Interoception
Episode description
In this episode of The Sensational Kids Show, Aniesa discusses our eighth sense, interoception. Learn how to tune into interoception to better understand your body, your emotions and what you need to do to stay healthy and in a positive mindset.
KEY TAKEAWAYS
- It can be hard for some kids to just adapt to that change and often they can't quite explain how or what they're feeling.
- Our eighth sense is called interoception. You have your functional senses, which use your sight, smell, taste, hearing and vision but interoception allows us to feel our internal organs and our skin and it will give us information about our internal state and the condition of our body.
- Interoception gives you clues about your emotions and what your body needs to succeed, it tells you about your breathing and muscles which is linked to how you feel emotionally.
BEST MOMENTS
“Interoception gives us information about our internal state or the condition of our body.”
Rather than thinking of interoception as just feelings from our internal organs, it's the sense of the entire condition about the inner body.”
“Your vestibular is your balance or your sense of movement, and then your proprioception is your body awareness.”
CONTACT METHOD
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ABOUT THE HOST
Aniesa completed her degree in Occupational Therapy at the University of Stellenbosch, in South Africa. She has since been focusing on paediatrics and sensory processing and integration. She has worked across a range of paediatric fields and has extensive experience in autism, specific learning difficulties, as well as anxiety and emotional regulation.
Aniesa has one teenage son with autism, and one with sensory difficulties. She herself was diagnosed at a late age as having ADHD and has found that understanding her neurodivergence has led to a greater connection with children and their parents.
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