Handling Emotional Reactions and Triggers
Dealing with Emotional Reactions Are you someone who ever gets emotionally triggered or reactive when things don’t go your way? Do you then say something you later regret? It can happen to all of us, especially when we are stressed. What can you actually do about it? This might sound obvious, but the first thing […]
Finding Inner Harmony From The Voices in Your Head
Understanding Yourself Are you the same person when you go to the office as when you pick up your child from school? Or when you greet your spouse after you haven’t seen then for a while, as when you go clothes shopping, or meet up with a friend? Are you really the same person? I […]
How to Deal with Difficult People
We’re Probably All Difficult People I can be a difficult person. For some people. Some of the time. Probably, you can be too. Sometimes my energy is strong, or out of proportion. Sometimes I don’t respond in the way that the other person wants or needs. And sometimes people get upset, irritated or annoyed, […]
How to Manage Stress and Anxiety
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 […]
What is Polyvagal Toning?
Polyvagal toning can help you manage your stress. It is a set of protocols to calm down the vagus nerve, which controls how you respond to 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 […]
What is NARM™?
NARM™: is the Neuro Affective Relational Model™. It was developed by the therapist Dr Laurence Heller. He had been studying various embodiment trauma therapy processes, such as the Somatic Experiencing work of Peter Levine. He was aware that many of these models focused on shock trauma, usually experienced as an adult. Shock trauma is a […]