Surviving the Storm: Calming Your Nervous System After a Natural Disaster

Season 4- Episode 31

In this episode, Lauren is joined by her Five Ives partner, Jessica Doering, to explore the first part of a 3-part series on navigating the "Five Ives" framework, with a focus on regulating your emotional state after natural disasters or unexpected events. They emphasize the importance of having grace and compassion when you're in survival mode. Surviving can be overwhelming, but understanding that it's a process to work your way out of it is key.

Lauren and Jessica provide a quick overview of the Five Ives framework and discuss how it can help you visualize progress from surviving to thriving. They share three simple steps to help move out of survival mode: Release, Tempo, and Body-Based Support. These are actionable, accessible steps that can be done in just a few minutes, at little to no cost. Lauren also shares three personal signs she uses to recognize when she's in survival mode and offers encouragement to focus on just one small act, like drinking water, to start moving toward a better state.

If you haven't already, check out Five Ives to see how strategies like this can be applied to adults, especially in the workplace. Five Ives works with staff in high burnout jobs to help them incorporate regulation strategies into their daily routines.

Try-at-home tip: Take one of the tips from this episode and share it with someone else.

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