Author / Rena

There is a hierarchy in the autonomic nervous system: regulated is the direction we’re working toward, and fight-or-flight and shutdown are states we move through on the way there (hopefully). But that…

Some people, depending on where they’re at in their nervous system healing journey, might actually find a regulated person triggering due to something called faulty neuroception. Neuroception is the way our nervous…

There’s a woman at a bat mitzvah, like a pep team, whose whole job is to get the girls riled up, excited, and into the dancing. She’s the life of the party,…

When you listen to someone, watch them, and interact with them, your nervous system is scanning theirs. That’s what mirror neurons do. We literally sense into another person’s nervous system when we’re…

Let me break down the three states your nervous system can be in when you’re working, presenting, or teaching because I think it’ll change how you listen to yourself and to others.…