{"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?In 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.Discover 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.What You'll Discover:The 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 systemTimestamps:0:00 Cold open — when scent becomes medicine2:15 Meet Amy Anthony, clinical aromatherapist5:30 The science — how aromatherapy activates your nervous system12:45 Aromatherapy for menopause symptoms — hot flashes, brain fog, night sweats18:20 Scent for alexithymia — healing below the level of language24:10 Essential oils for sensory overwhelm and burnout30:45 Creating boundaries with aromatherapy36:20 Morning and evening aromatic rituals42:15 Which essential oils work for your nervous system48:30 Two-minute scent check-in practice52:10 Resources and closingThis Episode Is For You If:You'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 bypasses languageYou...","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}