Words Matter. But Sometimes the Interbrain Matters More.
How many times have you really needed and wanted to support a stressed out person, only to find that your supportive words just didn’t do the trick? (Pick me!) I’m sure we’ve all had this experience. It’s not always easy to find the right words to say to someone in...
The Self-Reg View: Calm Begets Calm
In the 18th and 19th centuries, the Biblical aphorism that one should “Pour oil on troubled waters” began to be seen in literal terms, as an empirical phenomenon worthy of study. Benjamin Franklin performed an experiment on a pond to prove the wisdom of this practice,...
Hurtful & Cold: Embracing the Moment My Self-Reg Went Poof
“Sarah”, I called out again while following the sound of faint kitty cries barely audible through the fence to my neighbour’s yard. The temperature was 370C and with the humidity it was well into the 40’s. I was worried when Sarah hadn’t come home all day in the heat...
