Nervous System Regulation: Managing Stress and Anxiety

Man experiencing stress and Burnout

Stress, Anxiety and the Nervous System Stress is healthy! It’s a normal physiological response to a situation that involves change or challenge. The nervous system responds typically with a ‘fight’ or ‘flight’ response. We stand our ground, or we run away. In an ideal world we then go back to a calm state until the […]

Self-Awareness

Self Awareness

Self-Awareness – Why is it so important? Self-awareness is at the core of all the programmes at Lead Being You. Throughout our work together you build the capacity to understand yourself. You learn to pay more attention to your thoughts, emotions, and behaviours. This helps you understand how you interact in the world. With more […]

Polyvagal Toning

Polyvagal toning front and back of head

Polyvagal toning is a set of protocols to calm down the vagus nerve and so helps to manage stress. The vagus nerve controls the autonomic nervous system which manages  all thE involuntary processes in the body.  Things like breathing, digesting, organ  function heart rate etc. functions. It also manages stress responses, the fight flight and […]