Isn’t There More

Jennifer Moore

Isn’t There More  is a masterclass in personal and spiritual growth — where neuroscience meets soul and self-mastery becomes a way of life. Hosted by Jennifer T. Moore, licensed psychotherapist, coach, and creator of The Therapeutic Coach Approach™, this podcast is designed to educate, inspire, and empower you to step into your most authentic, aligned self. Each episode blends practical psychology, neuroscience, and timeless wisdom to help you understand your patterns, regulate your body, and rewire your mind for greater peace, purpose, and power. You’ll gain research-backed tools, thought-provoking insights, and transformational practices to help you break free from burnout, reconnect with your inner strength, and live from your highest potential. If you’re ready to move beyond information and embody true transformation — welcome to Isn’t There More. 

Episodes

  1. Jul 6

    What if Your Anxiety is Your Friend instead of Your Enemy

    What if your anxiety has never once tried to hurt you? For nearly 30 years, licensed psychotherapist Jennifer Moore has watched clients declare war on their anxiety. Fight it, try to numb it, or drink it away, and the next day it comes back 10x louder. Because you can't evict a bodyguard. In this episode, Jennifer breaks down what anxiety actually is, why it lives in your body before it ever becomes a thought, and how to finally stop fighting it. Through the lens of Internal Family Systems and Polyvagal theory, you'll learn to see your anxiety for what it really is: a young, tired, devoted protector that never got the memo you survived. Plus: five body-based tools you can use today, how to tell the difference between anxiety and intuition, and a guided befriending meditation you'll want to return to again and again. Your body isn't betraying you. It's trying to protect you.  IN THIS EPISODE Why 99.9% of us fight our anxiety, and why it always comes back louderThe good news first: your brain is neuroplastic and your nervous system is trainableFear vs. anxiety: one is about now, the other is about what might happen nextThe vagus nerve, the "wanderer," and why 80% of its fibers carry information UP from body to brainWhy anxiety shows up as a dropped stomach, racing heart, nausea, or hives before you have a single anxious thoughtJen's high school hives story and what her body was really doingPolyvagal theory 101: Dr. Stephen Porges and your nervous system's protective statesThe Inside Out 2 image: Anxiety gripping the control panel with both handsThe IFS reframe: anxiety as a loyal protector part still guarding the 7-year-old youMeet "Anxious Annie": why naming your anxious part changes your relationship with itYou don't fire a loyal employee. You thank her and update her job description.Anxiety vs. intuition: quiet or loud, specific or global, settles or loops, present or futureFive tools that speak the body's language: the physiological sigh, humming, orienting, cold water, and the befriending practiceA guided IFS-style befriending meditation (save this one) KEY QUOTES "You can't evict a bodyguard." "Your body isn't betraying you. It's trying to protect you." "Your nervous system would rather give you a thousand false alarms than miss one real threat. That's a loyal protector." "It doesn't know you grew up. It's still protecting the 7-year-old you." "You don't heal by fighting yourself. You heal by befriending yourself." THE 5 TOOLS FROM THIS EPISODE The physiological sigh. Two short inhales through the nose, one long slow exhale through the mouth. Three rounds.Hum. The vagus nerve runs right past your vocal cords. Hum, chant, or sing. Low and slow.Orienting. Slowly turn your head and name five things you can see. Tell your nervous system: we checked, no tiger.Cold water. Cool water on your face or wrists activates the dive reflex. Heart rate drops.The befriending practice. Turn toward your anxiety like a frightened child. I see you. Thank you. I've got it from here. (Guided meditation in the episode.) MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE Dr. Stephen Porges and polyvagal theoryInternal Family Systems (IFS)Pixar's Inside Out and Inside Out 2Previous episodes in this series: the Chiron in Taurus wound identity work, Patty Griffin's "Sweet Lorraine," and shadow work CONNECT WITH JEN Jennifer Moore is a licensed psychotherapist and founder of the Therapeutic Coach Approach™. Website Facebook communitySubscribe to the newsletterIf this episode landed for you, share it with someone in your life who's been at war with their own nervous system. And if you have a minute, a rating and review helps more people find the show.

  2. Jun 24

    When the Wound Becomes Who You Are!

    Episode Title: When the Wound Becomes Who You Are Description: Jennifer goes deep into her own lineage in this episode — the legacy of poverty, illness, addiction, and abuse she grew up inside, and how she's spent nearly 50 years recognizing and releasing the wound identity it produced. She names the difference between trauma and identity, why the nervous system chooses what's familiar over what's freeing, and what it actually takes to release a wound identity that's been working since before you had language. She also introduces the astrological window we are in right now — Chiron in Taurus from June 19th through September 17th, then returning in 2027 to stay through 2033 — and what it's asking of us collectively. And she introduces the trifecta — hormones, gut-brain axis, nervous system — alongside the next round of Calm in Command, a live online experience built around all three. What you'll hear: The legacy groove and how it forms across generationsWhy the wound identity feels safer than freedomThe "Larry did this to me" pattern and how to recognize it in yourselfJung's afternoon of life and why morning identities stop workingThe Chiron in Taurus window — why this exact moment is a callingWhy mindset alone can't release a wound identityThe trifecta — hormones, gut-brain, nervous systemAn invitation into Calm in Command this fallLinks: Get on the Calm in Command wait list Book a free consultationJoin the community

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Isn’t There More  is a masterclass in personal and spiritual growth — where neuroscience meets soul and self-mastery becomes a way of life. Hosted by Jennifer T. Moore, licensed psychotherapist, coach, and creator of The Therapeutic Coach Approach™, this podcast is designed to educate, inspire, and empower you to step into your most authentic, aligned self. Each episode blends practical psychology, neuroscience, and timeless wisdom to help you understand your patterns, regulate your body, and rewire your mind for greater peace, purpose, and power. You’ll gain research-backed tools, thought-provoking insights, and transformational practices to help you break free from burnout, reconnect with your inner strength, and live from your highest potential. If you’re ready to move beyond information and embody true transformation — welcome to Isn’t There More.