438: Finding Glimmers: A Polyvagal Approach - With Deb Dana + Courtney Rolfe

Jul 5, 2024

Deb Dana and Courtney Rolfe discuss practical uses of Polyvagal Theory, emphasizing finding 'glimmers' for regulation. They explore the autonomic nervous system intricacies, recognize moments of ventral regulation, and embrace connections and joy in daily life.

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INSIGHT

Polyvagal Theory and Human Experience

Polyvagal theory's organizing principles (neuroception, hierarchy, co-regulation) impact our human experience.
Neuroception guides our connections based on perceived safety, while co-regulation emphasizes the need for safe human connection.

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Befriending Your Nervous System

Befriend your nervous system by understanding and appreciating your survival responses (sympathetic and dorsal).
Create space for these responses; trust your nervous system's protective design.

INSIGHT

Ventral Vagal and Difficult Emotions

Ventral vagal state, associated with connection, can hold pain, grief, and sadness.
It allows us to experience difficult emotions without resorting to dorsal vagal shutdown.

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Welcome back to Therapy Chat! This week’s episode features a beloved returning guest and a first time guest speaking about practical uses of Polyvagal Theory for therapists and anyone who wants to benefit from this valuable work. My guests today are Deb Dana, LCSW and Courtney Rolfe, LCPC, who co-authored the new book, Polyvagal Prompts: finding connection and joy through guided explorations. I was together with these 2 wonderful teachers just recently in Germany and England. By chance, Courtney and I were invited to the same dinner and a relationship that began with a podcast interview has become a friendship, luckily for me! I’m so grateful for the work that Deb and Courtney are doing to make Polyvagal Theory available for everyone’s use on our healing journeys!

Find Deb Dana’s website with all of her offerings at:

https://www.rhythmofregulation.com/

Visit Courtney Rolfe’s website to keep up with everything she’s doing at:

https://www.modernmindandheart.com/

Find their book,

Polyvagal Prompts: finding connection and joy through guided explorations on Amazon here:

https://amzn.to/3xM66hy

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