Calm Down Your Nervous System (Fast Stress Relief #2)
New Standards (for Keeping it Together)
Release Date: 08/04/2023
What is Trauma and the Best Therapy for Trauma?
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This episode is about what trauma is defined as, what PTSD is defined as, and what treatment to seek out if you feel you, or a loved one, suffer due to trauma.
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Deep Breathing: Resonance Breathing
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Deep breathing: Resonance Breathing: What it is and why it works: Resonance breathing is when you breathe in for 6 seconds and breathe out for 6 seconds. This regulates the nervous system and tells the body to come out of fight/flight/freeze mode. Download App: The Breathing App
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Better Communication: Non-Violent Communication
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This podcast is dedicated to teaching you about how to communicate better with loved ones, friends, roommates and anyone else this may apply to. Deirdre goes over some ways in which you can use this method. The main template Deirdre uses and teaches (adapted by Marshal D. Rosenberg's work) is: "I fee/felt (insert feeling word) when (insert objective content) and I need(ed) (insert need)." and "You feel/felt (insert feeling word) when (insert objective content) and you need(ed) (insert need)." It should be emphasized that feelings can ben hard to identify and so can needs - and keeping...
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Psych Medication vs Natural Methods
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Are you thinking about medication? Are you wary of it? Do you hate the idea of medication but feel stuck? This episode goes over the pluses and minuses of medication versus naturopathic methods for addressing mental health symptoms.
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Live YOUR Life
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This episode is for the people pleasers who want to break out of their cycles and live the life that THEY want.
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Mindfulness Meditation and Why It Works
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In this episode Deirdre overviews different forms of mindfulness and why it works to calm down the body and the mind. Deirdre goes over how to change your neural pathways and reduce your overall stress and anxiety.
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Meditation to Calm (Mindfulness of Bodily Sensations)
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Deirdre brings you through a meditation to calm the body and the mind. This is not the regular format of the podcast. Sit back (literally) and enjoy.
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Calm Down Your Nervous System (Fast Stress Relief #2)
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This episode overviews how to calm down the nervous system quickly when you are stressed or in fight/flight/freeze mode. The method taught in this episode is called "Diver's Response." There is a way in which we can activate the diver's response - with submerging the forehead in cold water. Listen in and find out more on how to calm down you stress response in 30 seconds.
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Fast Stress-Relief #1 -Sniper Technique
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In this episode Deirdre overviews how to reduce stress quickly in the moment. All too often we get stressed when we are in places where we cannot leave and take a breather. Deirdre teaches you how to relieve your stress without having to leave - in a way the calms down both your body and your mind. She overviews what the vagus nerve is and how to calm the body down with a stress-relieving method called The Sniper Technique.
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Get Unfrozen - Part 2
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In this episode Deirdre talks about how to get unstuck when you have to tackle big tasks.
info_outlineThis episode overviews how to calm down the nervous system quickly when you are stressed or in fight/flight/freeze mode. The method taught in this episode is called "Diver's Response." There is a way in which we can activate the diver's response - with submerging the forehead in cold water. Listen in and find out more on how to calm down you stress response in 30 seconds.