesting" instead of "that's wrong" when confronted with new perspectives.

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Lorwen C Nagle, PhD

@LORWEN108

Feb 13

The hidden cause of chronic anxiety, people-pleasing, and “always on” stress:

Self-abandonment.

Warning signs appear long before panic attacks or burnout.

Here are 5 early signs to watch for (share this with someone you love) 🧵

Dread before social situations

It’s not “introversion.”

It’s your nervous system running an old risk calculation:
“If I’m fully myself, I could lose connection.”

So your body goes into threat mode—before you even walk in.

Ignore this, and the next signs get harder to miss…

2. You hesitate right before telling the truth

That pause isn’t shyness.

It’s protection.

Your system learned early:
Truth can cost love.
So it tries to keep you safe by silencing you first.

Once your body treats honesty like danger, what do you do?

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Lorwen C Nagle, PhD

@LORWEN108

Feb 8

CO₂ sensitivity is one of the most powerful (and ignored) nervous-system interventions.

But, most people don’t know this system exists.

Here are 7 ways to calm your CO₂ alarm + lower your anxiety (in seconds).🧵
1. Stop “silent overbreathing.”

Most anxious people aren’t breathing too little.

They’re breathing TOO MUCH (fast, shallow, chest-only breathing).

That keeps your chemoreflex on a hair trigger.

Instead:

breathe quieter
breathe lower (belly/ribs)
slow your pace

2. Lengthen your exhale.

This instantly downshifts your nervous system's thread detector.

Slow breathing with longer exhales reduces nervous system anxiety and shift body stress within minutes.

Try:

Inhale 4 seconds → Exhale 6–8 seconds

Do 6 cycles at first.

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Lorwen C Nagle, PhD

@LORWEN108

Feb 4

Ernie Hudson is 80 years old.

And he looks stronger than most men half his age.

His secret?

No “get shredded in 30 days"...

Just repeatable systems he’s followed for years:

He basically treats physical fitness like mental fitness:

Small reps.
Daily repetition.
No drama.

And that’s why it lasts decades.

The lesson?

Consistency beats intensity.

A system you can run for 20 years beats a “transformation” you quit in 20 days.

Your body and mind are your responsibility.

Hudson says, "Build habits that compound."

At 30 you call it “fitness.”

At 80 you call it freedom.