“You have to be calm in order to enjoy being calm. If we’re over-stressed going into the holidays we’re likely to be over-stressed coming out.” In this article, Dr. Shanker discusses the reasons why the winter holidays are often more stressful than they are restorative, and how we can tackle this issue from a Self-Reg perspective.
From Susan Hopkins, EdD | Executive Director This reflection was originally published in The MEHRIT Centre newsletter. Sign up for
Start with the core ideas, then follow the path that matches what you want to understand next.
Understand the full picture of stress. Explore biological, emotion, cognitive, social, and prosocial stress, and how stresses across the Five Domains interact.
Explore the science beneath what we see and experience. Go deeper into stress and energy, brain-body states, self-regulation and self-control, behaviour, co-regulation, and resilience.
Put the Self-Reg lens into practice. Explore the Five Steps: Reframe, Recognize, Reduce, Reflect, and Restore, and how they create a pathway for understanding stress and finding restoration.
Learn about applied Self-Reg in practice. Explore Energy-Centred Teaching, Self-Reg Havens, and the Self-Reg Journeys for applied Self-Reg
