The Power of Your Heart

A New Paradigm for Thriving in the Age of AI

Restoring clarity, balance, and positive human connection in a rapidly accelerating world.

What I see again and again are people who are doing everything right — successful, responsible, thoughtful — yet their bodies are tense, vigilant, and tired. They understand stress intellectually, but they don’t feel better. And somewhere along the way, many quietly assume the problem must be them.

It isn’t.

In a world that moves faster than the nervous system can naturally integrate — cognitively, emotionally, technologically — the body adapts in order to keep going. What looks like anxiety, overwhelm, or chronic tension is often intelligence at work, not failure.

Staying Steady in a World That Won’t Slow Down

This work begins with a different question — not “How do I fix myself?” but
“What did my body learn in order to survive this pace?”

Rather than trying to force calm, it focuses on restoring a sense of partnership with the body. Through small, repeatable experiences of internal safety, the nervous system begins to recalibrate. Vigilance softens. Clarity returns. The body no longer has to stay on guard.

People don’t just feel less anxious — they regain dignity, trust, and a quiet confidence in their own signals. They learn that nothing is wrong with them. Their body has been doing exactly what it learned to do.

And when the body feels safe enough to settle, something deeper becomes possible: steadiness, discernment, and genuine human connection — even in the age of AI.

Debra Kahnen is a registered nurse, nurse educator, and researcher exploring how nervous-system regulation and coherence restore resilience, discernment, and embodied intelligence. Author of The Power of the Heart.