⭐ Your Nervous System Doesn’t Speak English!

Your Nervous System Doesn’t Speak English (And Other Things David JP Phillips Accidentally Proved for The Serenity Reset)

There’s a moment we’ve all had.

Someone explains something perfectly.

The logic is flawless.

The PowerPoint is immaculate.

And yet… nothing lands.

Your head nods politely while your nervous system quietly whispers,

“Absolutely not.”

That’s because, inconveniently, humans don’t learn the way we think we do.

And this is where world-renowned communication expert David JP Phillips enters the room…

Meet David JP Phillips (And Why You Should Be Impressed by This Photo)

David JP Phillips isn’t just “a speaker”.

He is internationally recognised as one of the world’s leading experts in communication, storytelling, and human behaviour, with over 20 years of experience, thousands of keynote talks delivered globally, and millions of views on his TEDx presentations — including the famously titled:

“How to Avoid Death by PowerPoint.”

(Which, let’s be honest, already tells you he understands human suffering.)

David built one of Sweden’s most respected communication training companies and has spent decades studying how people actually learn, connect, and change, not how we pretend we do in meeting rooms.

What makes his work so powerful is that it’s not motivational fluff.

It’s grounded in neuroscience, psychology, and lived human experience.

At the heart of his message is a truth so simple it’s almost annoying:

We don’t learn through words alone, we learn through experience.

Which brings us neatly (and smugly) to my book.

The Science Bit (Or: Why Your Nervous System Ignores Long Explanations)

Communication research, particularly the work of psychologist Albert Mehrabian, shows us something rather humbling:

• 55% of communication is body language

• 38% is tone of voice

• 7% is the actual words spoken

So if you’ve ever wondered why saying “I’m fine” while clenching your jaw, holding your breath, and vibrating with rage doesn’t convince anyone, this is why.

More importantly:

👉 Your nervous system does not respond to language.

👉 It responds to what it feels.

Your nervous system doesn’t speak English.

It doesn’t read books for fun.

It doesn’t care how insightful your therapist is.

It asks one question only:

“Am I safe?”

Why David Holding The Serenity Reset Actually Matters

This is why the photo of David JP Phillips holding a copy of The Serenity Reset isn’t just a nice moment, it’s a meaningful one.

Because the entire premise of The Serenity Reset is exactly what David has been teaching from a communication and behavioural science perspective for years:

👉 Change happens through experience, not explanation.

👉 Safety must be felt before learning can occur.

The nervous system doesn’t respond to being told to calm down.

(It finds that deeply offensive, actually.)

It responds to:

• Presence

• Rhythm

• Consistency

• Gentle repetition

• Safe experience over time

In other words, embodiment, not instruction.

This shared understanding, from two very different professional paths, is what makes that photo powerful.

It’s not about status.

It’s about alignment.

From Communication Science to Nervous System Healing

David’s life work shows us how humans absorb information, trust each other, and feel understood.

The Serenity Reset takes that same truth and brings it home to the body, where real change happens.

This isn’t about “fixing” yourself.

It’s not about pushing harder, thinking more positively, or explaining your childhood for the 47th time.

It’s about helping your nervous system:

• Come out of survival mode

• Learn safety through experience

• And finally stop sounding the alarm every time you try to rest

Think less “motivational seminar”

and more “your nervous system finally unclenches its jaw.”

So What Do You Do With This Information?

You don’t just think about it.

Because, as David would agree, thinking is overrated if it isn’t paired with experience.

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Buy The Serenity Reset on Amazon

This book isn’t something to rush through while multitasking.

It’s a guide that gently introduces your nervous system to safety; one experience at a time.

👉 Available now on Amazon

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Join the Free Webinar

If you want to feel this work rather than just read about it, the free webinar is where it comes alive.

You’ll learn:

• Why your nervous system resists “trying harder”

• How safety actually creates change

• Practical tools you can use immediately

• How to deepen the work through coaching and courses

📧 Book your place:

theserenityreset@gmail.com

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Coaching & Courses

For those ready to go deeper, my coaching courses create the conditions your nervous system needs to feel safe enough to change, without force, pressure, or fixing.

Because once safety is established, transformation doesn’t need pushing.

It happens naturally.

Final Thought

Real learning doesn’t happen because something makes sense.

It happens when the nervous system finally relaxes enough to listen.

David JP Phillips teaches this through communication.

The Serenity Reset teaches it through the body.

Different languages.

Same truth.

📘 Buy the book.

🎥 Join the free webinar.

🌿 Give your nervous system what it’s been asking for all along.

📧 theserenityreset@gmail.com