Surviving the Storm: Using the Window of Tolerance After a Natural Disaster
Season 4- Episode 32
In this second episode of the microseries, Lauren is joined again by her Five Ives partner, Jessica Doering, to discuss the concept of the window of tolerance and its role in healing from trauma. It can be difficult to consider the window of tolerance when you're in a survival state, but using visualization tools like the 3-box method can help you understand your emotional state and guide you back to balance.
Lauren and Jessica discuss the importance of simple, neutral regulation techniques that can work in both types of dysregulation. They highlight essential practices that can help you start to move in the direction of regulation: sleep, movement, and hydration, These straightforward strategies can be easy to forget when you're overwhelmed.
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: Try basic journaling. Journal your reactions to things in life that you aren't loving. Write how you're reacting and how you want to be reacting.
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Five Ives Website
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