UnWound
"Regulation is not about becoming someone new. It is about remembering how to return to yourself."— Candace Raynes, UnWound
Your nervous system has been asking to be heard.
You have been holding it together for a very long time. Your nervous system knows it. Even when you don't have words for it — the tension that never fully leaves your shoulders, the exhaustion that sleep doesn't fix, the feeling of being constantly on guard without knowing why.
This is not a sign that something is wrong with you. It is your body asking to be heard.
UnWound is a 10-week guided journal designed to help women gently return to safety in their own bodies. Through simple daily morning and evening reflections, you will begin to notice the quiet language of your nervous system — what activates it, what settles it, and what it has been trying to protect you from all along.
What's inside
- Daily morning and evening reflection pages
- Recognise nervous system stress responses — fight, flight, freeze, and fawn — with curiosity
- Track daily patterns in how your body holds and releases tension
- Develop a personal baseline of what regulation actually feels like for you
- Build small, sustainable practices that support your nervous system over time
- 10 weeks of gentle, progressive nervous system work
Continue the work with Soften
Soften is a 12-week daily journal built around the same philosophy — grounded in somatic awareness and the quiet permission to release what was never yours to carry. The next step, when you're ready.
Candace Raynes, n.d.
Candace Raynes is a Naturotherapist and Somatic Practitioner and the founder of Woman UnWound — a body-centred approach to healing that helps women reconnect with their nervous systems, their instincts, and their inner sense of safety. She lives and works in Canada.
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