JAX Exchange - Winter 2025 - Magazine - Page 11

We live in a culture of constant acceleration. Technology promised to simplify our lives, yet somehow we’re busier than ever, scrolling through feeds at stoplights, answering emails after midnight, squeezing productivity hacks into every available moment. The world operates at a relentless pace, and we’ve been conditioned to match it stride for stride.

But there’s a cost to all this velocity. A particular kind of exhaustion that comes from living life in perpetual motion, the constant hum of go, go, go, do more, be more. We’ve normalized operating in what scientists call the sympathetic nervous system: our body’s fight-or-flight mode. What we’ve forgotten is how to access its counterpart, the parasympathetic nervous system, where rest and restoration actually happen.

Dr. Carlin Reaume understands this tension intimately. In her episode on The Jacquelyn Social Exchange, host Mary Daffin sits down with Dr. Reaume for a conversation that moves seamlessly between professional insight and profound personal truth. What emerges is a roadmap for anyone navigating life’s transitions, struggling with perfectionism, or wondering how to reclaim joy in the everyday.

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