Dr Stephen Porges is a neuroscientist & psychologist.
Why does your nervous system always feel on edge? When everything feels like a threat, your body may be stuck in survival mode. So what keeps your nervous system on high alert, and how can you finally teach it to feel safe again?
Expect to learn why your nervous system is in a state of fight or flight all of the time, what the Polyvagal Theory is and how to attain a calmer state of mind, why dogs calm humans so effectively, what the biggest myth about anxiety is and the role of metabolic support for the nervous system, how the gut, inflammation and chronic stress play in nervous system regulation and much more…
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0:00 What is Polyvagal Theory?
5:54 Why It’s So Important to Focus On How We Feel
12:04 How the Nervous System Adapted Over Time
18:08 Is Safety Our #1 Goal?
19:59 What Feeling “Safe” Really Means
21:28 The Most Powerful Signals of Safety
23:31 Can You Ever Truly Feel Safe?
25:21 Why Safety Feels Different for Everyone
30:05 What Stephen’s Work Means to Chris
39:20 What Causes Nervous System Dysregulation?
44:00 Are Humans on the Same Frequency As Animals?
50:49 Don’t Hack Your Nervous System, Challenge It
54:05 Does Resonance Breathing Actually Work?
57:15 How Does the Safe and Sound Protocol Work?
59:43 What Your Body Language Reveals About You
01:04:11 The Biggest Myth About Anxiety
01:05:06 What Unlocks Your Full Capacity?
01:10:28 Low vs High Tolerance: Understanding Your Nervous System
01:12:31 How to Build a Sense of Safety
01:16:59 How Important is Metabolic Support?
01:19:49 What Causes Shifts Between Shutdown and Overdrive?
01:23:07 Why Tinnitus Can Signal Nervous System Issues
01:27:21 The Link Between the Vagus Nerve and the Gut
01:29:47 Are Male and Female Nervous Systems Different?
01:34:44 Why We Need More Humility and Compassion
01:41:13 Do Stellate Ganglion Blocks Actually Work?
01:44:50 The Strongest Criticisms of Polyvagal Theory
01:49:54 Can Your Nervous System Be “Too Safe”?
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