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A place for our team to share about topics they are passionate about, in hopes of allowing you to see and understand a bit more behind the faces on these pages.
Learning a New Response
In childhood, our brain learns how to respond to ourselves, other’s, and the world. It learns if we always need to be on guard because the world is generally unsafe, or if we can generally relax becau... ...more
Stress
July 20, 2023•3 min read
Embracing What's "Normal" and Discovering the Power to Change
Normalising the fight, flight, freeze and fawn responses is important when it comes to understanding the basics of managing stress. They get a bad reputation due to the intensity of discomfort and dys... ...more
Stress
July 06, 2023•3 min read
Understanding Fight, Flight, Freeze & Fawn
If you’ve been following along thus far, you may have gained some further insight around both the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system. Now, what do the fight, flight, fre... ...more
Stress
June 23, 2023•3 min read
Stress & It's Systems - Part Two
The parasympathetic nervous system is responsible for our “freeze-or-fawn” response when we feel we’re in danger. This response is used when we've learned that the fight-or-flight response won’t work ... ...more
Stress
June 10, 2023•2 min read
Stress & It's Systems - Part One
Stress is a part of life whether we may like it or not. It can become incredibly overwhelming and detrimental to our health, and so that's why learning about stress and its responses is vital to learn... ...more
Stress
June 01, 2023•3 min read
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