How to befriend difficult emotions
First understand your difficult emotions The first step in growing the ability to be with our difficult emotions is to understand them. Befriending these emotions means first to get to know our autonomic …
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How to Choose Mental Health Support
One Size Doesn’t Fit All One of the most difficult things in life is to reach out for support. Recurring discouraging experiences can compound the complexity. My clients tell me that they have …
Polyvagal Theory: A Simplified Explanation
Dr Stephen W. Porges, author of “The Polyvagal Theory” (PVT), examines how different parts of the nervous system respond to stressful situations. The name makes reference to the vagus nerve (vagal meaning ‘wandering’) …
What Is The Stress Response
What exactly happens in our brain and body when we face danger? Our ancestors encountered life-threatening events and developed the ‘fight-flight-freeze’ response. We are going to examine how we use the stress response when …
