Dr. Jacey Goddard

06/18/2026

There are a lot of things that can push our buttons. Another way to describe it is getting “triggered”. This can happen for a lot of reasons and depending on our life experiences there are a lot of different ways things can go.

Our buttons get pushed by all kinds of things. Many times it can happen when someone says or does something that reminds us of something difficult that we’ve gone through in the past. The person may have no idea that they are pushing your buttons, but it can still feel really personal.

So often, it can feel like there's nothing we can do or we have no control. We want the other person to change or make it better. We can’t change others but we can change our own inner response. We can learn to shift our attention from the outside to the inside. When we do, it results in an incredible amount of control. It's about getting in the driver’s seat of yourself to take control in a challenging situation.

Recognizing when we’re in a challenging moment and remembering to shift our attention from the things that are stressing us or pushing our buttons to a more centered place within us is about muscle memory. (It’s not literally about the muscles but you get the idea.) We use muscle memory as a concept when learning any skill or action. In this case, what I’m referring to is the muscle of the Self. It's about self-awareness, self-connection, and self-empowerment. Because the self isn't outside us, it's inside us. Others can do things that inadvertently don’t feel great to us and what I’m really talking about is our relationship of self to other. When we remember that we’re living in a body and we drop back into ourselves, we can use some simple skills to calm our own nervous system, self-soothe, and heal and rewire old patterns that no longer serve us. When we embody our Self by centering within our body, we can be more true to who we are and feel empowered to live the life we want to live.

Finish reading my blog article here www.drjaceygoddard.com/blog/are-your-buttons-getting-pushed to learn a way to shift the focus, flip the switch, and hit the “Don’t panic” button. The sooner we do it, the sooner it helps, and the better it works!

06/08/2026

05/15/2026

The answer is within us. It’s within you.

AI is scary to many people. It’s something that is not us. It was created by us but has taken on a life of its own. It’s outside of ourselves and runs the risk of taking us humans further and further away from our humanness. We risk losing control of what we are and where our human civilization is going. If we let go of ourselves, of what’s real, our own engagement, of the direction we want to go, then we risk becoming artificial ourselves.

The “artificialness” of AI is the scary part of it. We need to be real. We need authenticity.

The fact that AI can do some things faster than any human can do is exciting and appealing on so many levels: coding DNA sequences, compiling literature, coding and decoding programming, calculating, solving puzzles on so many levels, and constructing plans for medical devices and skyscrapers. It's so powerful and we can use it to its fullest capacity for the improvement of our world in so many ways.

Trusting a computer or technology like AI puts our own power, our own sense of self, outside of ourselves. AI is amazing in many ways, but it lacks real wisdom. It’s a tool that needs to be used carefully, such as a car or a chainsaw. Being human involves a great deal of responsibility which is why it's so important to be accountable for what we create and use so that no one and nothing gets hurt and we are using the tool in the best way possible.

We risk giving away our power, our gifts, the wisdom that is built into our DNA as human beings. If we don’t use it, we’ll lose it. We have a choice as human beings to reclaim our own inner wisdom. It’s our choice to remember our Humanness. Our Humanness is our True Intelligence. Our Humanness is our birthright. It's our capacity for self-healing and goodness on many levels. Our Humanness is the foundation within our body and our Being. Our Humanness is our Authenticity. Our Humanness is what can save us from ourselves, or rather from the lack of ourselves.

AI may be able to replicate the way humans think but cannot replicate the other part of being human - BEING, feeling, experiencing, knowing. It can't feel its feet in the warm sand, breathe deeply into its lungs, or feel love, gratitude, or the warmth of a hug. It can figure out complex problems and equations, but it can't BE human. So let's empower ourselves to use it in a way that can help us, and not to replace us.

So how can we do it? How can we save ourselves? Click https://www.drjaceygoddard.com/blog/does-ai-mean-the-end-of-our-humanness to keep reading.

03/24/2026

This was from a course I created for health professionals where I shared how we can use our mind-body connection for nervous system regulation to help ourselves feel better anytime and anywhere. Here’s the link for anyone interested in learning more: https://www.drjaceygoddard.com/the-wisdom-in-the-body-somatic-perspectives-in-mental-health-1
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