Ep. 23 How You Can Improve Your Emotional Wellbeing Through Movement

In this episode, I have the pleasure of speaking with Dr. Priyanka Villanassery, DPT. Priyanka Villanassery is the owner of Move the Feels where she helps you move your feelings by creating individualized habits under the big 5 (security, emotional expression, play, rest, and peace). For people who feel like they have the entirety of the world's emotions on their shoulders and in their bodies, she helps you use different habits to accept any uncomfortable feelings, feel them, and allow them to move through you to help you move onto a new feeling that serves you. Some of these habits include meditation, strength training, cardio training, EFT tapping, breath work, and more. Priyanka is a physical therapist who earned her doctorate degree at the University of Michigan - Flint and then went on to complete a pediatric residency in physical therapy at Michigan Medicine. She adores working with kids and quickly learned how movement and emotional regulation go hand in hand to create a nurturing environment for a child to feel their feels and eventually feel safe enough to do the hard baby workouts of learning how to roll, sit, crawl, and walk. I realized that I truly struggled with this as both a child and into adulthood and have been finding habits and systems to help me emotionally regulate in a way my inner child loves! So now, I'm combining everything I've learned in physical therapy as well as evidence-based practices to help people sustainably manage their mental health through movement. (00:22) Priyanka's Story (06:24) Handling techniques for emotional regulation with babies (09:12) Similarities and differences between children and adults with emotional regulation (18:54) Daily habits and routine for emotional regulation (31:08) Biggest obstacles for emotional regulation (35:45) Coping mechanisms for emotional regulation used in youth (44:04) The Big 5 for emotional regulation. (51:35) How to connect with Priyanka Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/move-the-feels/id1657736913 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4wcPpmQHvMNSIee6hNWCMz Instagram: @movethefeels or https://www.instagram.com/movethefeels/ Tik Tok: @movethefeels or https://www.tiktok.com/@movethefeels Email: [email protected]