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Compassion Is the Ultimate Tool for the Truly Ambitious | Paul Gilbert

10% Happier with Dan Harris

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What Is the Vulgar Nervous System?

The way we breathe has a major impact on the sympathetic nervous system. When we slow the breathing, then we stimulate the vaguest nerve. The vagus is also stimulated by friendship. And when you do mindfulness, that's also very good for the vagust. I have never folded for the phrase the worried well, worried sick aledage. But her books are really aimed at the general public and to be helpful to the general public.

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