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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

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