In one of our recent training calls in SmartBody SmartMind: A 12-Week Nervous System Re-Boot, Rosa (a participant in the program) shared a story with us about her young daughter that illustrates so clearly the value of fostering healthy aggression in children. One of the things we focus on in [...]
I’ve been told TO NOT use the concept of “Nervous System” on the homepage of my website. (Hum?) I’m not so sure I like that idea. (That would be like telling a doctor to not mention medicine; or asking a car salesman to not talk about cars... but I [...]
. I received this question from a member of our community: What does waking the tiger actually mean? "Waking up the tiger" means waking up our fight-flight survival energy impulses. In this video, I explain to you where the term came from and why it's important to your nervous [...]
Could Frustration Be The New Fear? Is fear something that you can sit with, and be with, and ponder? Do you say to yourself, "I have so much fear around 'xyz' and I have to figure out how to move forward"? I'd love to suggest that maybe semantics are [...]
Day after day I'm seeing real life scenarios in my private practice that back-up a study - The ACE Study - that showcases the prevalence of adverse childhood experiences (ACE) and it's role in adult disease and illness. WARNING - For some this might hit close to home. This [...]
Reader beware - I must be a bit of a science geek on this post. . Stress response and the human body Let’s face it, stress is just an inevitable part of life. It comes into our life and, we hope it will leave quickly. Sometimes it is in the [...]
I've been trying to write this article for one full month. It isn't working. It isn't working because there is so much that I want to write about, that I don't know where to start. So this is where I'm going to start! Number 1: All humans have something [...]
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 [...]
If you haven't checked out Step 1: Nervous System Cleansing 101: Step 1 - Orientation, be sure to do so. If you don't, this won't make that much sense. I'm going to keep this post shorter so you can catch up with the first step of orientation. Part 3 is [...]
Survival would be the answer to that question. I'm going to look at this survival idea from a very brain-oriented fashion. And rather than write about it extensively, I have a little audio ditty which you can listen to. But, I will write a few words as an intro...... [...]
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