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Nov 2023
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Become an Active Operator of Your Nervou...

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Practical tools for regulating your nervous system in stressful times.  

Deb Dana is a licensed clinical social worker, clinician, and consultant who specializes in working with complex trauma. She is the author of Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory.


In this episode we talk about:

  • What polyvagal theory is
  • The case for understanding our nervous system
  • The practical tools and exercises for changing our nervous system and learning to become more regulated
  • The fact that our nervous systems aren't simply isolated, self-contained phenomena – they are social structures
  • Our responsibilities for our own nervous system and the nervous systems of others


Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/deb-dana-rerun

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