Reduce Stress and Anxiety by Managing Your Nervous System

Introduction

• Why regulating your nervous system matters
• Getting the most from this course

1. Understanding Your Nervous System

• What is a nervous system?
• What is polyvagal theory?

2. Assessing the State of Your Nervous System

• Assessing the state of your nervous system
• Activity: Chart your nervous system
• Activity: Resilience resources

3. Practices and Activities for Regulating Your Nervous System

• The importance of practice
• Practice: Restore balance
• Practice: Cultivate gratitude
• Practice: Beyond meditation
• Practice: Hack your vagus nerve

4. Making Your Nervous System Plan

• Activity: Making a nervous system plan
• You can do hard things