How to Stop Absorbing Other People's Emotions (Without Going Cold)

Wondering how to stop absorbing other people's emotions? Your partner goes quiet, your boss sends a short text, someone you love is upset with you — and within seconds their mood has become your emergency. Heart racing. Mind spinning. Already drafting the explanation. In this solo episode of Wellness Simplified, Kelly Nicholls unpacks why someone else's disapproval can feel so physical. She explains neuroception — the body's split-second safe-or-unsafe check — and why a nervous system t...