PVT, Part Four

Deb Dana shares that the three elements of well-being are context, choice, and connection. They are necessary in totality for regulation. Context is how, what, why. If it is muddy, …

PVT, Part Three

We must become friends with our nervous system. When we listen to the messages our body sends to us, we can understand what is happening inside us and regulate. When …

PVT, Part Two

Deb Dana explains the three states of the nervous system. Dorsal vagal (drained, frozen, hopeless, shut down) developed in humans over five hundred million years ago, sympathetic (activated for fight …

PVT (Polyvagal Theory)

Stephen Porges, Ph.D., professor of psychiatry, stephenporges.com, in 1994, created PVT and, since 2014, he and Deb Dana, LCSW, rhythmofregulation.com, have collaborated to explain this science of feeling safe enough …

your will

appetite desire passion power of control over actions and/or emotions volition wish WHATEVER WORD YOU USE, IT IS WHAT MOVES YOU ONWARD ON YOUR JOURNEY.