Emotional Regulation

After the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) and Focus System, Max's grandparents were astonished to see such a different version of him.

The study investigated autonomic regulation during feeding in six-month-old infants with a history of excessive crying and social-behavioral development at 12 and 24 months.

In 1994 Stephen W. Porges, Ph.D. proposed the Polyvagal Theory, a theory that links the evolution of the mammalian autonomic nervous system to social behavior and emphasizes the importance of [...]

Lisa has 30 years experience exploring holistic modalities of therapy treatments. Her work in education and holistic therapies, working with both children and adults, has often left her [...]

Lying is far more common than we’d like to believe and it’s very difficult to know when someone is telling a lie. So it would be useful if a polygraph test were a foolproof means of lie [...]

Hundreds of therapists have subscribed and thousands of end users have experienced the five-day SSP listening intervention. From books to clients and therapist stories to SSP updates, thank you [...]

What is the process through which the nervous system evaluates risk outside of your conscious awareness? a. Interoception b. Neuroception c. Sympathetic nervous system d. Parasympathetic nervous [...]

What Happens in Vagus The vagus nerve is the 10th cranial nerve and it carries the most bi-directional information between the brain and the body of any other nerve. It initiates in the core of [...]

Happy Halloween! We know that your amygdala is involved in detecting and responding to risk. As is often the case in neuroscience, researchers have learned a lot about the function of the [...]