Podcast Summary
Exploring the connection between nervous system and trauma healing: Interoception, the ability to sense internal bodily signals, is crucial in healing. Healers set intentions, syncing bodies with patients, leading to significant changes for both parties.
The work discussed in this podcast, which focuses on the nervous system and trauma healing, can apply to various aspects of life. It can be about improving individual or team performance, enhancing wellness, or even bringing it into corporate settings. The concept of interoception, or the ability to sense internal bodily signals, plays a crucial role in this work. Healers or clinicians set the intention and their own physical bodies sync with their patients, creating a reciprocal relationship. This synergy between healer and patient can lead to significant changes for both parties. So, consider how this work can fit into your personal or professional goals, and join the conversation to explore further.
Exploring the Connection Between Emotions and Physical Sensations: Understanding the interconnectedness of emotions and physical sensations can lead to improved self-awareness, personal growth, and overall well-being.
Our physical sensations and emotions are deeply interconnected, and this connection is reflected in our language and experiences. By tapping into our interoceptive abilities, we can gain valuable insights into our emotions and improve our overall well-being. For instance, the emotion we experience in our feet is happiness, and our feet's responses can reveal our emotional states. Our language also reflects these interoceptive responses, such as the expression "my toes curled" when something is unpleasant. Moreover, our senses do not work in isolation, and our heart rate, breath, and touch are all intertwined. Our cultural obsession with technology and constant news intake keeps us ungrounded, and reconnecting with our bodies and social connections can help us feel more grounded and present. The body is not a neatly compartmentalized entity, but rather an integrated system where our energy, emotional, and physical states are interconnected. The ongoing healing revolution encourages people to express their authentic emotions and experiences, and recognizing the importance of interoception is a crucial step towards self-awareness and personal growth.
Understanding Trauma and Interoception: Focusing on interoceptive abilities can help us move past trauma and foster emotional resilience by noticing changes in our breath and emotions.
Trauma is a universal experience that shapes our identities, but it's essential not to get stuck in it. The interoceptive system, our perception of what's happening inside our bodies, plays a crucial role in this process. The vagus nerve, a significant part of our interoceptive system, innervates our heart and gut, making it our "heart-brain" and "gut-brain." By focusing on our interoceptive abilities, we can become more aware of how our thoughts and emotions affect our bodies. For instance, noticing changes in our breath can help us identify emotional states. Practicing interoception can help us move past trauma and foster emotional resilience. It's essential to remember that trauma is a part of the human experience and should not be compared or used to define our identities. Instead, we should focus on the gifts and growth opportunities that come with healing from our experiences.
Exploring Interoception for Enhanced Well-being: Explore interoception through practices like mindful shopping, meditation, and body exploration. Proper nutrition and supplements support health. Trust body's intuition as it processes info faster than verbal brain via vagus nerve.
Developing a strong connection with our interoception, or our ability to sense internal bodily signals, can greatly enhance our overall well-being and self-trust. This can be achieved through practices like mindful shopping, meditation, and exploring the sensations in our body. However, an over-reliance on interoception can sometimes lead to heightened anxiety or hypersensitivity, or an imbalance with exteroception, our ability to sense external stimuli. It's important to remember that everyone's relationship with their body and senses is unique, and there's no right or wrong way to experience the world. Another key takeaway is the importance of proper nutrition and supplementation in supporting your health. The speaker shares her positive experience with Athletic Greens, a daily supplement that provides a wide range of vitamins, minerals, and nutrients to support overall health and wellness. By taking care of our bodies, we can build trust in ourselves and improve our overall quality of life. Lastly, it's important to note that our nonverbal brain processes information much faster than our verbal brain. Our vagus nerve, which is a key part of our parasympathetic nervous system, operates at around 11 million bits per second, while our verbal brain operates at only 40 bits per second. This highlights the importance of being attuned to our bodies and trusting our intuition, as it often processes information faster and more accurately than our conscious mind.
Listening to our bodies for overall well-being: Trusting our bodies and learning to listen to their cues is essential for overall well-being, leading to improved health, happiness, and the ability to catch potential issues early.
Developing a deeper connection with our bodies and learning to trust its cues is essential for overall well-being. Hypochondriacs, who often focus on external information rather than their bodies, can benefit greatly from this practice. The vagus nerve, which plays a crucial role in trust and oxytocin production, is a key player in this connection. By learning to listen to our bodies and developing a stronger sense of self-trust, we can improve our ability to cope with stress, feel more calm and happy, and ultimately lead more fulfilling lives. Additionally, our society often encourages us to look outside ourselves for answers, rather than within. However, by developing our inner language and understanding how our bodies communicate, we can catch signs of potential issues before they become serious. This can save time, money, and emotional energy in the long run. A personal anecdote illustrates the importance of this concept. When I fell and injured myself, my initial thought was to dismiss the pain and focus on my inner stillness. However, by truly listening to my body and acknowledging the injury, I was able to seek the appropriate medical attention and make a full recovery. In summary, trusting our bodies and learning to listen to their cues is essential for overall well-being and can lead to improved health and happiness. By focusing on our inner selves and developing a stronger sense of self-trust, we can lead more fulfilling lives.
Exploring the role of interoception in intuition and connection: Taking a step back and considering how we'd advise others can help trust intuition and resilience. Bodies can regulate and align, creating heart-brain coherence. Developing interoceptive abilities strengthens intuition and accurate sensing of others.
Our internal language, or interoception, plays a crucial role in our intuition and ability to connect with others. After experiencing a shock or disorientation, taking a step back and considering how we would advise someone else in the same situation can help us trust in our unique skills and resilience. Our bodies have the ability to regulate and align with each other, creating heart-brain coherence and intuitive connections. Developing our interoceptive abilities through exercises and practices can strengthen our intuition and help us accurately sense and respond to others, without projecting our own feelings onto them. The vagus nerve, as a key pathway to intuition, can be amplified through vagus nerve exercises and practices. By deepening our understanding of our own internal workings and establishing strong boundaries, we can more effectively pick up on the signals of others and build meaningful connections.
Being present in your body for effective decision making: Intuition is making decisions based on body feelings, chronic pain and emotions require stories and emotions, accept compliments and acknowledge strengths, trust your body and feelings, and remember your interoceptive system holds valuable information.
Developing your interoception and being present in your body can lead to a more effective extraction of life's sweetness. Intuition, in its simplest form, is about making decisions based on how things feel to us in the moment, rather than being in a state of overthinking or disconnection. Chronic pain and chronic emotional states, like anxiety or depression, are rooted in the limbic system, where emotions are processed. Logic and reasoning won't help in these situations, and instead, stories and emotions are more effective. By being embodied and grounded, we can accept compliments and acknowledge our strengths, rather than deflecting or seeking validation from others. The loss of creativity and critical thinking in the medical field, particularly in regards to chronic pain, addiction, and loneliness, can further disconnect us from ourselves and invalidate our interoceptive system. It's important to remember that we have the authority to trust our own bodies and feelings, and that they hold valuable information for us.
Importance of interoception and intuition in health and connection: Trusting intuition and interoception can lead to earlier health issue detection and better outcomes. Validating intuition and deepening vagus nerve connection enhance human connection.
Having a strong connection to your body through interoception and intuition can lead to earlier detection of health issues and better health outcomes. The speaker shared her personal experience of having a large tumor that went undetected due to poor interoceptive ability and the importance of trusting her gut feelings and building a team of healthcare providers who listened to her. She also emphasized the importance of validating intuition and the role of vagus nerve connection in deepening human connection. The speaker expressed gratitude for their conversations and the sense of brain-heart coherence they share, despite not being in the same physical space. She also highlighted the importance of recognizing the interconnectedness of our physical and emotional well-being and the ongoing healing revolution that values intuition and interoception.
Blurred lines between health professions and the importance of body awareness: The trend towards holistic care blurs lines between health professions. By learning to connect with and respond to body sensations, we can improve overall well-being and this skill is trainable.
The lines between various health and wellness professions are becoming increasingly blurred. Doctors are now offering yoga and acupuncture, while personal trainers work with stroke patients. This trend is driven by the desire for holistic care and a recognition that all aspects of health are interconnected. The sensations within our bodies, which are often unconscious, can provide valuable insights. By learning to connect with these sensations and respond to them instead of reacting, we can improve our overall well-being. This skill of curiosity and awareness is trainable and can be developed through dedicated learning. If you're interested in exploring this further, consider booking a call with us, as linked in the show notes. Our goal is to help you deepen your connection with your body and unlock the hidden wisdom it holds.