Learn how to navigate a fierce fight-or-flight response and target stress, anxiety, and panic in real time to reverse the cascade and re-establish homeostasis.
Learn how to navigate a fierce fight-or-flight response and target stress, anxiety, and panic in real time to reverse the cascade and re-establish homeostasis.
Do you need a new tool to manage anger and other intense emotions? Try this 3-step formula to "cool off" and effectively experience and express emotion.
Do you need a new tool to manage anger and other intense emotions? Try this 3-step formula to "cool off" and effectively experience and express emotion.
By consciously sighing, we can apply the power of our own outbreath to access how we feel in the moment or to restore body and mind, simply and mindfully.
By consciously sighing, we can apply the power of our own outbreath to access how we feel in the moment or to restore body and mind, simply and mindfully.
However unconsciously, many people “mutate” their out-of-control anxiety into anger, as anger creates the illusion of regaining control of the situation.
However unconsciously, many people “mutate” their out-of-control anxiety into anger, as anger creates the illusion of regaining control of the situation.
Polyvagal Theory is the latest in a long string of psychological fads that are popularized in advance of strong empirical data. Here are the potential benefits and drawbacks of using PVT.
Polyvagal Theory is the latest in a long string of psychological fads that are popularized in advance of strong empirical data. Here are the potential benefits and drawbacks of using PVT.
The new understanding brought by polyvagal theory relates to the critical role of the nervous system in shaping the perception and understanding of trauma.
The new understanding brought by polyvagal theory relates to the critical role of the nervous system in shaping the perception and understanding of trauma.
New research sheds light on how too much exercise overstimulates the nervous system and inhibits the vagus nerve's ability to counteract fight-or-flight stress responses.
New research sheds light on how too much exercise overstimulates the nervous system and inhibits the vagus nerve's ability to counteract fight-or-flight stress responses.
"Breakthrough" vagus nerve stimulation devices could offer new hope for people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who haven't responded well to traditional treatments.
"Breakthrough" vagus nerve stimulation devices could offer new hope for people with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) who haven't responded well to traditional treatments.
Modern neuroscience, like psychopharmacology, evolved from the World War II era. Many of the discoverers fled Hitler's Europe or suffered at the hands of the Nazis.
Modern neuroscience, like psychopharmacology, evolved from the World War II era. Many of the discoverers fled Hitler's Europe or suffered at the hands of the Nazis.
At any moment, someone’s aggravating behavior or our own bad luck can set us off on an emotional spiral that threatens to derail our entire day. Here’s how we can face our triggers with less reactivity so that we can get on with our lives.