In this episode, Jeff and Matt explore how clinicians and managers can monitor the health of their caseloads, teams, and organizations with heart rate variability. HRV provides a revolutionary way to both provide care and manage people!

In this episode, Jeff and Matt define states and traits and explore how HRV measures both. HRV provides amazing insight to understand "How am I doing today?" "How am I doing this week?" "How am I doing this month?" We also discuss how HRV provides a powerful outcome for clinical care and managers.

How does the rhythm of the heart tell us so much about how our nervous system is handling or recovery from stress and trauma? In this episode, Matt and Jeff take a dive into the exciting connection between HRV and the health of the brain and nervous system. If you have ever heard Matt talk about the brain, you know how excited he was for this episode!!!

In this episode, Jeff and Matt discuss the science of heart rate variability, stress, and homeostasis. Homeostasis is the balance between our biology and the environment. Stress challenges homeostasis requiring a change in our mental, emotional, or physical state to respond successfully to the challenge. HRV provides a scientific way to measure how well our body responds to stress and reestablish homeostasis.

In our first episode, Jeff and Matt define heart rate variability and their journey to create the Optimal HRV App. Get a free copy of Healing with Heart Rate Variability at optimalhrv.com