Polly's Vague Theories

It's time to go in to bat for perfect - and shine a light on some of the linguistic issues with the binaries inherent in our language. Perfection and imperfection are not our only two choices, especially when we bring in the superhero that is the big S Self, pay attention to our needs, and stay in the centre. 

Imagine you are on a street corner, trying to work out where you are, no language, no clue, and no one to help. Been there? If so, you might have had an embodied experience of what it is to be literally without the capacity to communicate your needs. Scary? Sure. Frustrating. Absolutely. The link between trauma and language, and the acquisition of language is fascinating, and closely tied to our nervous systems and our trauma footprints. Today on the podcast, meet Justin Moon, Master Teacher and a person who has spent his career thinking and being a teacher who puts trauma-informed, people-centred principles front and centre of his classrooms and practice.

Zoë Coyle's debut novel 'Where the Light Gets In' is a beautiful narrative of love, death, grief, loss, heartbreak and recovery - basically a story about the nervous system. In this episode of the podcast, Zoe joins me to talk about what it is to be a sensitive creative and experience the real and vicarious trauma of expression in all its forms; how writing is catharsis and gives us the chance to change traumatic endings and complete the actions that restore rupture. 

What to do when a webinar has so many juicy questions you can't get to them all? Turn them into a podcast episode of course! This one is chock a block with all the tea on vulnerability, trauma, leadership, values and how to stay grounded and real no matter what is coming at you. 

Would you record an episode of your podcast when you were fasting that was all about food? Yes GAWD. Well it seemed like a good idea at the time, to explore the relationship between the ancient medicine of ayurveda, trauma and the rungs of the polyvagal theory ladder. Did it get a little messy, were any soapboxes clambered upon, were the glimmers of genius amongst the hanger...y'all better order a serve for ya earholes and find out.

It's a story of a random Tedx talk, and a prosodsic rabbit hole of executive vocal realness. Polly unravels the quest to educate people on how to say their names so folx listening thought they have the leadership qualities needed to be memorable to a tale of two ladder rungs of the Autonomic Nervous System. TL;DR? No way, you're not getting out of it that easily. BYO soap box and get ready to scream "IT'S MR SHEFFIELD YOU FEWL!"

Pretty much anywhere you are in the world right now, you've exprerienced a COVID induced lockdown. If you're into your fifth lockdown in 18 months, you might be finding that this time is the worst time, and that 'we're all in it together' resilience is more FTW. The pandemic is a perfect storm, in this episode of Polly's Vague theories, we enter the eye of the trauma, and spend some time in celebrity Big Brother lockdown. Masks required.

Not ready to commit? Nervous system too elevated? I got you. This trailer is a bite size to digest of the Polly's Vague Theories podcast, where I wander around in the mind-blowing world of the vagus nerve, trauma and the low brow, non-sciency interpretations of how trauma and our nervous system rule us. Just like this podcast will rule you. In a co-regulated way!

Polyvagal theory and that meandering vagus nerve is seriously complex, except when you break it down to its three component parts and then play a game of snakes and ladders! This is the ep for your background deets on all things Polly and polyvagal, nerds for nerves will be elevated to the high heavens.