Healing Through Nervous System Balance

Episode Highlights With Mastin Kipp

• Why the nervous system is so important and impacts so many areas of health
• How to set the nervous system up for success
• Understanding how young children are co-regulated to our nervous systems
• Different nervous system states have different metabolic demands on the body
• How our metabolic energy can be diverted into stress hormones
• What vagal tone is, and why this matters
• Fight or flight is a very metabolic expensive state to be in, and this can affect many areas of health
• Safety is the precursor to healing the nervous system 
• Regulating the nervous system needs resources: safe relationships, glucose, and oxygen 
• Why breathwork can be so impactful… the biology makes sense
• Calm and regulated are not the same thing

Resources We Mention

• Reclaim Your Nervous System: A Guide to Positive Change, Mental Wellness, and Post-Traumatic Growth by Mastin Kipp
• Mastin Kipp - Website
• Mastin Kipp - Instagram