Episode Highlights With Brittany

• What polyvagal theory is and the updated science of the nervous system
• Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and what this means
• Three principles of polyvagal theory: hierarchy of responses, coregulation, neuroception
• Humans have a bioligcal imperative to be in connection with others
• What glimmers or safety cues are and how to understand these
• Misconceptions and misinformed ideas related to nervous system regulation
• Regulation does not mean being calm, cool, and collected all the time
• What somatic experiencing is and how it can be helpful in processing emotions and physical symptoms
• Steps you can take and try now to support your body, emotions, and nervous system
• Trauma doesn’t always come back as a memory but can come back as patterns and reactions
• How to know if exhaustion is going into shut down or just the body finally being able to rest
• Why we actually have to go through fight or flight to climb the nervous system ladder
• When things can feel worse before they feel better
• Why the nervous system prefers predictable over safe at times and why slower is faster when it comes to the nervous system
• We will never be fully healed and releasing that expectation

Resources Mentioned

• Body-First Healing: Get Unstuck and Recover from Trauma with Somatic Healing by Brittany Piper
• Body First Healing Program
• Body First Healing on Instagram
• The Body Keeps the Score by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.