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- Understand why nervous system regulation can mean different things in science and practice
- Recognize the paradox of nervous system regulation and how it shapes our language and methods
- Expand your view of regulation to include top-down, bottom-up, and social pathways
- Identify your strengths and blind spots in how you regulate and teach regulation
- Strengthen your flexibility and integration across diverse strategies for resilience
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Oof! At first I was a little confused but then it made a lot of sense! I think this way of looking at various “planes” of nervous system regulation will help me to better help clients discover what feels most useful to them. Thank you!
So glad it came together for you! That’s exactly the sort of clarity the model is meant to support. Thanks so much for sharing.
This was excellent! I will keep this in mind in my research and presentations. Definitions matter! And I will be checking out your book. I just taught a yoga class series about Self-Care to We-Care. Wish I knew about your work then!
Thank you! That means a lot. So glad this session resonated, and also love hearing that you’ve already been bringing themes of From Self-Care to We-Care into your yoga teaching. I’ll be sharing more about we-care in my presentation on Day 3, and I hope you enjoy diving into the book as well.
I don’t see where we get the worksheet? Interesting dimensional perspective, thank you!
Hi Kaci — thanks for your interest in the worksheet!
You can download it at: http://www.jordanquaglia.com/nsr
Yes, does anyone know where/how we can access this worksheet?
Thanks for a wonderful presentation! LOVE the cube concept!
Thank you so much for addressing this paradox, Jordan, and for speaking about it in such a balanced, clear, and respectful way. I particularly appreciated that you highlighted how the narrowed common usage of the term NSR might arise out of a critique of our historical emphasis on top-down means of addressing human suffering. As a developmental neuropsychologist who has worked with individuals with autism for over 30 years, I cringe at the amount of emphasis I placed on recommending cognitive and behavioral intervention, while giving little consideration to body to brain interventions. My discomfort with what I had to offer based on my professional training led me to train as an insight meditation teacher, and I no longer work as a neuropsychologist. Your bridging via the holistic model is just the integration framework that I’ve been longing for. So grateful for this offering!
Thank you for this deeply thoughtful and generous reflection. Hearing a bit about how your journey with this material has evolved gets to the heart of what the holistic model is about, and I’m grateful to know it speaks to the sort of integrative framework you’ve been seeking.
What a great presentation, thank you. Balance and holistic appreciation for both our mind and our body, rather than soma or brain, is needed these days. We in psychology, imo, have taken it out of balance in the last few years. Your considerations and viewpoint help bring the bigger picture forward as well as break it down nicely into many techniques available today, with more to come, I hope.
Thank you! I really appreciate how you put that — “holistic appreciation for both our mind and our body”. Thanks too for your kind words.
enjoyed the filling out of the cube. gives a bigger sense of the Nervous System and possible opportunities for regulation. thanks
Wonderful, thanks Margie! Really appreciate hearing how this landed for you.
Well presented. Nice to see a wholistic model
cant get handout
Hi Vietta — I just emailed you back. You can download it here: http://www.jordanquaglia.com/nsr
Thank you Jordan I appreciate the integrative and clear presentation of the language we use around self regulation and the nervous system. Own aha moment of social system co regulation auppotice of flexibility as well as top down bottom up, nice one 👌
Thanks Gwen! So glad to hear about this aha moment for you. Balancing personal with social and co-regulation are such important but often-missed aspects of cultivating regulatory flexibility.
Thank you so much – as a therapist I always worked within a wider frame and approach. You worked it out and it is so transparent – inviting more to put into the box! And thank you for offering the worksheet and handout!
Appreciate this kind reflection, Dr. Thea! It’s wonderful to hear that the model resonates with your wider frame and approach—and yes, I hope you enjoy the worksheet as well!
Thank you, this was a very interesting perspective on nervous system regulation. It’s making a lot of sense to me to look at it in those three dimensions. Looking forward to experimenting with the worksheet!
Wonderful, Martha. It’s exciting to know you’ll be exploring the model via the worksheet too—feel free to be in touch out with any reflections or feedback.
Jordan – thank you for so freely sharing your new creative “outside the box” holistic model for the future of NSR for both neuroscientists & behavioral practitioners in the field – I personally love & welcome new models that integrate existing models toward the goal of present & future collaborations between potentially disparate parts of both (or all of) who/which genuinely want to contribute to humanity but just do not yet know how to “bridge the gap” between them.
I also applaud you for taking the time to not only read the comments about your presentation, but to so kindly & genuinely reply to almost every comment – thank you for your lovely contribution to this excellent series:-)
Thank you for such a thoughtful note! It really means a lot. I’m especially grateful in hearing your reflections about the potential for the model to inspire new collaborations. It’s been an honor to be part of the summit, and even more to get to read all of your kind and insightful comments.
Thank you, Jordan! This presentation was easy to follow and very interesting. The combined model you have created is a valuable learning tool and reference. I feel certain this will help me provide better and more accurate therapy for my clients. Also, knowing the video could be paused as needed and that there would be access to the free resource, I think the pace was just right.
Thanks so much, Susan! It’s great to hear about the clarity this might support with your clients, and I’m grateful for your kind words about the presentation and pacing. Wishing you a great rest of your week!
I think we need to be cautious when using interpersonal social labeling such that it is delivered with empathy and compassion.
Yes—as my session on Day 3 will cover, compassion offers an important foundation for any regulation tool or strategy, and especially interpersonal and social strategies.
Looking forward to mapping ! Sending this to three of my kids who are either school counselors or LCPC
THSNKS
Awesome! And that’s very kind of you to share. Thanks Mark : )
Thank you for sharing your clearly articulated framework. Such a useful practice guide!
Appreciate that very much, Vanessa! Hope you have a great rest of your week : )
Wow, using terms such as body brain regulation and bottom up regulation that’s interesting.