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🐾✨ We are so excited to officially share Paws & Pearls with the JPotter Health community. ✨🐾

This event was created for the people who see their pets as family and want to experience something joyful, playful, and memorable together. From enrichment fun and treats to portraits, music, vendors, swag bags, and all the puppy personality in between… this is going to be such a special evening. 💛

At JPotter Health, supporting nervous system wellness and connection extends to our pets too. Calm, enrichment, bonding, play, and shared experiences matter for both humans and dogs, and this event is designed to celebrate exactly that.

Tickets are limited and some packages have very limited availability, so if you’ve been thinking about coming, now’s the time to reserve your spot.

We cannot wait to meet your pups and see all the bow ties, pearls, wagging tails, and prom-night energy. 🐶✨

Learn more and grab your tickets here:
https://jpotterhealth.com/page/dog-prom

🐾✨ Calling all dog parents! ✨🐾

Grab your pup and join us for Paws & Pearls: A Promenade on Saturday, May 30th from 4–7 PM at The Grateful Dog Bakery in North Ridgeville.

We’re wagging the night away with music, vendors, swag bags, an obstacle course, portraits and more, all created for dogs and the people who love them.

Bring your best-dressed pup, your playful pup or your “I’m just here for the treats” pup. We want to see them all. 🐶💛

Spots are limited, so scan the QR code to reserve your place.

We can’t wait to see you and your furry best friend there!

🐶 May 30th, 4–7 PM.
📍 The Grateful Dog Bakery, North Ridgeville.
✨ Paws, pearls and a whole lot of puppy personality.


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Tonight is the Reset Room.

There’s nothing you need to prepare.
Nothing you need to get right.

You don’t need to be good at relaxing.
You don’t need to know what to expect.

You just need to show up as you are.
Tired.
Wound up.
Overthinking.
Or just curious why your system won’t fully settle.

This space meets you there.
If you’ve been feeling it all week… this is your moment to step in.

We begin tonight.

“This isn’t just stress”

If you feel “on” even when nothing is wrong…
this isn’t just stress.

It’s your nervous system staying in a state it hasn’t completed.
Your body doesn’t reset just because the situation ended.

It resets when it processes what happened.
And most people never learned how to do that.

So it builds.

In your chest.
In your breathing.
In your sleep.
In your reactions.
That’s why you can be sitting still
and still feel like something is running in the background.

The Reset Room isn’t about talking it out.

It’s a guided experience designed to help your body begin releasing what it’s been holding in a way that feels safe, simple, and real.

No pressure.
No performance.
No figuring it out.

Just space to come back down.

We start May 13, 2026 at 730 PM. click link to register
If your body is ready, you’ll feel it.

“A moment people don’t talk about”

She sat in her car for a few extra minutes.

Not because she had time
but because walking inside meant everything would start again.

The questions.
The noise.
The expectations.

So she stayed.

Just long enough to breathe
even though it never really felt like a full breath.

If you’ve ever done that
sat in your car, delayed walking into your own life
you already understand more than you think.

That moment isn’t laziness.
It isn’t avoidance.

It’s your nervous system asking for something it hasn’t been given yet.
A pause that actually lets it reset.
Most people push past it.
Or numb it.
Or ignore it.

But what if you didn’t have to?
The Reset Room is a guided space to let your body finally come down
without needing to force it or figure it out.

This is for the moments you’ve been carrying alone.

“You’re holding more than you realize”

There’s a kind of tired that sleep doesn’t fix.

It’s not about how many hours you got last night.
It’s the kind of tired that sits underneath everything.

You keep going.
You get through your day.
You handle what needs to be handled.

But your system never fully comes back down.

Even in quiet moments, there’s something still running in the background.

That’s not a mindset issue.
That’s your nervous system staying “on.”

Most people don’t even realize it’s happening.

They just think this is how life feels now.

But your body was never designed to live like that.

There is a way to come back down
not by forcing it…
but by allowing your system to complete what it’s been holding.

This week, I’m opening a space for that, click below for more details
https://jpotterhealth.com/page/reset-room

Reset Room If your mind feels “on” even when nothing’s wrong, this will make sense. The Reset Room is a live, guided nervous system reset designed to help you come out of stress, overthinking, and that constant pressure state in a way that feels different the moment you step in.

come check out the grinch and

Join us TOMORROW 11/30 for pet photos with the grinch!!! ALL types of pets welcome (as long as they won’t eat our grinch). Simplicity Photography will have digital & print options available, Grateful Dog Bakery will be selling dog treats, J Potter Health will have great info for fosters and adopters about animal decompression, and Leslie Yerkes will be signing books! We also have TONS of dog clothes (Xmas gifts!) and a cash bar so come on down and hang out!!!
*pets not required to have a drink and do some Christmas shopping!

As promised on Wednesday here is an “Inner Script Reset” exercise.
Your inner voice can be your biggest ally — or your harshest critic. If you’ve been running the same unhelpful script for years, it won’t disappear overnight… but you can interrupt it and start rewriting it today.

Here’s the 2-Minute Inner Script Reset:
1️⃣ Catch it. Notice the exact words you’re saying to yourself. Example: “I can’t believe I messed this up. I’m such an idiot.”
2️⃣ Pause it. Say (out loud or in your head): “Stop. That’s not helpful.” This interrupts the pathway your brain is about to run.
3️⃣ Replace it. Choose a reframe that’s true and useful. Example: “I made a mistake. I can fix it, and here’s the first step.”

Why this works:

Catching it builds awareness
Pausing it disrupts the old neural pathway
Replacing it starts wiring in a new, more helpful route

Want more examples and language swaps to help you rewrite your inner script? They’re all in this week’s newsletter —
grab your free copy here ➡️ https://jpotterhealth.com/landing/newsletter-sign-up

On Tuesday, I shared about a client whose inner critic showed up over one small mistake.
Here’s why that happens — and how you can change it.

Your brain is like a trail system. Every time you have a thought, you walk down a path. The more often you walk it, the more worn-in and automatic it becomes.

In neuroscience, these are called neural pathways. In NLP, we think of them as mental programs — learned patterns that run automatically in response to certain triggers.
Pathways can be helpful or unhelpful:
Helpful pathway: You make a small error and automatically think, “Okay, fix it and move on.”
Unhelpful pathway: You make the same error and instantly hear, “I’m such an idiot, I always mess this up.”

Here’s the important part: Your brain doesn’t label a pathway “good” or “bad.” It simply strengthens whichever one you travel most often. This is why repeated criticism — even from yourself — wires in so deeply.
But here’s the good news: In NLP, we use reframing and state change techniques to interrupt the unhelpful pathway mid-run and redirect you down a different one.
Each time you do that, you make the new path easier to find — until, over time, it becomes the automatic route.

It’s not about “pretending everything is fine.” It’s about installing a more useful program so your inner voice helps you solve the problem instead of punishing you for it.
On Friday, I’ll share a simple Inner Script Reset exercise you can try — it only takes two minutes and it can start rewiring your brain from the very first time you use it.

Story of internal narrative sabotage → shift.

He stared at the email, his jaw tight, the cursor blinking back at him like it knew. One small mistake. One missed attachment. And before he could even hit “send again,”
the voice was there — sharp and familiar:
“You idiot. You can’t even get the simple stuff right. They’re going to think you’re useless.”
It wasn’t his boss talking. It wasn’t a co-worker. It was him —

his own inner script, reciting lines he’d been hearing for years.
The thing about that voice is, it doesn’t care if you’ve just done a hundred things right.
It will grab the one wrong thing, the one stumble, and put it on repeat.

But here’s what I told him: That voice is not you. It’s just an old story your brain learned somewhere — maybe from a critical parent, maybe from a harsh coach, maybe from years of trying to be perfect. And like any script, it can be rewritten. This week, I’ll show you how to catch that story mid-sentence, change the lines, and finally start speaking to yourself like someone you actually respect.

Each morning, complete three tiny actions — each under 5 minutes — before you do anything else.
Here’s why:
✔ Each action gives your brain a dopamine boost, jumpstarting motivation
✔ Physical movement sends your nervous system a “we’re safe” signal
✔ Stacking small wins builds momentum for bigger tasks
Need ideas?
Try:
Make your bed - Drink a glass of water - Step outside and take 5 deep breaths -
Send a quick thank-you text - Put one thing away in your home or workspace

By Monday, notice:
Is your morning mood different? Did you start your day with more focus? Did bigger tasks feel easier to begin?

In this week’s newsletter, I’m sharing my full list of 15 stress-busting small wins you can rotate all month long. It’s free, and you can sign up here ➡️ https://jpotterhealth.com/landing/newsletter-sign-up