Calm Dose

About Calm Dose

CALM by Lane: Meditation for Life helps you understand your nervous system and learn practical ways to work with your body instead of constantly fighting it. Through short, focused episodes, we explore meditation, chronic stress, sleep, breathwork, fatigue, Long COVID, dysautonomia, the brain-body connection, somatic awareness, pain, resilience, and recovery—and what these things actually look like in everyday life. This isn't about being calm all the time. It's about building capacity, understanding the signals your body is sending, creating more space around stress, and learning how to find your way back when life knocks you sideways. Some episodes explore the science. Some are guided meditation, breathing or somatic practices. And some come from my own experience recovering from autonomic collapse and dysautonomia. I'm Lane Kennedy, a longtime meditation and stress management teacher and functional nutritionist, and much of what I share here comes from the practices I've taught for years—and then had to learn in an entirely different way when my own nervous system stopped cooperating. Expect practical conversations about nervous system regulation without turning your body into another project to perfect. New episodes arrive weekly. For longer practices, CALM by Lane Premium is my private, completely ad-free Practice Library of guided meditations, breathwork, somatic practices, sleep practices, walking meditations and nervous system practices. Join for $9.99/month at LaneKennedy.com/practicewithme.

Publisher

Lane Kennedy

Category

health & fitness · health & fitness · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

5 Apr 2025

Latest episode

28 Sept 2026

Latest episodes

31 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   28 Sept 2026

   What If You Don’t Need the Game Face Anymore? | Trauma, IFS & the Nervous System

   What happens when the version of you that learned how to survive is no longer the version you need? In this episode of CALM by Lane: Meditation for Life, I explore childhood trauma, Internal Family Systems (IFS), nervous system regulation, and the parts of ourselves we develop to feel safe, accepted and capable. For much of my life, I knew how to put on my “game face.” I could show up, perform, keep going and handle things. Then my body forced me to slow down. Over the past year, I haven't had the capacity to maintain the same pace or keep being “on”—and underneath all that effort, I discovered something unexpected: I feel settled. This episode explores how childhood experiences can continue shaping our adult behavior long after we've left the original environment. We look at the IFS concept of “parts,” people-pleasing, hypervigilance, achievement, identity, social media, and the subtle ways we may still be performing for an audience we don't even realize is there. This isn't about blaming your childhood or getting rid of parts of yourself. It's about becoming curious about which parts still serve you, which ones are working overtime, and what might emerge when they don't have to work quite so hard. The first part of this episode is free here on YouTube. To hear the complete conversation and practice with me at the end, join CALM by Lane Premium for the full episode, private ad-free Practice Library, longer meditations, breathwork, somatic practices and more. Join CALM by Lane Premium: LaneKennedy.com/practicewithme Subscribe to CALM by Lane: Meditation for Life for conversations and practices around nervous system regulation, meditation, stress, burnout, somatics and the brain-body connection. #ChildhoodTrauma #IFS #InternalFamilySystems #NervousSystemRegulation #Meditation #TraumaHealing #SomaticHealing #PeoplePleasing #CALMbyLane

2. 

   25 Sept 2026

   Your Body Is Not a Biohacking Project

   Your Body Is Not a Biohacking Project When does wellness optimization become another form of stress? In this episode of CALM by Lane, I share my experience as an early biohacker and explore what happens when tracking, supplements, routines, and constant self-improvement turn into nervous system vigilance. I talk about biohacking, nervous system regulation, stress, burnout, meditation, and learning to work with your body instead of constantly trying to optimize it. Sometimes the next level of wellness isn’t doing more. It’s learning when to stop. Go Deeper with CALM by Lane Premium Ready to move from learning about your nervous system to actually practicing with it? CALM by Lane Premium is my private, completely ad-free podcast membership with longer guided meditations, breathwork, somatic practices, sleep support, walking meditations and nervous system regulation practices designed for real life. New practices are added regularly, so you have somewhere to return when you need to settle, restore, sleep, breathe or simply create more space in your body. $9.99/month · Cancel anytime Join the private CALM by Lane Practice Library at: LaneKennedy.com/practicewithme (LaneKennedy.com/practicewithme).

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   23 Sept 2026

   What Happened When My Nervous System Collapsed

   What Happened When My Nervous System Collapsed I spent years teaching meditation, stress management and nervous system regulation. Then my own nervous system collapsed—and suddenly everything I had taught became personal. In this episode of CALM by Lane: Meditation for Life, I share what happened when I developed dysautonomia, what it felt like to lose the capacity I had always taken for granted, and how the experience changed the way I understand stress, regulation, recovery and the body’s constant movement toward homeostasis. This isn't a story about finding one magical fix. It's about learning to listen differently, working with the body instead of fighting it, and discovering what nervous system regulation actually looks like when you need it yourself. Want to go beyond the podcast and practice with me? CALM by Lane Premium is now open. Members get access to my private, completely ad-free Practice Library of longer guided meditations, breathwork, somatic practices, sleep support, walking meditations and nervous system practices, with new practices added regularly. Join CALM by Lane Premium at LaneKennedy.com/practicewithme. (LaneKennedy.com/practicewithme)

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