How To Use Polyvagal Theory To Re-Tune Your Nervous System And Feel Safe Enough To Be Yourself With Dr. Stephen Porges

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Jan 23, 2023

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Neuroception And Co-Regulation

Your autonomic nervous system constantly scans faces and cues below conscious awareness to detect safety or threat.
Co-regulation with calm others recruits your ventral vagal system and increases ease and social engagement.

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Physiology Shapes Behavior

Polyvagal theory reframes behavior as emerging from physiological state rather than pure intention.
Different autonomic states create predictable 'scripts' and make some behaviors easier to express.

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Pandemic Retuned Our Nervous Systems

The pandemic 'retuned' nervous systems by turning previous co-regulators into perceived threats.
Loss of broad co-regulation resources narrowed people's regulation to small social networks, often inadequately safe.

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According to Dr. Stephen Porges, Polyvagal theory is about the science of safety and the biology of trust. Your physiology impacts your behavior more than you think and when you feel safe, you are better able to connect with others, be bold, and be free to be yourself. In this episode, Dr. Porges and Diana Hill explore everything from how the pandemic re-tuned our nervous systems, to the intersection of ACT and polyvagal theory, chanting, rituals, and religion, and why you should rethink your botox!

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