Neurotheologist Leading The Revolution of Resiliencehttps://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lt4467oxsk24A Louisiana congressperson’s spouse once told my husband that the legislators all bring a lover when they go into session. I’m sure there’s a blackmail file on lawmakers at all levels to influence their votes.04 Jul 2025 01:37 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lt4467oxsk24https://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lr3t2i2mws2xThings I learned watching Mission Impossible in the theater: 1. I’ve healed a ton of authoritarian trauma from my time as a military wife. 2. I will probably never understand the appeal of seeing a movie in a theater. 3. You don’t have to be a good storyteller to make a ton of money.08 Jun 2025 12:03 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lr3t2i2mws2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lhx4aqjlns2wThe eggs situation has everyone scrambling while I'm just here... not vegan and not eating eggs as my usual way of being 🤷 Me and the vegans are completely unbothered. #EggFlation​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​12 Feb 2025 02:18 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhx4aqjlns2whttps://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lhtcxewr2c2oIf you’re interested in the fastest ways to rewire religious, authoritarian, and institutional trauma, become a paid subscriber (as little as $5) and join my Heretical Healing Demonstrations twice monthly - the next one is tomorrow at 3:00 PM Central. substack.com/@melanieweller https://substack.com/@melanieweller10 Feb 2025 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtcxewr2c2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lgnmxvintc2eIn my reading of “legitimate” successful exorcisms, the way the demons embodied the person and the way they were cast out aligns perfectly brain science. https://www.melanieweller.com/rewiringreligion26 Jan 2025 14:25 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgnmxvintc2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lgmgkoochc2rWhat is the best/most meaningful apology you’ve ever received?26 Jan 2025 02:58 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgmgkoochc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lghmb6xzy22bDoes your religious trauma have you mouthing someone else's truth? Join us Feb 2 and the first Sunday of every month. It’s free. 🧬 Stop lip-syncing your life. It’s time to sing your own sacred song. https://www.melanieweller.com/rewiringreligion24 Jan 2025 04:56 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lghmb6xzy22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lge3egj3o225With 20 years as a navy wife and living spitting distance from the VFW post, this article speaks my truth. [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Jan 2025 19:16 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lge3egj3o225https://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lffwrj33ak2lThe existential wounding from religious and spiritual trauma is neurologically different than other trauma and so needs a specialized approach.10 Jan 2025 19:34 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lffwrj33ak2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lf4nbjbb522bWhen someone dies by suicide, their body is so limited in uncompensated range of motion that they are living in rigor mortis. Their body is telling their brain that it is dead, and that creates the behavioral drive. It can be objectively measured and treated to change the drive for self harm.07 Jan 2025 02:50 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf4nbjbb522bhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3letcuex6e22uIf we genuinely want to stop it, we need to start viewing terrorism as a trauma response.03 Jan 2025 09:50 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3letcuex6e22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3leaufmnooc22This holiday, I was able to be with my habit of “trauma cooking” in a new way. Instead of cooking to cope or process all of the terrible holidays in my memory, I was able to hold the inner child of my ancestors having a tantrum in my nervous system and soothe them. 🤍27 Dec 2024 01:43 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3leaufmnooc22https://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3ldwwz6jfgc2sThe definition of embodiment is organized time perception and processing in your nervous system.23 Dec 2024 03:03 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldwwz6jfgc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3ld2zzgwz6s26Grief is a very living thing It visits at random You can’t schedule it I tried to work it away I tried to drink it away.. All it did was wait for me to finish.” ~Tyler Perry The holidays can bring up a lot of grief.12 Dec 2024 00:42 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld2zzgwz6s26https://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lcif6243kc2yI am taking a social media break and hope you give yourself breaks too. In the interim, if you want a dose of ancient meets modern nervous system regulation, check out my free 40 day Sacred Stomp Revolution www.melanieweller.com/sacredstomp04 Dec 2024 14:41 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcif6243kc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lcicv4emf22hEvery ancient myth and spiritual text started as 1. A way to describe the movement of the earth and stars. 2. A way to describe human anatomy, physiology, and the effects of stress on the body. 3. A way to describe the effect of the planets on the human body.04 Dec 2024 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcicv4emf22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lci3x7fro22nThe War on Christmas: Three things we all need to understand about it. 1. We all need drama. When life gets cozy, we'll pick a fight with a barista over "Happy Holidays,” bond with a conspiracy theory, manufacture a crisis, go do CrossFit, or take up a new hobby to live more interesting story.04 Dec 2024 11:56 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lci3x7fro22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lcfsxcz76c27We need a more compassionate society and I am happy to see Joe pardon Hunter. So many of Hunter’s choices are attributable to trauma responses from losing his mother and sister at a young age. My mother still reminds me of my worst choices to keep my shame and her superiority alive in her mind.03 Dec 2024 14:10 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcfsxcz76c27https://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lcaypi2fps2pIf you think people in the opposing political party are “stupid:” “Stupid” at the level of the brain is your amygdala and subconscious circuits driving decision making. We need to bake solutions for it into our media and communities. I’m here for it.01 Dec 2024 16:10 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcaypi2fps2phttps://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lcaulf64mk2lTime for a Reality Check: Why We Need to Switch Away From Polyvagal Theory I’ve been doing vagus nerve work with humans with physical and mental health diagnoses long before it was cool - at least 25 years. I’ve long had issues with polyvagal theory. Here’s why:01 Dec 2024 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcaulf64mk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lcapx3mgdc2o🧠 Sacred Screens: When Movies Meet Spirituality! 🎬⛪ Your brain processes movies in theaters similarly to religious experiences. Both create powerful shared moments of awe and transcendence (aka altered time perception!).01 Dec 2024 13:33 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcapx3mgdc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lc6vp4tdos2rThe story of Jesus’ death and resurrection lives inside of you. Your brain's default mode network (DMN) is your mind's own form of self-crucifixion 🧠✨30 Nov 2024 20:11 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc6vp4tdos2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lc56ezvifs2yWhen I told my mom that she has always been a wolf in sheep’s clothing to me, she took pause and we had a meaningful conversation that opened up some healing. I have said the same thing in other ways before but these words broke through the obstacles. 🐺 🐑30 Nov 2024 03:41 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc56ezvifs2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lc3r6dcids2fIf only the religious right knew how much their brain activity has in common with the neuroscience of evil.29 Nov 2024 14:12 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc3r6dcids2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lc2jtvgaxs2gToxic gratitude creates toxic neuroplasticity: Being grateful for objectively adverse or harmful conditions can reinforce harmful patterns in your brain and behavior.29 Nov 2024 02:28 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc2jtvgaxs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lc27ubczrk2cUnpopular idea: Gratitude is 🐂 💩 Discuss.28 Nov 2024 23:29 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc27ubczrk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lc264aeqac2t⏰ Science has uncovered something fascinating about gratitude - it's like a time-traveling superpower for your mind! 🌟28 Nov 2024 22:58 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc264aeqac2thttps://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lbzviikigs24Someone needs to explain to me why so many are obsessed with whole body deodorants right now. All I can think of is the massive endocrine system disruption they are causing…28 Nov 2024 20:24 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbzviikigs24https://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lbzcnmmbbc2uFor those of you who find today difficult because the Thanksgivings of the past are still very much alive: 🔮I see you. 🪄 I offer you the possibility of easy change: the past does not have to live rent free in your body. 🦄 And the freedom to celebrate in your way.28 Nov 2024 14:46 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbzcnmmbbc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/melanieweller.bsky.social/post/3lbrzoys2hs2h🧵 Your ancestors weren't wrong about the Sun - science proves it controls life & death. Here's the wild data: (1/6)25 Nov 2024 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:phy4o7dapimpuqh22xmldznc/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbrzoys2hs2h