Here you go — four curated playlists, each designed with nervous-system regulation, emotional healing, vagus-nerve soothing, and your current life chapter in mind.
I’m giving 10 songs per playlist, a mix of calming vocals, grounding rhythms, and emotionally regulating frequencies.
🎵 1. Personalised Healing Playlist
Warm, soft, emotional, helps the body unclench and trust again.
- “Holocene” — Bon Iver
- “All I Want” — Kodaline
- “Slow Dancing in a Burning Room (Acoustic)” — John Mayer
- “Turning Page” — Sleeping At Last
- “Bloom” — Troye Sivan (Acoustic)
- “The Night We Met” — Lord Huron
- “Falling” — Harry Styles (Acoustic cover)
- “River” — Leon Bridges
- “Saturn” — Sleeping At Last
- “First Day of My Life” — Bright Eyes
Good for:
✦ opening the heart
✦ processing emotions safely
✦ feeling seen, not overwhelmed
🎵 2. Playlist for Anxiety (Vagus Nerve Focused)
Slow rhythms, safe vocals, hum-friendly songs that calm the body.
- “Weightless” — Marconi Union (clinically proven to reduce anxiety)
- “Breathe Me” — Sia (gentle piano version)
- “Nara” — E.S. Posthumus
- “Outro” — M83
- “The Promise” — Tracy Chapman
- “Experience” — Ludovico Einaudi
- “Hallelujah” — Jeff Buckley
- “Night Owl” — Galimatias
- “Opus 55” — Dustin O’Halloran
- “Holocene (Instrumental)” — Bon Iver
Good for:
✦ calming adrenaline
✦ grounding breathing
✦ reducing spiralling thoughts
✦ soothing the chest and stomach
🎵 3. Playlist for Attraction Nerves
For when you’re excited AND terrified, overthinking, or feeling too emotional.
- “Electric” — Alina Baraz
- “Better Together” — Jack Johnson
- “Lover, Where Do You Live?” — Highasakite
- “Beyond” — Leon Bridges
- “All I Ever Wanted” — Yebba
- “I Get To Love You” — Ruelle
- “How Would You Feel” — Ed Sheeran
- “Bloom (Acoustic)” — The Paper Kites
- “Latch (Acoustic)” — Sam Smith
- “Ocean Eyes (Acoustic)” — Billie Eilish
Good for:
✦ stabilising excitement
✦ lowering panic around “liking someone”
✦ helping your nervous system feel “safe good” instead of “danger good”
🎵 4. Playlist for Sleep & Regulation
Designed to calm heart rate, deepen breathing, and quiet the mind.
- “Moonlight Sonata (Soft Piano)” — Beethoven
- “In My Veins” — Andrew Belle
- “Weightless Pt. 2” — Marconi Union
- “Nocturne in E-flat” — Chopin
- “Asleep” — The Smiths (Soft version)
- “Opaline” — Novo Amor
- “Motion Picture Soundtrack (Instrumental)” — Radiohead
- “Holocene (Piano Cover)” — Bon Iver
- “Dissolve” — Joep Beving
- “Gentle Rain & Piano” — Calm Ensemble
Good for:
✦ falling asleep faster
✦ regulating nighttime anxiety
✦ soothing the vagus nerve
✦ shifting into “rest & digest” mode
