{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Nervous System Eats First: Autism Spectrum, Menopause & Beyond","title":"Aromatherapy as Nervous System Medicine | Amy Anthony | Ep. 15","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/0a8c62f1\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3905,"description":"What if scent could give your nervous system permission to rest?\nIn this episode, Dr. Stacey Denise — lifestyle medicine physician and late-diagnosed autistic woman — sits down with Amy Anthony, founder of NYC Aromatica and one of New York's top clinical aromatherapists, to explore how scent becomes medicine for women whose nervous systems have forgotten how to exhale.\nDiscover how inhaling essential oils activates your parasympathetic nervous system, reduces cortisol, increases vagal tone, and offers a pathway back to your body that requires no words — especially powerful for women navigating alexithymia, hot flashes, night sweats, and decades of masking burnout.\nWhat You'll Discover:\nThe science of how aromatherapy activates your parasympathetic nervous systemEvidence-based protocols for hot flashes, brain fog, and night sweatsHow scent reaches below the level of language for women with alexithymiaEssential oils for sensory overwhelm, burnout, and emotional disconnectionHow to use aromatherapy to create boundaries with your environmentMorning and evening aromatic rituals for nervous system regulationHow to identify which essential oils work for YOUR specific nervous system\nTimestamps:\n0:00 Cold open — when scent becomes medicine\n2:15 Meet Amy Anthony, clinical aromatherapist\n5:30 The science — how aromatherapy activates your nervous system\n12:45 Aromatherapy for menopause symptoms — hot flashes, brain fog, night sweats\n18:20 Scent for alexithymia — healing below the level of language\n24:10 Essential oils for sensory overwhelm and burnout\n30:45 Creating boundaries with aromatherapy\n36:20 Morning and evening aromatic rituals\n42:15 Which essential oils work for your nervous system\n48:30 Two-minute scent check-in practice\n52:10 Resources and closing\nThis Episode Is For You If:\nYou're a late-diagnosed autistic or neurodivergent woman in midlifeHot flashes, brain fog, or night sweats are disrupting your daily lifeYou struggle with alexithymia and need healing that...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/7WeayWOCbdn9Q4IBaHObHaUcPGy5zyY7EzvJyw6OJTE/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zY2Qw/Y2I0NjA5ZTE4ZjA2/ODQ2NGE5YjZlYTI2/YTdlNC5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}