Calm Your Nervous System
Calm Your Nervous System is a podcast designed to help you not only calm, but more importantly learn to regulate your nervous system!
I’m your host, Jenny Adams, a somatic coach who has recovered from debilitating ME/CFS and trauma.
Each episode, I'll be discussing a different topic and journey (sometimes with a special guest!) about how people are healing their nervous systems. We're here to share tips, stories and debunk jargon (what is somatics anyway?!) about how you can heal your nervous system so you don’t have to live with chronic illness, burnout or debilitating trauma for the rest of your life.
When we learn to regulate our nervous systems, we become better partners, parents, workers, friends and better human beings!
Listen up if you have a chronic illness, burnout, stress, migraines, chronic pain, ADHD or trauma and want to live a joyFULL and balanced life!
Calm Your Nervous System
Everything You Need to Know About the Nervous System: Polyvagal Theory, Dysregulation and Techniques You Can Use to Regulate | Episode 3
I’ve got a bumper episode for you today and it will definitely be one you’ll want to grab your notebook for! If you’ve had a question about the nervous system or regulation - I probably answer it here. I’m giving you an overview of the nervous system and polyvagal theory, diving into some regulation techniques for each state, as well as discussing what dysregulation actually looks like and how you can start to expand your window of tolerance. If you’re at the beginning of your healing journey and have no idea where to start, this is the episode for you!
In this episode, I'm chatting about:
- The three states (dorsal, sympathetic and ventral) in polyvagal theory
- What dysregulation is and what regulation looks like
- How dysregulation impacts chronic illnesses
- What stress cycles are and how to expand our windows of tolerance
- Tools we can use to move between the three states
For more information on topics discussed in this episode, links to connect with me, or to learn more about me and my coaching, check out the full show notes here!
DISCLAIMER: Everything mentioned in this podcast is only my/my guests’ opinion and should not be a substitute for seeing a medical professional. Please seek advice from your doctor and confirm with them that they are happy for you to implement something you heard on the podcast.