Nervous System Resiliency

My year of heaven, hell and healing. What I’m certain of as I roll into 2012.

2024-04-26T22:29:14-07:00I'm Smitten-With..., Irene's Musings, Nervous System Resiliency, Relationships & Social Connection, Unabriged Musings: Anecdotes from personal life|

In July 2010 I decided to leave Whistler for a six month hiatus. I drove many many miles in my trusty station wagon. I visited many great friends and colleagues. I followed my gut. My instincts led me. It was glorious. During the tail end of the trip I [...]

The prevention bus is more than just one thing. November is National Prevention Month (according to Kris Carr at least!)

2019-04-30T13:06:28-07:00I'm Smitten-With..., Nervous System Resiliency, Unabriged Musings: Anecdotes from personal life|

I want to tell you about Kris Carr. I had the pleasure of shaking Kris' hand last week while in NYC. She glows. Luminous would be the adjective I'd use. She is the poster child for self-care and prevention. She even named November "National Prevention Month". Here's what she wrote [...]

Airline flight just isn’t my cup of tea anymore. A minor epiphany with a plastic water bottle and “I’m Back”!

2024-04-26T22:32:36-07:00I'm Smitten-With..., Irene's Musings, Nervous System Resiliency, Unabriged Musings: Anecdotes from personal life|

Yesterday was a big pause. I'm back from NYC and it seems airline travel wipes me out much more these days than a few years ago. My system is a heck of a lot more sensitive to being pressurized. Perhaps it is 'age', but I'm quite sure it is [...]

“The Descending Line” and its importance for reducing our stress levels and improving our well-being (and the importance of spontaneous breath and restoring order to our internal milieu)

2024-04-26T22:37:12-07:00Movement. Awareness., Nervous System Resiliency, Trauma & Survival Physiology, Unabriged Musings: Anecdotes from personal life|

"Habitual repression of emotion leaves a person in a situation of chronic stress, and chronic stress creates an unnatural biochemical milieu in the body, [ ], Disease , in other words, is not a simple result of some external attack but develops in a vulnerable host [...]

The Other Shade of Dualism: “Multi-Dimensionalism” – I Re-Visit Gabor Maté’s Writings and Get Comfortable with Ambiguity (yet again).

2024-04-26T22:39:32-07:00Irene's Musings, Mental Health & Neuroplasticity, Movement. Awareness., Nervous System Resiliency, Unabriged Musings: Anecdotes from personal life|

Click here to re-tweet "The other shade of dualism: "Multi-Dimensionalism." Black - White.  Sick - Not Sick. Happy - Unhappy. Health - Unhealthy. Function - Dysfunction. Flexible - Stiff. Introvert - Extrovert. Mind - Body. now you try.... Something goes here. Something goes there. I'm THIS. I'm THAT. This dualistic way of [...]

Near-death experiences (NDE’s), anesthesia states, surgical procedures: Potential medical problems that can follow and how to heal: A Skype Client from Tennessee Writes of Her Improvements

2024-04-26T22:40:28-07:00Nervous System Resiliency, Trauma & Survival Physiology|

Click here to re-tweet "Near-death experiences (NDE's), anesthesia states, surgical procedures: Potential medical problems that can follow and how to heal: A Skype Client from Tennessee Writes of Her Improvements" // I just received this LOVELY letter (see below where it says "Julianne's Letter") from a client way back [...]

Why Going into Your Automatic Freeze Response (aka: Dorsal Branch of Your Parasympathetic Nervous System, or Rest-Digest Mode) can Save Your Skin. Lessons from the Wild

2024-04-26T22:48:58-07:00Nervous System Resiliency, Trauma & Survival Physiology|

Click here to re-tweet 'why going into your automatic freeze response can save your skin. Lessons from the wild. My good colleague-friend Anthony 'Twig' Wheeler told me about this video clip a few days back. (thanks Twig!, and thanks to Neal Winbald for having them on his site). We [...]