By Miranda Colbert This blog was written by Miranda as part of her final project for the Self-Reg in Early Childhood Development program. At the end of the day, when I am feeling drained and depleted…take me for a walk. When I woke this morning I could feel...
Stuart Shanker and Susan Hopkins stress the importance of moving away from self-control based thinking and strategies as we learn to adopt Self-Reg strategies that always look at excess stress as a key cause of most behaviour and mood problems. It’s not always easy...
One of the key planks of Self-Reg is understanding how stress affects our energy and tension levels, which in turn, affects our functioning in all of the five domains. The Self-Reg Energy/Tension Reflection Journal can help. The thing is, most of us aren’t really in...
The Thayer Matrix, based on the work of pioneering neuroscientist Robert Thayer, is one of the key scientific underpinnings of Shanker Self-Reg®. It helps us understand the relationship between stress, energy and tension. Every day our brains and bodies are subject to...
This question applies mainly to educators, parents and students. The end of the school or academic year often comes as a relief, a welcome change in schedule, the chance for new experiences and vacations to look forward to. But leading up to that… The period that...
Dr. Stephen Porges, identified 4 neural mechanisms we have for dealing with stress, this is what the hierarchy of human stress responses consist of. This graphic illustrate the 3 we use most often. Social engagement: seeking and receiving social support, comfort and...
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