The 28-Day Nervous System Reset

About The 28-Day Nervous System Reset

The 28-Day Nervous System Reset is a guided meditation series designed to help you better understand your nervous system, recognize your emotional states, and practice moving toward greater calm, awareness, and choice. Created and hosted by Glenn Ostlund, MA, MS, LAC, a licensed therapist in Arizona, the series combines mindfulness, nervous system education, ACT-informed practices, polyvagal concepts, guided imagery, and binaural audio. Across 28 days, the podcast tells the story of the nervous system from its earliest evolutionary beginnings to the extraordinarily complex human experience of thought, emotion, relationship, memory, and self-awareness. Each episode offers a short reflection or meditation designed to help you notice what is happening inside you without immediately judging, fixing, or fighting it. The goal is not to eliminate difficult emotions. Fear, anger, grief, shutdown, anxiety, and stress are all part of a nervous system trying to protect and adapt. The practice is learning to recognize those states, create a little more space around them, and strengthen the pathways that support regulation, curiosity, connection, and intentional choice. Most episodes feature binaural audio, so headphones or earbuds are recommended for the full experience. After completing the 28-day series, listeners can continue with a curated collection of bonus meditations focused on topics such as anxiety, anger, grief, self-criticism, attachment, sleep, trauma, overthinking, emotional regulation, and nervous system safety. You do not need to force yourself to feel calm. You can practice finding your way back to it. One day, one breath, and one small choice at a time. This podcast is intended for educational and wellness purposes and is not a substitute for psychotherapy, medical care, psychiatric care, or emergency services.

Publisher

Glenn Ostlund

Category

education · health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

25 May 2025

Latest episode

12 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

143 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   12 Oct 2026

   Bonus Meditation: The Purple Lantern — The First Question

   Bonus Meditation: The Purple Lantern — The First Question Is courage the absence of fear? Or is courage something that becomes possible when we learn to experience fear differently? In this special bonus episode of The 28-Day Nervous System Reset, we introduce The Purple Lantern, a new immersive meditation series exploring the intersection of science fiction, neuroscience, psychology, philosophy, and the human experience of consciousness. Inspired by the psychological and philosophical themes of DC's Lanterns, this first meditation invites you into a mysterious world of light, shadow, inherited beliefs, and difficult choices. Through an encounter between a Witness and a Teacher, we explore what happens when fear meets awareness—and how compassion and conscious choice can illuminate possibilities we couldn't see before. Like the 28-Day Nervous System Reset, this experience combines guided storytelling with an atmospheric soundscape featuring 6 Hz theta binaural beats, designed to support relaxation, reflection, and immersive listening. Headphones are recommended. The Purple Lantern is also becoming its own standalone podcast, featuring an expanding collection of original, story-driven meditations that use science-fiction mythology as a doorway into self-awareness, emotional regulation, and personal transformation. Listen to The Purple Lantern podcast. (https://purplelantern.transistor.fm) This is an independent creative meditation project inspired by themes in DC storytelling and is not affiliated with or endorsed by DC Studios or HBO. The 28-Day Nervous System Reset is a 6 Hz theta binaural meditation series telling the evolutionary story of the human nervous system—from the first molecules of early Earth to present-moment awareness, emotional regulation, and greater choice in what happens next. Headphones are recommended for the binaural experience. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (https://patreon.com/The28DayNervousSystemReset?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink)

2. 

   21 Sept 2026

   Bonus Meditation - A Tale of Two Dows

   In A Tale of Two Dows, Glenn responds to a message from his father through a story about family, Taoism, a childhood cactus patch, and what he has learned about the nervous system since launching the 28-Day Nervous System Reset. It’s an invitation to notice thoughts, feelings, and inherited patterns with a little more curiosity—and perhaps discover a little more choice in what happens next. You can contact Glenn through his Psychology Today profile (https://www.psychologytoday.com/profile/1361562). ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (https://patreon.com/The28DayNervousSystemReset?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink)

3. 

   20 Sept 2026

   Bonus Meditation - Enjoying a Moment of Bliss on the Beach

   Inspired by a listener’s email, this guided meditation explores what happens when we allow ourselves to fully receive a moment of peace, pleasure, and safety. Settle into the feeling of a blissful day at the beach and practice teaching your nervous system that this moment is safe to enjoy. Headphones are required for the full binaural effect. You can contact Glenn through his Psychology Today profile (https://www.psychologytoday.com/profile/1361562). ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★ (https://patreon.com/The28DayNervousSystemReset?utm_medium=unknown&utm_source=join_link&utm_campaign=creatorshare_creator&utm_content=copyLink)

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

11 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

6 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 6 / 100

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Quality

11

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

0

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