Nervous System Regulation Coaching
Nervous System Regulation Coaching in Westminster, CO
Makayla Maniscalco is a transformational coach in Westminster, Colorado, who specialises in nervous system regulation for burned out wellness entrepreneurs, founders and leaders whose bodies stay in overdrive long after the working day has ended.
A dysregulated nervous system does not announce itself. It shows up as the inability to sit still without a task, the 3am wake up, the irritation that arrives before the thought, and the flat feeling on the days when nothing is wrong.
You cannot think your way out of it, which is why insight alone has not fixed it. The work happens in the body as well as the conversation.
Who this is for
- The wellness entrepreneur running on empty. You hold space for other people all day and have nowhere to put your own load down.
- The founder whose body will not stand down. The company is fine. Your sleep, appetite and patience are not.
- The practitioner who knows the theory. You can explain regulation to a client and cannot reach it yourself.
- The leader who only has two settings. On, or collapsed. The middle gear went missing somewhere and has not come back.
What the work looks like
- Format
- One to one, in person in Westminster and across Denver, or virtually worldwide
- How it starts
- A free connection call and a short questionnaire, before anything is committed
- Structure
- Built into a coaching container designed around you rather than sold as a fixed course
- Investment
- Set per container and discussed on the free connection call
Reading the pattern
The first job is naming what your system is actually doing, and when. Regulation work fails when it is applied generically, because a system stuck in shutdown needs the opposite input to one stuck in overdrive.
Working in the body
Breathwork, somatic practice and movement are used to change the state directly, rather than talking about the state. This is the part that insight alone cannot substitute for.
Reaching the driver
Alongside the body work, Makayla uses neuro linguistic programming, Mental and Emotional Release and hypnosis to reach the belief or stored charge keeping the system on alert. Releasing that is what stops the pattern rebuilding itself.
Tools you keep
You leave with practices you can use without her, because regulation that only happens in session is not regulation.
Credentials and methods
Makayla is a Certified Integrative Coach and 500 hour Registered Yoga Teacher, certified in neuro linguistic programming, Mental and Emotional Release, hypnosis and meditation, and has worked this way since 2018.
This is coaching, not therapy and not treatment for any diagnosed condition. If you are working with trauma clinically, keep that relationship. Many clients do both.
Where she works
In person in Westminster, Colorado, and across Denver.
Virtually for clients anywhere, which is how most of the wellness entrepreneurs she works with join.
Common questions
What are the signs my nervous system is dysregulated?
Common ones are waking at the same hour every night, being unable to rest without a task, digestion that changed without a cause, irritation arriving before the thought, and feeling flat on days when nothing is wrong. Any of these can have medical causes too, so get them checked.
How is this different from a breathing app?
An app gives you a technique with no read on your current state, so the same exercise gets used whether you are wired or shut down. Those need opposite inputs. This work identifies the state first, then applies the practice that matches it.
Why do wellness entrepreneurs burn out so often?
Because the work is emotionally load bearing and the income usually depends on personal capacity. You absorb other people all day, then run the business at night, and the one thing that would help, genuinely stopping, is the thing that feels least affordable.
Is this the same as somatic therapy?
No. Somatic therapy is a clinical practice delivered by licensed therapists. This is coaching, and it is forward focused rather than treatment for any diagnosed condition. It borrows somatic techniques, but the frame, the training behind it and the scope of what it addresses are all different.
How long does it take to shift?
It varies genuinely. State changes can happen inside one session, and clients often notice sleep first. Changing the underlying pattern so it holds without effort takes longer, and depends on how long the system has been running that way. Nothing here is a guaranteed timeline.
Can this help with sleep and digestion?
Clients frequently report improvement in both, because both are governed by the same branch of the nervous system this work targets. That said, this is not medical care and it does not treat any condition. Persistent symptoms belong with a doctor first.
Do I need to overhaul my schedule?
No. Practices that require an empty calendar are the ones that get dropped by week three. The tools are built to fit inside a working day, because the whole point is a system that can regulate under load rather than only on holiday.
Book a free connection call
Bring what your system is doing and Makayla will tell you what the work would look like.
Book a Free Connection Call