Become an Active Operator of Your Nervous System | Deb Dana
Nov 15, 2023•58 min•Ep. 683
Episode description
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Practical tools for regulating your nervous system in stressful times.
Deb Dana is a licensed clinical social worker, clinician, and consultant who specializes in working with complex trauma. She is the author of Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory.
In this episode we talk about:
- What polyvagal theory is
- The case for understanding our nervous system
- The practical tools and exercises for changing our nervous system and learning to become more regulated
- The fact that our nervous systems aren’t simply isolated, self-contained phenomena – they are social structures
- Our responsibilities for our own nervous system and the nervous systems of others
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