nervous system

“You can’t have the words ‘nervous system’ on your site!”

2024-04-26T16:10:01-07:00January 4th, 2020|1. Trauma & Survival Physiology, 12. Irene's Musings|

“Tis true, that title! Someone once told me to keep the words, nervous system, off of my website.  Funny, right?  Chances are that you are here BECAUSE you’re interested in healing (and regulating) your nervous system.  Which is awesome, by the way. But a few years back, this [...]

I believe in the power of the person

2024-04-26T19:11:39-07:00October 10th, 2017|4. Mental Health & Neuroplasticity, Nervous System Health, Nervous System Resiliency|

Some concepts are tricky to explain. Especially when it comes to how the human system heals in miraculous ways. Anita Moorjani’s memoir, Dying To Be Me, is one account of a miraculous “cure” that science can’t explain (a fabulous book that I highly recommend!). Same with the many [...]

How toxic shame creates the fallout we call depression

2024-04-26T19:15:18-07:00September 14th, 2017|5. Parenting & Child Development, Nervous System Health|

I want to share something with you that often gets confused or misunderstood: The link between Depression and Shame. A few weeks back I was responding to a question in my Facebook community, Healthy Nervous System Revolution, and it had to do with the connections between shame and depression, and [...]

This is the largest public health study you’ve probably never heard of

2024-04-26T19:17:05-07:00August 31st, 2017|1. Trauma & Survival Physiology, Nervous System Health|

++ Promise me this one thing - that you’ll watch this video in the next 24 hours ++ . What is it? It’s a tribute to Dr. Vincent Felitti. He uncovered one of the most important findings in medical history: the link between early childhood adversity/abuse and chronic illness [...]