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Stuck Not Broken: What It Means & Why it's Good to be Stuck
Why You Stay Stuck in Trauma, Part 2: Cognitive Adaptations
Why You Stay Stuck in Trauma, Part 1: Behavioral Adaptations
Co-Regulation, Explained: Polyvagal Theory
Self-Regulation, Explained: Polyvagal Theory
The Vagal Brake, Explained: Polyvagal Theory
What is Trauma? The Two Paths: Polyvagal Theory
Why Being "Too Nice" Can Be a Survival Strategy
Why Can't You Just Sit Still and Relax?
The Play State: Polyvagal Theory
The Freeze Response, Explained: Polyvagal Theory
The Shutdown State: Dorsal Vagal Collapse
The Fight or Flight State: Polyvagal Theory
The Safety State: The Top of the Polyvagal Ladder
Functional Freeze: Why You're On Edge but Also Distant
Story Follows State: Why Your Thoughts Aren't Random
Neuroception for Beginners: Polyvagal Theory
Deb Dana's Polyvagal Ladder
The Autonomic Nervous System, and the Polyvagal Theory (Explained Simply)
Challenging Your Paradigm: The Shift in Thinking Before the Science
What's My Story? Where Your Unstucking Begins
Season 2: Full Audiobook - Trauma & the Polyvagal Paradigm
What Is a "Gentle Rebel"? A Conversation on Creativity and Sensitivity with Andy Mort
You're Meditating Wrong (Here's How)
Stoicism & Your Nervous System: How to Practice Amor Fati (Loving Your Fate) with Erick Cloward
The Polyvagal Bandwagon Is Dying (And I Love It)
You Can't Love Someone Out of Shutdown: the Partner's Guide to Love & Self-Regulation
Does EMDR Actually Work? (What the Research Says)
No, the Polyvagal Theory is NOT Dead: Here's What Critics (and Influencers) Aren't Understanding.
Five Common Self-Help Habits That Accidentally Keep Your Nervous System Sensitized and Stuck
Building Emotional Capacity Before Processing Past Traumas
Why Meditation May Not Work Well for People in Freeze
Is Your Diagnosis Part of the Problem? Healing the Nervous System vs. Managing a Disorder
Steadying the Waters: How Your Nervous System Affects Your Stoic Practice
Sockless Mindfulness: A Parenting Lesson from My 10-Year-Old
"I Don't Think About It Anymore" — Why That Doesn't Mean You're Over It
Hit It Back: A Lesson in Playfulness & Seizing the Moment
What to do When Your Partner Cycles Between Shutdown and Fight
AI Therapists Are Coming in 2026 And I'm Not Sure That's Good
Announcing the Self-Regulation Coach AI App
Pendulation: Why Some Regulate Naturally & Some Don't
Why You Feel Drained After Therapy (and How to Fix it)
The Way You Understand & Manage Emotions is WRONG (Here's What To Do Instead)
Polyvagal Approach to Shame and Anger & How to Not Use Pendulation
Safety First: Why Prescribed "Trauma Exercises" Can Backfire
Self-Regulation & Mindful Breathing: What if it Was Easier?
3 Strategies to Reduce Overhwhelm and Get Stuff Done
the Polyvagal Guide to Boundaries: Why You Need Both Safety AND Fight Activation
What Everyone Gets Wrong About Fawn vs Appease (even the Polyvagal Theory)
Stop Trying to Change Your Polyvagal State. Do This Instead for True Self Regulation...
Finding Safety: Janie's Journey from Freeze to Connection
Rebuilding After a Breakup: Facing Anxiety and Finding Safety
Breaking Free: How Small Changes Transformed Eva's Shutdown into Connection
Easily Notice Neuroceptions: Polyvagal Theory for Daily Life tip 4
Safe and Sound Book Review: Should You Buy It?
254. From Sound to Safety: Understanding the Safe & Sound Protocol with Dr. Porges and Karen Onderko
How to Validate and Normalize Yourself: Polyvagal Theory for Everyday Life Tip 3 (251)
250. Easily Increase Safety through Passive Cues: Polyvagal Theory for Everyday Life Tip 2
249. Easily Identify Your Autonomic State: Polyvagal Theory for Everyday Life (tip 1 of 5)
Stuck in Shutdown A Guide to Recognizing and Helping Loved Ones
How Shutdown can Become Freeze & What to do About it
Anxiety: Do you need to know the cause?
Optimize Productivity and Creativity with the Nervous System: Connect, Mobilize, Restore
Wisdom & Encouragement to Help Your Shutdown: Real People Share
Crying and the Polyvagal Theory: Release, Panic, and Rage
4 Mental Wellness Options: Self Care, Coping, Building Safety, and Getting Unstuck
Beneath Your Emotions: the Polyvagal Theory & the Body's Experiences
A Real Story of Self-Regulating out of Dorsal Vagal Shutdown: Macy's "Dancing"
Frustrated with Dorsal Vagal Shutdown? Here's Why and What to Do.
Real People Share Their Dorsal Vagal Shutdown Support Sources (SNB 238)
Can YOU validate her Polyvagal state, emotions, sensations, impulses, and cognitions?
Understanding and Validating Dorsal Vagal Shutdown
Polyvagal Freeze, Obsessions, Scattered Thinking, & Other Cognitions
Breaking the Cycle: How to Access Safety When You're Always in Defense (SNB 234)
Thaw the Freeze Trauma Response: a Polyvagal-Informed Approach
No, Allowing Dorsal Vagal Shutdown Doesn't Reinforce It (Unless...)
Can ANYBODY self-regulate and recover from trauma?
Self-Regulation: Should you challenge your safety state?
Dorsal Vagal Shutdown Daily Life: Real People Share Real Experiences
Finding Polyvagal Safety When "Neurodiverse"
How Long Does Shutdown last Real People Answer (SNB 227)
Real People Share Real Shutdown Experiences
Bad Therapy: Poor Boundaries, Exorcism, and Dinner
Polyvagal Freeze State: Cognitions and Release
How to Slowly Stop Negative Coping Skills
Stage Fright and Polyvagal Theory: how to Anchor in Safety and Overcome it
Polyvagal Safety Cues & Loved Ones: Why You Don't Feel Connected (maybe)
Dealing with Sadness through Self-Compassion (sadness and Polyvagal Theory)
How to Feel Polyvagal Safety Even if You Struggle to
From Safety to Shutdown: Courtney's Journey through Polyvagal Theory
Growth Mindset is Not the Solution and Fixed Mindset is Not the Problem
Binge Eating as a Behavioral Adaptation: A Polyvagal Analysis
Crying in Trauma Recovery: is it Necessary?
Deb Dana's Essential Polyvagal Theory Contributions: Bridging Science and Trauma Recovery
Relationship Repair or Move On? A Closer Look at Healing and Co-Regulation
How Nervous System Co-Regulation Can Help in Trauma Recovery
Panic Attacks: How to Reduce Their Intensity & Frequency
Ventral Vagal Safety Spectrum: Dysregulation to Connection
Can AI Replace Your Therapist? (No, not yet!)
Why You are Still Stuck in Shutdown (and what to do)