Dan Harris
Ten Percent Happier
Become an Active Operator of Your Nervous System | Deb Dana
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Become an Active Operator of Your Nervous System | Deb Dana

Practical tools for regulating your nervous system in stressful times.  

Deb Dana is a licensed clinical social worker, clinician, and consultant who specializes in working with complex trauma. She is the author of Anchored: How to Befriend Your Nervous System Using Polyvagal Theory.

In this episode we talk about:

  • What polyvagal theory is

  • The case for understanding our nervous system

  • The practical tools and exercises for changing our nervous system and learning to become more regulated

  • The fact that our nervous systems aren’t simply isolated, self-contained phenomena – they are social structures

  • Our responsibilities for our own nervous system and the nervous systems of others

Full Shownotes: https://www.tenpercent.com/podcast-episode/deb-dana-rerun

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Dan Harris
Ten Percent Happier
Dan Harris is a fidgety, skeptical journalist who had a panic attack on live national television, which led him to try something he otherwise never would have considered: meditation. He went on to write the bestselling book 10% Happier. On this show, Dan talks with eminent meditation teachers, top scientists, and even the odd celebrity.