Courage to Heal shares candid conversations exploring various mental health issues with the people that live with them. Join your host Anna Khandrueva, a psychotherapist and a mental health advocate, as she delves into interesting discussions around mental health and wellness while providing listeners with actionable steps and tools to encourage self-love and recovery. Listen each week as Anna dives into raw, honest conversations with guests about their mental health journey, sharing their experiences, where to seek help, and how to navigate through difficult times. Dedicated to leading thought-provoking discussions with an expert view to provide insight and knowledge, this is a resource you can use to understand more about mental well-being while learning how to move forward and stop recycling old patterns. Exploring the battles we wage within ourselves, listen today to discover a new perspective.
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Courage to Heal shares candid conversations exploring various mental health issues with the people that live with them. Join your host Anna Khandrueva, a psychotherapist and a mental health advocate, as she delves into interesting discussions around mental health and wellness while providing listeners with actionable steps and tools to encourage self-love and recovery. Listen each week as Anna dives into raw, honest conversations with guests about their mental health journey, sharing their experiences, where to seek help, and how to navigate through difficult times. Dedicated to leading thought-provoking discussions with an expert view to provide insight and knowledge, this is a resource you can use to understand more about mental well-being while learning how to move forward and stop recycling old patterns. Exploring the battles we wage within ourselves, listen today to discover a new perspective.
Polyvagal Theory Demystified: How Your Nervous System Drives Healing with Amy Sullivan
Courage to Heal
35 minutes
5 months ago
Polyvagal Theory Demystified: How Your Nervous System Drives Healing with Amy Sullivan
What if your emotions started in your body – not your brain? In this insightful conversation, Anna sits down with licensed clinical counselor, author, and international trainer Amy Sullivan to explore the life-changing lens of Polyvagal Theory. Known for her warm, accessible teaching style, Amy breaks down the nervous system's three core states and how they shape our sense of emotional safety, trauma response, and ability to connect.
You’ll learn:
-What the vagus nerve is and why it matters for trauma healing
-The difference between feeling safe vs. being safe—and why it matters
-How shutdown, anxiety, and calm each have "safe" and "unsafe" versions
-Somatic and expressive arts practices to help regulate your nervous system
-Why co-regulation (even with pets!) is essential for healing
Whether you’re a therapist, trauma survivor, or just curious about your emotional wiring, this episode is full of empowering insights that can help you reconnect with safety and presence.
Click here to learn more about Amy’s work at Rooted Compassion Counseling: www.rootedcompassion.com
Courage to Heal
Courage to Heal shares candid conversations exploring various mental health issues with the people that live with them. Join your host Anna Khandrueva, a psychotherapist and a mental health advocate, as she delves into interesting discussions around mental health and wellness while providing listeners with actionable steps and tools to encourage self-love and recovery. Listen each week as Anna dives into raw, honest conversations with guests about their mental health journey, sharing their experiences, where to seek help, and how to navigate through difficult times. Dedicated to leading thought-provoking discussions with an expert view to provide insight and knowledge, this is a resource you can use to understand more about mental well-being while learning how to move forward and stop recycling old patterns. Exploring the battles we wage within ourselves, listen today to discover a new perspective.
