Light Up The Couch

Polyvagal Theory: Hacking the Stress Response, Ep. 177

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May 11, 2023
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ANECDOTE

Selling A Practice Taught Burnout Lessons

  • Gabrielle sold her group practice because burnout forced her to stop and rebuild boundaries.
  • That experience taught her to treat burnout as a signal to change systems, not a personal failing.
ADVICE

Treat Burnout As A Nervous-System Signal

  • Use polyvagal understanding to recognize burnout as a physiological state, not moral failure.
  • Adjust work and self-care by responding to bodily signals rather than forcing productivity.
INSIGHT

Vagus Nerve Connects Body And Emotion

  • The vagus nerve links social connection, emotional regulation, and the fear response via autonomic control.
  • Ventral vagal equals safe/connected, sympathetic equals fight/flight, dorsal vagal equals freeze and shutdown.
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