The Sears Co Blog

A hopeful, grounded exploration of how humanity is shifting toward a more regulated, embodied future. Discover why so many people feel overwhelmed, why society is craving simplicity and nature, and how a new, harmonious way of living is emerging from nervous system awareness.

Discover why intuition, creativity, and spiritual clarity only emerge in a regulated nervous system. This article reveals how calm transforms hypervigilance into presence — and why embodiment is the true gateway to insight.

Most people today assume their exhaustion, irritability, fogginess, and emotional overwhelm are personal shortcomings. They think they’re 'getting old', 'not coping', 'not disciplined', or 'not spiritual enough'. But the truth is far simpler — and far more compassionate: Your nervous system is overwhelmed. Your biology is overstimulated. Your environment is too loud for an ancient human body.

Most people assume they’re tired because they’re 'busy', anxious because they’re 'stressed', unfocused because they’re 'lazy', or overwhelmed because they 'can’t keep up'. But underneath the labels and self-blame lies a deeper truth: Modern life is overstimulating an ancient nervous system that was never designed for the world we live in today.

There’s a growing conversation in spiritual circles about embodiment, alignment, intuition, and 'living in the flow'. At the same time, there’s a growing conversation in scientific and psychological spaces about trauma, nervous system states, sensory load, and environmental stress. What almost no one  talks about is the bridge between the two. We’ve been taught to see spirituality and biology as separate — one 'higher', one 'lower'. One 'expansive', one 'dense'. One 'divine',

Around the world, millions of people are exhausted, overwhelmed, unfocused, anxious, and stretched beyond capacity. Many believe they are failing, broken, or “not coping well enough.” But what if the issue isn’t inside us? What if the issue is the speed of change, the intensity of modern life, and the absence of the supports our biology evolved with? This is a Nervous System Revolution and you are in the position of leading it, if you want to.

Article about Solaria and Amanda Sears by Anne Hardie for the Waimea Weekly and Nelson App website.

Raw vs. polished crystals — which is better? Raw stones carry the primal, natural energy of the Earth, while polished and tumbled stones reveal hidden colours, patterns, and a softer feel. Both forms hold value, each offering a different way to experience a crystal’s essence.

For as long as humans have walked the Earth, we have shaped stone. From flint blades and obsidian mirrors to temple statues and gemstone talismans, carving has always been an act of deep relationship. To carve is not only to shape the stone — it is to listen, reveal, and attune.