Mental health awareness and emotional regulation

Our ability to regulate our emotions is directly related to the state of our nervous system

When we are faced with a challenge, there is a tendency for us to lose connection to ourselves and others, making it harder to maintain a balanced emotional demeanour.

Research shows that we can regulate our emotions by connecting with our vagus nerve

A shift in the state of our nervous system from protection, back to connection and safety, creates the possibility for greater emotional regulation and improved personal and professional relationships.

Our ability to form and maintain relationships is a key part of the human experience

You are invited to take part in a series of three 30 minute sessions with a focus on supporting your capacity for emotional regulation, so you can make the most of your personal and professional relationships.

Session One - Calming your system in times of stress

Learn tools to resource yourself in the face of a challenge and/or switch off your body’s alarm bells, once a stressor has passed.

This session will benefit you if you are

• anxious and looking for some relief

• prone to feeling agitated and impatient

• experiencing excessive worries

• feel tension in your physical body

• prone to hypervigilance and are often on edge

• having difficulty falling or staying asleep

How you can expect to feel

• calmer in your body

• a sense of relief

• less intrusive thoughts

• more grounded in your system

• more emotionally regulated

• some people may feel temporarily tired as they start to engage their vagus nerve to regulate their nervous system

Session Two - Energising your system when you need a lift

Learn tools to resource yourself and invite some energy back into your system in a calm and sustained way, helping you to recover from burnout, and prolonged periods of stress 

This session will benefit you if you

• tend to feel lethargic and tired, even after a good night’s sleep

• are experiencing a period of feeling flat, unmotivated and have a tendency to procrastinate

• feeling stuck and finding it hard to move forward

• prone to experiencing low moods and negative thinking

• looking to reconnect with your mojo

How you can expect to feel

• more energised, in a calm way

• clearer in your thought process

• like you can start engaging in something new/the next task

• more emotionally regulated

• some people may feel temporarily tired as they start to engage their vagus nerve to regulate their nervous system

Session Three - Noticing and naming your feelings for emotional regulation

This session will invite you to be more mindful and curious in how to approach any uncomfortable sensations that accompany moments of emotional dysregulation. This could present itself as a churning in the stomach before you engage in public speaking , a flushed feeling when you are challenged by a particular situation, a build up of internal pressure when you are under the pump.

This session will benefit you if you are

• wanting to learn how to slow down and pause in the face of a stressor

• looking for a way to transform your relationship with uncomfortable feelings into meaningful information

• wanting to introduce a more mindful way to manage triggers 

How you can expect to feel

• calmer in your mind and body

• a sense of physical relief

• greater self compassion

• more confident and comfortable in your own skin

• like you have more bandwidth to take on life’s opportunities and challenges