the tara bixby podcast 141. Deb Dana: Introduction to Polyvagal Theory
Today Deb Dana is hanging out with us to chat all things Polyvagal Theory.
Deb Dana is a clinician, consultant, author, and speaker who specializes in complex trauma. Her work is focused on using the lens of Polyvagal Theory to understand and resolve the impact of trauma and in creating ways of working that honor the role of the autonomic nervous system.
In today's episode, we talk about...
- What polyvagal theory is
- How we move through the three autonomic states
- How your nervous system takes in cues of safety and danger
- How your nervous system is shaped
- What it means to be dysregulated
- What you can do to move out of a dorsal state of freeze
- How the nervous system builds resilience through ruptures and repair
- Why some people are better able to tolerate stress
- What role the nervous system plays in social anxiety
- How you can nourish your nervous system
- Why people struggle to co-regulate
- How our brain creates stories to match our nervous system state
- Why the word “should” provokes survival energy in our nervous system
- How you can support someone who is anxious, and so much more
...and so much more!
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