We all encounter problems and stressors over the course of the day. Some are more easily managed then others. But no matter where an experience lands on the continuum from mild to traumatic, understanding how the nervous system works is the path to finding the way back to regulation.

Deb Dana, a clinician, consultant and author specializing in complex trauma explains how we can learn about our nervous system so that we can befriend it.

SOME KEY POINTS

• What is neurocpetion
• The three main pathways: ventral vagal, sympathetic, dorsal vagal
• Co-regulation
• Our nervous systems talk to one another, as they are social structures

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