Conscious experience is a result of our awareness, but how do we take back our free will from external drivers?

This episode explores the links between the conscious experience and what Free will really is. Building on that we explore how the body deals with pain and negative emotions and how we can learn to carve free will, awareness and control into our day-to-day lives.

Dr Stephen Porges is the father of Polyvagal Theory and how the body perceives threat and safety. His lessons are crucial for how humans connect, learn and exist and build the fundamental concepts to understand emotional intelligence.

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Chapters:

00:00 Consciousness, Free Will, Pain and responses

03:40 Viktor Frankl and Polyvagal Theory - The Space Between Stimulus and Response

04:34 Interoception and Neuroception

05:02 Managing Physiological Responses &Free Will in Relationships

06:07 Polyvagal Interpretation of Free Will and the Nervous System

08:09 Meditation, Pain Management, Chronic Pain and Emotional Regulation

09:45 Understanding Negative Emotions

11:18 Strategies for Self-Regulation

13:19 Trauma and Psychosomatic Problems

14:52 Listener's Question on Self-Regulation & Burnout in Healthcare

17:56 Importance of Clinician's Physiological State

19:51 Final remarks

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